Remove spine eltrd perq aray at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital

3600 Joseph Siewick Drive Fairfax, VA 22033-1709, VA · Inova · · NPI 1760513980

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published unknown · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$2,359.50

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$4,719.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1,509.00 with innovation vs $8,343.00 with cigna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
innovation fully insured $1,509.00 ↓ -36%
innovation self insured $1,822.00 ↓ -23%
aetna medicare advantage $1,952.77 ↓ -17%
united medicare advantage $1,952.77 ↓ -17%
anthem medicare advantage $1,952.77 ↓ -17%
sentara health medicare advantage $1,991.83 ↓ -16%
kaiser medicare advantage $2,030.88 ↓ -14%
cigna medicare advantage $2,030.88 ↓ -14%
humana medicare advantage $2,148.05 ↓ -9%
aetna fannie-mae $2,190.02 ↓ -7%
aetna hmo $2,561.00 ↑ +9%
aetna ppo $2,561.00 ↑ +9%
carefirst hmo $3,529.00 ↑ +50%
carefirst ppo $3,563.00 ↑ +51%
kaiser ppo $3,680.82 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $3,680.82 ↑ +56%
sentara health exchange $3,855.49 ↑ +63%
anthem exchange hmo $4,581.86 ↑ +94%
anthem medicaid advantage $4,591.88 ↑ +95%
united medicaid advantage $4,683.72 ↑ +99%
sentara health medicaid advantage $4,729.64 ↑ +100%
humana medicaid advantage $4,775.56 ↑ +102%
aetna medicaid advantage $4,821.47 ↑ +104%
kaiser medicaid advantage $5,051.07 ↑ +114%
sentara health ppo $5,072.52 ↑ +115%
sentara health hmo $5,072.52 ↑ +115%
anthem hmo $5,281.33 ↑ +124%
anthem ppo $5,281.33 ↑ +124%
united exchange $5,470.40 ↑ +132%
united options $6,158.37 ↑ +161%
united nonoptions $6,158.37 ↑ +161%
cigna exchange $6,440.00 ↑ +173%
cigna hmo $8,343.00 ↑ +254%
cigna ppo $8,343.00 ↑ +254%

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Remove spine eltrd perq aray at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $2,359.50 $1,509.00 – $3,529.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $2,359.50 $1,509.00 – $3,529.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $2,359.50 $1,509.00 – $3,529.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $2,359.50 $1,509.00 – $3,529.00
Maryview Hospital Portsmouth $3,745.80 not published
Harbour View Medical Center Suffolk $3,745.80 not published
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville not published $1,943.35 – $5,978.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge not published $1,943.35 – $7,778.00

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