Renal cyst study s&i 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

$305.00

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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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$610.00

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.

$167.33 with anthem vs $1,482.89 with anthem — 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
anthem medicaid advantage $167.33 ↓ -45%
united medicaid advantage $170.68 ↓ -44%
sentara health medicaid advantage $172.35 ↓ -43%
humana medicaid advantage $174.02 ↓ -43%
aetna medicaid advantage $175.70 ↓ -42%
kaiser medicaid advantage $184.06 ↓ -40%
cigna exchange $271.94 ↓ -11%
carefirst hmo $275.68 ↓ -10%
carefirst ppo $299.10 ↓ -2%
sentara health exchange $344.09 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $346.42 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $346.42 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $363.56 ↑ +19%
cigna ppo $393.94 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $393.94 ↑ +29%
innovation fully insured $401.99 ↑ +32%
innovation self insured $401.99 ↑ +32%
sentara health ppo $452.71 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $452.71 ↑ +48%
kaiser ppo $475.80 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $475.80 ↑ +56%
united medicare advantage $548.30 ↑ +80%
aetna medicare advantage $548.30 ↑ +80%
anthem medicare advantage $548.30 ↑ +80%
sentara health medicare advantage $559.27 ↑ +83%
kaiser medicare advantage $570.23 ↑ +87%
cigna medicare advantage $570.23 ↑ +87%
humana medicare advantage $603.13 ↑ +98%
united nonoptions $1,110.33 ↑ +264%
united exchange $1,110.33 ↑ +264%
united options $1,110.33 ↑ +264%
anthem exchange hmo $1,286.49 ↑ +322%
anthem ppo $1,482.89 ↑ +386%
anthem hmo $1,482.89 ↑ +386%

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Renal cyst study s&i at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $305.00 $167.33 – $401.99
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $305.00 $167.33 – $401.99
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $305.00 $167.33 – $401.99
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $305.00 $167.33 – $401.99
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $127.43 – $1,086.50
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $75.90 – $1,086.50
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $104.27 – $1,086.50
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $86.16 – $1,086.50

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