Reticulated platelet assay 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

$307.50

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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.

$615.00

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.

$30.44 with anthem vs $479.70 with kaiser — 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 $30.44 ↓ -90%
united medicaid advantage $31.05 ↓ -90%
sentara health medicaid advantage $31.35 ↓ -90%
humana medicaid advantage $31.66 ↓ -90%
aetna medicaid advantage $31.96 ↓ -90%
kaiser medicaid advantage $33.48 ↓ -89%
anthem exchange hmo $35.74 ↓ -88%
united medicare advantage $35.74 ↓ -88%
united options $35.74 ↓ -88%
united nonoptions $35.74 ↓ -88%
united exchange $35.74 ↓ -88%
aetna medicare advantage $35.74 ↓ -88%
anthem hmo $35.74 ↓ -88%
anthem ppo $35.74 ↓ -88%
anthem medicare advantage $35.74 ↓ -88%
sentara health medicare advantage $36.45 ↓ -88%
cigna medicare advantage $37.17 ↓ -88%
kaiser medicare advantage $37.17 ↓ -88%
humana medicare advantage $39.31 ↓ -87%
sentara health exchange $78.95 ↓ -74%
sentara health ppo $103.87 ↓ -66%
sentara health hmo $103.87 ↓ -66%
cigna hmo $145.20 ↓ -53%
cigna exchange $145.20 ↓ -53%
cigna ppo $145.20 ↓ -53%
carefirst hmo $169.47 ↓ -45%
carefirst ppo $188.55 ↓ -39%
aetna hmo $349.26 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $349.26 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $366.54 ↑ +19%
innovation self insured $386.90 ↑ +26%
innovation fully insured $386.90 ↑ +26%
kaiser hmo $479.70 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $479.70 ↑ +56%

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Reticulated platelet assay at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $307.50 $30.44 – $386.90
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $307.50 $30.44 – $386.90
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $307.50 $30.44 – $386.90
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $307.50 $30.44 – $386.90
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $31.10 – $51.82
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $31.10 – $159.79
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $31.10 – $38.24
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $27.44 – $38.24

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