Revise circulation to head 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

$9,237.00

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.

$18,474.00

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.

$4,016.13 with sentara health vs $14,409.72 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
sentara health exchange $4,016.13 ↓ -57%
united exchange $4,563.52 ↓ -51%
united options $5,136.61 ↓ -44%
united nonoptions $5,136.61 ↓ -44%
sentara health ppo $5,283.87 ↓ -43%
sentara health hmo $5,283.87 ↓ -43%
anthem medicaid advantage $6,745.94 ↓ -27%
united medicaid advantage $6,880.86 ↓ -26%
sentara health medicaid advantage $6,948.32 ↓ -25%
humana medicaid advantage $7,015.78 ↓ -24%
aetna medicaid advantage $7,083.24 ↓ -23%
kaiser medicaid advantage $7,420.53 ↓ -20%
cigna exchange $8,442.62 ↓ -9%
carefirst hmo $10,160.70 ↑ +10%
aetna ppo $10,491.38 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $10,491.38 ↑ +14%
carefirst ppo $10,714.92 ↑ +16%
aetna fannie-mae $11,010.50 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $11,621.99 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $11,621.99 ↑ +26%
cigna hmo $11,930.51 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $11,930.51 ↑ +29%
kaiser hmo $14,409.72 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $14,409.72 ↑ +56%

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Revise circulation to head at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $9,237.00 $4,016.13 – $11,621.99
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $9,237.00 $4,016.13 – $11,621.99
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $9,237.00 $4,016.13 – $11,621.99
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $9,237.00 $4,016.13 – $11,621.99
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville not published $1,547.00 – $1,547.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge not published $1,972.00 – $3,988.00
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk not published $5,169.00 – $5,220.00
Sentara CarePlex Hospital Hampton not published $5,169.00 – $5,169.00

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