Rx metab gen seq alys pnl 6 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

$426.00

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.

$852.00

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.

$468.60 with carefirst vs $1,008.79 with humana — 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
carefirst hmo $468.60 ↑ +10%
aetna hmo $483.85 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $483.85 ↑ +14%
carefirst ppo $494.16 ↑ +16%
aetna fannie-mae $507.79 ↑ +19%
innovation self insured $535.99 ↑ +26%
innovation fully insured $535.99 ↑ +26%
kaiser ppo $664.56 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $664.56 ↑ +56%
anthem medicaid advantage $775.43 ↑ +82%
united medicaid advantage $790.94 ↑ +86%
sentara health medicaid advantage $798.69 ↑ +87%
humana medicaid advantage $806.45 ↑ +89%
aetna medicaid advantage $814.20 ↑ +91%
kaiser medicaid advantage $852.97 ↑ +100%
united exchange $917.08 ↑ +115%
aetna medicare advantage $917.08 ↑ +115%
united options $917.08 ↑ +115%
anthem ppo $917.08 ↑ +115%
anthem exchange hmo $917.08 ↑ +115%
anthem medicare advantage $917.08 ↑ +115%
anthem hmo $917.08 ↑ +115%
united medicare advantage $917.08 ↑ +115%
united nonoptions $917.08 ↑ +115%
sentara health medicare advantage $935.42 ↑ +120%
kaiser medicare advantage $953.76 ↑ +124%
cigna medicare advantage $953.76 ↑ +124%
humana medicare advantage $1,008.79 ↑ +137%

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Rx metab gen seq alys pnl 6 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $426.00 $468.60 – $953.76
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $426.00 $468.60 – $953.76
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $426.00 $468.60 – $953.76
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $426.00 $468.60 – $953.76
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $798.07 – $1,329.77
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $798.07 – $4,100.26
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $798.07 – $981.28
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $704.18 – $981.28

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