Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr 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

$115.00

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.

$230.00

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.

$24.23 with anthem vs $179.40 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 $24.23 ↓ -79%
united medicaid advantage $24.71 ↓ -79%
sentara health medicaid advantage $24.96 ↓ -78%
humana medicaid advantage $25.20 ↓ -78%
aetna medicaid advantage $25.44 ↓ -78%
kaiser medicaid advantage $26.65 ↓ -77%
anthem medicare advantage $43.97 ↓ -62%
anthem exchange hmo $43.97 ↓ -62%
anthem ppo $43.97 ↓ -62%
united exchange $43.97 ↓ -62%
anthem hmo $43.97 ↓ -62%
united medicare advantage $43.97 ↓ -62%
united options $43.97 ↓ -62%
united nonoptions $43.97 ↓ -62%
aetna medicare advantage $43.97 ↓ -62%
sentara health medicare advantage $44.85 ↓ -61%
kaiser medicare advantage $45.73 ↓ -60%
cigna medicare advantage $45.73 ↓ -60%
humana medicare advantage $48.37 ↓ -58%
aetna hmo $130.62 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $130.62 ↑ +14%
carefirst hmo $135.22 ↑ +18%
aetna fannie-mae $137.08 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $144.69 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $144.69 ↑ +26%
carefirst ppo $150.44 ↑ +31%
cigna exchange $178.63 ↑ +55%
cigna hmo $178.63 ↑ +55%
cigna ppo $178.63 ↑ +55%
kaiser hmo $179.40 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $179.40 ↑ +56%

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Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $115.00 $24.23 – $144.69
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $115.00 $24.23 – $144.69
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $115.00 $24.23 – $144.69
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $115.00 $24.23 – $144.69
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $38.27 – $63.76
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $38.27 – $196.59
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $38.27 – $47.05
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $33.77 – $47.05

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