Screen cerv/vag thin layer 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

$108.50

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.

$217.00

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.

$20.26 with aetna vs $169.26 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
aetna medicare advantage $20.26 ↓ -81%
anthem hmo $20.26 ↓ -81%
anthem medicare advantage $20.26 ↓ -81%
anthem exchange hmo $20.26 ↓ -81%
united medicare advantage $20.26 ↓ -81%
anthem ppo $20.26 ↓ -81%
united options $20.26 ↓ -81%
united nonoptions $20.26 ↓ -81%
united exchange $20.26 ↓ -81%
sentara health medicare advantage $20.67 ↓ -81%
kaiser medicare advantage $21.07 ↓ -81%
cigna medicare advantage $21.07 ↓ -81%
humana medicare advantage $22.29 ↓ -79%
anthem medicaid advantage $24.23 ↓ -78%
united medicaid advantage $24.71 ↓ -77%
sentara health medicaid advantage $24.96 ↓ -77%
humana medicaid advantage $25.20 ↓ -77%
aetna medicaid advantage $25.44 ↓ -77%
kaiser medicaid advantage $26.65 ↓ -75%
cigna hmo $82.33 ↓ -24%
cigna exchange $82.33 ↓ -24%
cigna ppo $82.33 ↓ -24%
aetna ppo $123.23 ↑ +14%
aetna hmo $123.23 ↑ +14%
carefirst hmo $128.24 ↑ +18%
aetna fannie-mae $129.33 ↑ +19%
innovation fully insured $136.51 ↑ +26%
innovation self insured $136.51 ↑ +26%
carefirst ppo $142.68 ↑ +32%
kaiser hmo $169.26 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $169.26 ↑ +56%

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Screen cerv/vag thin layer at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $108.50 $20.26 – $136.51
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $108.50 $20.26 – $136.51
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $108.50 $20.26 – $136.51
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $108.50 $20.26 – $136.51
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $17.63 – $29.38
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $17.63 – $90.58
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $17.63 – $21.68
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $15.55 – $21.68

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