Screening Colonoscopy (high risk) 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

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Discounted cash price

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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.

$911.71 with anthem vs $3,645.00 with aetna — 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 medicare advantage $911.71 —
united medicare advantage $911.71 —
aetna medicare advantage $911.71 —
sentara health medicare advantage $929.94 —
cigna medicare advantage $948.18 —
kaiser medicare advantage $948.18 —
humana medicare advantage $1,002.88 —
sentara health exchange $1,285.16 —
anthem medicaid advantage $1,437.24 —
united medicaid advantage $1,465.98 —
sentara health medicaid advantage $1,480.36 —
humana medicaid advantage $1,494.73 —
aetna medicaid advantage $1,509.10 —
kaiser medicaid advantage $1,580.96 —
sentara health ppo $1,690.84 —
sentara health hmo $1,690.84 —
united exchange $1,719.12 —
united options $1,935.37 —
united nonoptions $1,935.37 —
anthem exchange hmo $2,139.17 —
innovation fully insured $2,149.00 —
anthem ppo $2,465.74 —
anthem hmo $2,465.74 —
carefirst hmo $2,485.00 —
carefirst ppo $2,510.00 —
innovation self insured $2,589.00 —
cigna exchange $2,763.00 —
aetna fannie-mae $3,116.15 —
cigna hmo $3,580.00 —
cigna ppo $3,580.00 —
aetna ppo $3,645.00 —
aetna hmo $3,645.00 —

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Screening Colonoscopy (high risk) at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Southern Virginia Medical Center Emporia $5,219.38 $907.35 – $925.49
Rappahannock General Hospital Kilmarnock $2,546.28 not published
Southampton Medical Center Franklin $4,089.19 $971.77 – $991.20
Maryview Hospital Portsmouth $3,606.65 $907.35 – $925.49
St Mary's Hospital Richmond $4,737.60 $933.00 – $951.66
Mary Immaculate Hospital Newport News $3,687.00 $907.35 – $925.49
St Francis Medical Center Midlothian $4,515.66 $907.35 – $907.35
Memorial Regional Hospital Mechanicsville $4,120.80 $933.00 – $951.66

All Virginia hospitals for this procedure →