Sialography s&i 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

$498.00

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.

$996.00

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.

$167.33 with anthem vs $776.88 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 $167.33 ↓ -66%
united medicaid advantage $170.68 ↓ -66%
sentara health medicaid advantage $172.35 ↓ -65%
humana medicaid advantage $174.02 ↓ -65%
aetna medicaid advantage $175.70 ↓ -65%
kaiser medicaid advantage $184.06 ↓ -63%
aetna medicare advantage $241.72 ↓ -51%
anthem medicare advantage $241.72 ↓ -51%
united medicare advantage $241.72 ↓ -51%
sentara health medicare advantage $246.55 ↓ -50%
kaiser medicare advantage $251.39 ↓ -50%
cigna medicare advantage $251.39 ↓ -50%
humana medicare advantage $265.89 ↓ -47%
carefirst hmo $326.35 ↓ -34%
carefirst ppo $354.08 ↓ -29%
cigna exchange $444.02 ↓ -11%
united exchange $528.75 ↑ +6%
united nonoptions $528.75 ↑ +6%
united options $528.75 ↑ +6%
sentara health exchange $561.83 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $565.63 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $565.63 ↑ +14%
anthem exchange hmo $567.15 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $593.62 ↑ +19%
cigna ppo $643.22 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $643.22 ↑ +29%
anthem ppo $653.74 ↑ +31%
anthem hmo $653.74 ↑ +31%
innovation fully insured $656.36 ↑ +32%
innovation self insured $656.36 ↑ +32%
sentara health ppo $739.18 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $739.18 ↑ +48%
kaiser hmo $776.88 ↑ +56%
kaiser ppo $776.88 ↑ +56%

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Sialography s&i at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $498.00 $167.33 – $656.36
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $498.00 $167.33 – $656.36
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $498.00 $167.33 – $656.36
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $498.00 $167.33 – $656.36
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $89.64 – $517.79
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $53.39 – $635.54
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $73.35 – $517.79
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $60.61 – $517.79

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