Sputum specimen collection at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
3600 Joseph Siewick Drive Fairfax, VA 22033-1709, VA · Inova · · NPI 1760513980
$316.00
Cash price 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.
$632.00
Gross charge 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.
$41.35 with sentara health vs $492.96 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| sentara health | exchange | $41.35 | ↓ -87% |
| sentara health | ppo | $54.40 | ↓ -83% |
| sentara health | hmo | $54.40 | ↓ -83% |
| cigna | ppo | $74.33 | ↓ -76% |
| cigna | exchange | $74.33 | ↓ -76% |
| cigna | hmo | $74.33 | ↓ -76% |
| carefirst | hmo | $134.81 | ↓ -57% |
| carefirst | ppo | $149.99 | ↓ -53% |
| united | options | $152.32 | ↓ -52% |
| united | nonoptions | $152.32 | ↓ -52% |
| united | exchange | $152.32 | ↓ -52% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $171.36 | ↓ -46% |
| united | medicare advantage | $171.36 | ↓ -46% |
| anthem | medicare advantage | $171.36 | ↓ -46% |
| sentara health | medicare advantage | $174.79 | ↓ -45% |
| cigna | medicare advantage | $178.21 | ↓ -44% |
| kaiser | medicare advantage | $178.21 | ↓ -44% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $188.50 | ↓ -40% |
| anthem | medicaid advantage | $239.67 | ↓ -24% |
| united | medicaid advantage | $244.46 | ↓ -23% |
| sentara health | medicaid advantage | $246.86 | ↓ -22% |
| humana | medicaid advantage | $249.26 | ↓ -21% |
| aetna | medicaid advantage | $251.65 | ↓ -20% |
| kaiser | medicaid advantage | $263.64 | ↓ -17% |
| aetna | ppo | $358.91 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | hmo | $358.91 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna | fannie-mae | $376.67 | ↑ +19% |
| innovation | fully insured | $397.59 | ↑ +26% |
| innovation | self insured | $397.59 | ↑ +26% |
| anthem | exchange hmo | $402.08 | ↑ +27% |
| anthem | hmo | $463.46 | ↑ +47% |
| anthem | ppo | $463.46 | ↑ +47% |
| kaiser | ppo | $492.96 | ↑ +56% |
| kaiser | hmo | $492.96 | ↑ +56% |
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Sputum specimen collection at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $316.00 | $41.35 – $397.59 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $316.00 | $41.35 – $397.59 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $316.00 | $41.35 – $397.59 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $316.00 | $41.35 – $397.59 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | not published | $149.16 – $842.01 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | not published | $81.49 – $666.89 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | not published | $149.16 – $634.53 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI | PULASKI | not published | $149.16 – $639.90 |