Tis cgen car anomal 1st shnt 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

$2,996.50

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.

$5,993.00

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.

$2,738.80 with cigna vs $23,094.84 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
cigna exchange $2,738.80 ↓ -9%
carefirst hmo $3,296.15 ↑ +10%
carefirst ppo $3,475.94 ↑ +16%
cigna ppo $3,870.28 ↑ +29%
cigna hmo $3,870.28 ↑ +29%
sentara health exchange $4,016.13 ↑ +34%
united exchange $4,563.52 ↑ +52%
kaiser ppo $4,674.54 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $4,674.54 ↑ +56%
united options $5,136.61 ↑ +71%
united nonoptions $5,136.61 ↑ +71%
sentara health ppo $5,283.87 ↑ +76%
sentara health hmo $5,283.87 ↑ +76%
innovation fully insured $8,206.00 ↑ +174%
aetna fannie-mae $8,708.87 ↑ +191%
innovation self insured $9,898.00 ↑ +230%
aetna ppo $10,186.00 ↑ +240%
aetna hmo $10,186.00 ↑ +240%
anthem medicaid advantage $20,995.31 ↑ +601%
united medicaid advantage $21,415.22 ↑ +615%
sentara health medicaid advantage $21,625.17 ↑ +622%
humana medicaid advantage $21,835.12 ↑ +629%
aetna medicaid advantage $22,045.08 ↑ +636%
kaiser medicaid advantage $23,094.84 ↑ +671%

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Tis cgen car anomal 1st shnt at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $2,996.50 $2,738.80 – $21,835.12
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $2,996.50 $2,738.80 – $21,835.12
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $2,996.50 $2,738.80 – $21,835.12
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $2,996.50 $2,738.80 – $21,835.12
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville not published $1,547.00 – $1,547.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge not published $1,972.00 – $1,972.00
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk not published $5,169.00 – $5,169.00
Sentara CarePlex Hospital Hampton not published $5,169.00 – $5,169.00

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