Urinary bldr retent nuc study 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

$207.50

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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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$415.00

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.

$185.01 with cigna vs $584.53 with kaiser — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $185.01 ↓ -11%
united exchange $232.50 ↑ +12%
sentara health exchange $234.10 ↑ +13%
aetna hmo $235.68 ↑ +14%
aetna ppo $235.68 ↑ +14%
aetna fannie-mae $247.34 ↑ +19%
cigna hmo $268.01 ↑ +29%
cigna ppo $268.01 ↑ +29%
innovation self insured $273.49 ↑ +32%
innovation fully insured $273.49 ↑ +32%
carefirst hmo $275.86 ↑ +33%
united options $285.13 ↑ +37%
united nonoptions $285.13 ↑ +37%
carefirst ppo $299.30 ↑ +44%
sentara health ppo $307.99 ↑ +48%
sentara health hmo $307.99 ↑ +48%
kaiser ppo $323.70 ↑ +56%
kaiser hmo $323.70 ↑ +56%
anthem medicaid advantage $531.39 ↑ +156%
united medicaid advantage $542.02 ↑ +161%
sentara health medicaid advantage $547.33 ↑ +164%
humana medicaid advantage $552.65 ↑ +166%
aetna medicaid advantage $557.96 ↑ +169%
kaiser medicaid advantage $584.53 ↑ +182%

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Urinary bldr retent nuc study at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $207.50 $185.01 – $552.65
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $207.50 $185.01 – $552.65
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $207.50 $185.01 – $552.65
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $207.50 $185.01 – $552.65
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $40.17 – $40.17
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $23.93 – $395.39
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $32.87 – $32.87
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $27.16 – $27.16

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