Abdominal CT scan (with and without contrast) at RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER

8240 LEESBURG PIKE, VIENNA, VA · HCA Virginia · · NPI 1053363853

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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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.

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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.

$244.33 with Anthem vs $5,423.57 with 4Most Health Network — 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 HIX $244.33
Anthem HPN $246.94
Anthem PPO $264.74
Anthem HMO $264.74
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74
Lifeworks MCR $1,144.98
Cigna IFP $1,193.19
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $1,325.76
United OptionsPPO $1,687.33
Aetna Broad $1,819.00
CareFirst HMO $1,853.11
CareFirst RPN $1,853.11
Cigna PPO $2,030.83
Cigna HMO $2,030.83
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,711.79
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $3,615.71
Virginia Health Network WC $4,278.59
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $4,278.59
Virginia Health Network COMM $4,278.59
CorVel WorkersComp $4,338.86
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $4,820.95
4Most Health Network COMM $5,423.57
Optima Health PPO.POS not published by hospital
Optima Health HMO not published by hospital

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Abdominal CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $6,723.00 $331.10 – $401.74
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $1,051.50 $178.02 – $1,476.69
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $1,051.50 $178.02 – $1,476.69
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $1,051.50 $178.02 – $1,476.69
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $1,051.50 $178.02 – $1,476.69
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,051.50 $178.02 – $1,476.69
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $5,387.00 $270.93 – $401.74
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $13,012.00 $223.86 – $401.74

All Virginia hospitals for this procedure →