Alcohol (ethanol) any specimen except urine/breath 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

$876.45

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$876.45

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.

$17.27 with United vs $788.80 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
United VACCN $17.27 ↓ -98%
Devoted MCR $17.27 ↓ -98%
Humana MCR $17.27 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.27 ↓ -98%
Johns Hopkins UniformedServicesFamilyHealthPlan $17.27 ↓ -98%
Sentara Health MCR $17.27 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $17.36 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCR $17.47 ↓ -98%
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $17.62 ↓ -98%
Anthem MGMCR $17.79 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $17.96 ↓ -98%
DaVita Village Health MCR $17.96 ↓ -98%
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $18.13 ↓ -98%
Pyramid Life MGMCR $18.48 ↓ -98%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $18.48 ↓ -98%
Bright Health COMM $36.96 ↓ -96%
Cigna HMO $65.78 ↓ -92%
Cigna PPO $65.78 ↓ -92%
Cigna IFP $69.04 ↓ -92%
CareFirst HMO $70.12 ↓ -92%
CareFirst RPN $70.12 ↓ -92%
Anthem HIX $83.24 ↓ -91%
Anthem HPN $84.10 ↓ -90%
Anthem PPO $90.20 ↓ -90%
Anthem HMO $90.20 ↓ -90%
Lifeworks MCR $166.53 ↓ -81%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $192.82 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $245.41 ↓ -72%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $394.40 ↓ -55%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $525.87 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network WC $622.28 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $622.28 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $622.28 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $631.04 ↓ -28%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $701.16 ↓ -20%
4Most Health Network COMM $788.80 ↓ -10%
Optima Health PPO.POS not published by hospital
Optima Health HMO not published by hospital
Aetna Broad not published by hospital

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Alcohol (ethanol) any specimen except urine/breath at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $545.00 $17.27 – $25.04
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $91.00 $16.44 – $114.50
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $91.00 $16.44 – $114.50
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $91.00 $16.44 – $114.50
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $91.00 $16.44 – $114.50
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $91.00 $16.44 – $114.50
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $513.00 $17.27 – $18.48
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg $565.92 $17.27 – $69.84

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