Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker 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

$1,034.24

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.

$1,034.24

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.

$16.77 with Johns Hopkins vs $930.82 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
Johns Hopkins UniformedServicesFamilyHealthPlan $16.77 ↓ -98%
Humana MCR $16.77 ↓ -98%
Devoted MCR $16.77 ↓ -98%
United VACCN $16.77 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.77 ↓ -98%
Sentara Health MCR $16.77 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $16.85 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCR $16.96 ↓ -98%
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $17.11 ↓ -98%
Anthem MGMCR $17.27 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $17.44 ↓ -98%
DaVita Village Health MCR $17.44 ↓ -98%
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $17.61 ↓ -98%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $17.94 ↓ -98%
Pyramid Life MGMCR $17.94 ↓ -98%
Humana Military TRCR $18.08 ↓ -98%
Bright Health COMM $35.89 ↓ -97%
Cigna HMO $63.84 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $63.84 ↓ -94%
Cigna IFP $67.01 ↓ -94%
Anthem HIX $80.83 ↓ -92%
Anthem HPN $81.67 ↓ -92%
Anthem PPO $87.59 ↓ -92%
Anthem HMO $87.59 ↓ -92%
CareFirst HMO $95.17 ↓ -91%
CareFirst RPN $95.17 ↓ -91%
Lifeworks MCR $196.51 ↓ -81%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $227.53 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $289.59 ↓ -72%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $465.41 ↓ -55%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $620.54 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $734.31 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $734.31 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network WC $734.31 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $744.65 ↓ -28%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $827.39 ↓ -20%
4Most Health Network COMM $930.82 ↓ -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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Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $168.00 $14.35 – $211.38
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $168.00 $14.35 – $211.38
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $168.00 $14.35 – $211.38
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $168.00 $14.35 – $211.38
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $168.00 $14.35 – $211.38
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $693.00 $12.88 – $17.94
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $14.59 – $24.32
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $14.59 – $74.98

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