Aluminum - quest at RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER
8240 LEESBURG PIKE, VIENNA, VA · HCA Virginia · · NPI 1053363853
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Cash price 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 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.
$25.48 with United vs $144.54 with CareFirst — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | VACCN | $25.48 | — |
| Sentara Health | MCR | $25.48 | — |
| Humana | MCR | $25.48 | — |
| Johns Hopkins | UniformedServicesFamilyHealthPlan | $25.48 | — |
| Devoted | MCR | $25.48 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $25.48 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $25.61 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCR | $25.77 | — |
| Virginia Premier Health | MGMCR | $25.99 | — |
| Anthem | MGMCR | $26.24 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCR | $26.50 | — |
| DaVita Village Health | MCR | $26.50 | — |
| Clear Spring Health Plan | MCR | $26.75 | — |
| Pyramid Life | MGMCR | $27.26 | — |
| Align Senior Care | MGMCR | $27.26 | — |
| Humana Military | TRCR | $27.48 | — |
| Bright Health | COMM | $54.53 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $96.99 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $96.99 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $101.80 | — |
| Anthem | HIX | $122.81 | — |
| Anthem | HPN | $124.09 | — |
| Anthem | HMO | $133.08 | — |
| Anthem | PPO | $133.08 | — |
| CareFirst | HMO | $144.54 | — |
| CareFirst | RPN | $144.54 | — |
| Optima Health | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Broad | not published by hospital | — |
| Optima Health | PPO.POS | not published by hospital | — |
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Aluminum - quest at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | $651.00 | $22.18 – $36.95 |
| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $220.00 | $14.43 – $276.80 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $220.00 | $14.43 – $276.80 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $220.00 | $14.43 – $276.80 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $220.00 | $14.43 – $276.80 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $220.00 | $14.43 – $276.80 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | $713.00 | $22.18 – $113.92 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | $555.00 | $22.18 – $27.26 |