Appl modality 1/> areas paraffin bath 97018 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.

$6.81 with United vs $39.14 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.

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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 $6.81
Sentara Health MCR $6.81
Humana MCR $6.81
Devoted MCR $6.81
United MGMCR $6.84
Humana Military TRCR $6.85
Aetna MGMCR $6.89
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $6.95
Anthem MGMCR $7.01
Johns Hopkins UniformedServicesFamilyHealthPlan $7.06
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $7.08
DaVita Village Health MCR $7.08
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $7.15
Align Senior Care MGMCR $7.29
Pyramid Life MGMCR $7.29
CareFirst HMO $39.14
CareFirst RPN $39.14
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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Appl modality 1/> areas paraffin bath 97018 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $371.00 $5.11 – $6.26
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $45.50 $7.06 – $57.25
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $45.50 $7.06 – $57.25
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $45.50 $7.06 – $57.25
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $45.50 $7.06 – $57.25
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $45.50 $7.06 – $57.25
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $131.00 $5.11 – $6.77
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE $225.00 $5.11 – $6.77

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