Bundle his recording 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

$16,183.20

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.

$16,183.20

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.

$787.14 with CareFirst vs $25,500.00 with Anthem — 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
CareFirst RPN $787.14 ↓ -95%
CareFirst HMO $787.14 ↓ -95%
Aetna Broad $4,161.00 ↓ -74%
United OptionsPPO $4,531.30 ↓ -72%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $7,282.44 ↓ -55%
Lifeworks MCR $7,650.00 ↓ -53%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $8,300.00 ↓ -49%
Bright Health COMM $8,772.00 ↓ -46%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $9,709.92 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network COMM $11,490.07 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network WC $11,490.07 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $11,490.07 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $11,651.90 ↓ -28%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $12,946.56 ↓ -20%
United AllPayerAppendix $13,703.00 ↓ -15%
4Most Health Network COMM $14,564.88 ↓ -10%
Anthem HIX $23,537.00 ↑ +45%
Anthem HPN $23,779.00 ↑ +47%
Anthem PPO $25,500.00 ↑ +58%
Anthem HMO $25,500.00 ↑ +58%
Optima Health HMO not published by hospital
Optima Health PPO.POS not published by hospital

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Bundle his recording at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $2,497.00 $762.75 – $12,223.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $2,497.00 $762.75 – $12,223.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $2,497.00 $762.75 – $12,223.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $2,497.00 $762.75 – $12,223.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $2,497.00 $762.75 – $12,223.00
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles not published $787.14 – $787.14

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