Chest CT scan (with contrast) 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.
$204.60 with Anthem vs $4,123.57 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.
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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| Anthem | HIX | $204.60 | — |
| Anthem | HPN | $206.79 | — |
| Anthem | HMO | $221.69 | — |
| Anthem | PPO | $221.69 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $401.74 | — |
| Lifeworks | MCR | $870.53 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $907.18 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $1,007.98 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,282.89 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,544.05 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,544.05 | — |
| CareFirst | HMO | $1,562.19 | — |
| CareFirst | RPN | $1,562.19 | — |
| Aetna | Broad | $1,819.00 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $2,061.78 | — |
| Greenvbrier Sporting Club | COMM | $2,749.04 | — |
| Virginia Health Network | COMM | $3,253.04 | — |
| Virginia Health Network | ULTRA | $3,253.04 | — |
| Virginia Health Network | WC | $3,253.04 | — |
| CorVel | WorkersComp | $3,298.85 | — |
| OccuNet Workers Comp | WorkersComp | $3,665.39 | — |
| 4Most Health Network | COMM | $4,123.57 | — |
| Optima Health | PPO.POS | not published by hospital | — |
| Optima Health | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Chest CT scan (with contrast) at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | $6,995.00 | $277.26 – $401.74 |
| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $885.50 | $178.02 – $1,432.00 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $885.50 | $178.02 – $1,432.00 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $885.50 | $178.02 – $1,432.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $885.50 | $178.02 – $1,432.00 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $885.50 | $178.02 – $1,432.00 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | $4,606.00 | $226.88 – $401.74 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI | PULASKI | $10,914.00 | $187.46 – $401.74 |