Collection of venous blood by venipuncture 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

$91.78

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$91.78

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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$3.00 with United vs $2,550.00 with Lifeworks — 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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United AllPayerAppendix $3.00 ↓ -97%
Humana Military TRCR $8.82 ↓ -90%
Johns Hopkins UniformedServicesFamilyHealthPlan $8.83 ↓ -90%
Humana MCR $9.34 ↓ -90%
Sentara Health MCR $9.34 ↓ -90%
Devoted MCR $9.34 ↓ -90%
United VACCN $9.34 ↓ -90%
United MGMCR $9.39 ↓ -90%
Aetna MGMCR $9.45 ↓ -90%
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $9.53 ↓ -90%
Anthem MGMCR $9.62 ↓ -90%
DaVita Village Health MCR $9.71 ↓ -89%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $9.71 ↓ -89%
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $9.81 ↓ -89%
Pyramid Life MGMCR $9.99 ↓ -89%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $9.99 ↓ -89%
CareFirst RPN $12.18 ↓ -87%
CareFirst HMO $12.18 ↓ -87%
Anthem HIX $14.46 ↓ -84%
Anthem HPN $14.61 ↓ -84%
Anthem HMO $15.67 ↓ -83%
Anthem PPO $15.67 ↓ -83%
Bright Health COMM $18.90 ↓ -79%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $20.19 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $25.70 ↓ -72%
Aetna Broad $30.29 ↓ -67%
Cigna HMO $33.61 ↓ -63%
Cigna PPO $33.61 ↓ -63%
Cigna IFP $35.28 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $41.30 ↓ -55%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $55.07 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network WC $65.16 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $65.16 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $65.16 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $66.08 ↓ -28%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $73.42 ↓ -20%
4Most Health Network COMM $82.60 ↓ -10%
Lifeworks MCR $2,550.00 ↑ +2678%

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Collection of venous blood by venipuncture at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $81.00 $3.00 – $12.80
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $10.50 $3.00 – $13.59
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $10.50 $3.00 – $13.59
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $10.50 $3.00 – $13.59
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $10.50 $3.00 – $13.59
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $10.50 $3.00 – $13.59
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $9.00 $3.00 – $37.91
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $82.00 $3.00 – $9.99

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