CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear w/contrast 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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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.

$198.16 with Anthem vs $3,976.44 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.

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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
Anthem HIX $198.16
Anthem HPN $200.27
Anthem HMO $214.71
Anthem PPO $214.71
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74
Lifeworks MCR $839.47
Cigna IFP $874.82
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $972.02
United OptionsPPO $1,237.12
CareFirst HMO $1,333.29
CareFirst RPN $1,333.29
Cigna PPO $1,488.96
Cigna HMO $1,488.96
Aetna Broad $1,819.00
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,988.22
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $2,650.96
Virginia Health Network COMM $3,136.97
Virginia Health Network WC $3,136.97
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $3,136.97
CorVel WorkersComp $3,181.15
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $3,534.62
4Most Health Network COMM $3,976.44
Optima Health PPO.POS not published by hospital
Optima Health HMO not published by hospital

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CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear w/contrast at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $4,798.00 $268.53 – $401.74
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $746.00 $178.02 – $1,432.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $746.00 $178.02 – $1,432.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $746.00 $178.02 – $1,432.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $746.00 $178.02 – $1,432.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $746.00 $178.02 – $1,432.00
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $2,844.00 $219.73 – $401.74
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI $7,076.00 $181.56 – $401.74

All Virginia hospitals for this procedure →