Culture anaerobic except blood 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

$868.37

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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.

$868.37

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.

$9.47 with Johns Hopkins vs $781.53 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
Johns Hopkins UniformedServicesFamilyHealthPlan $9.47 ↓ -99%
Humana MCR $9.47 ↓ -99%
Devoted MCR $9.47 ↓ -99%
United VACCN $9.47 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.47 ↓ -99%
Sentara Health MCR $9.47 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $9.52 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCR $9.58 ↓ -99%
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $9.66 ↓ -99%
Anthem MGMCR $9.75 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $9.85 ↓ -99%
DaVita Village Health MCR $9.85 ↓ -99%
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $9.94 ↓ -99%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $10.13 ↓ -99%
Pyramid Life MGMCR $10.13 ↓ -99%
Humana Military TRCR $10.21 ↓ -99%
Bright Health COMM $20.27 ↓ -98%
Cigna HMO $36.08 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO $36.08 ↓ -96%
Cigna IFP $37.87 ↓ -96%
Anthem HIX $45.65 ↓ -95%
Anthem HPN $46.12 ↓ -95%
Anthem PPO $49.46 ↓ -94%
Anthem HMO $49.46 ↓ -94%
CareFirst HMO $53.67 ↓ -94%
CareFirst RPN $53.67 ↓ -94%
Lifeworks MCR $164.99 ↓ -81%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $191.04 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $243.14 ↓ -72%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $390.77 ↓ -55%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $521.02 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $616.54 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $616.54 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network WC $616.54 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $625.23 ↓ -28%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $694.70 ↓ -20%
4Most Health Network COMM $781.53 ↓ -10%
Optima Health PPO.POS not published by hospital
Optima Health HMO not published by hospital
Aetna Broad not published by hospital

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Culture anaerobic except blood at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $507.00 $8.24 – $13.73
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $85.00 $9.47 – $106.95
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $85.00 $9.47 – $106.95
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $85.00 $9.47 – $106.95
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $85.00 $9.47 – $106.95
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $85.00 $9.47 – $106.95
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $740.00 $8.24 – $42.34
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $343.00 $8.24 – $10.13

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