Dch validity tests 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.
$3.48 with United vs $18.18 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.
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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| United | VACCN | $3.48 | — |
| Sentara Health | MCR | $3.48 | — |
| Humana | MCR | $3.48 | — |
| Johns Hopkins | UniformedServicesFamilyHealthPlan | $3.48 | — |
| Devoted | MCR | $3.48 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $3.48 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $3.50 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCR | $3.52 | — |
| Virginia Premier Health | MGMCR | $3.55 | — |
| Anthem | MGMCR | $3.58 | — |
| DaVita Village Health | MCR | $3.62 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCR | $3.62 | — |
| Clear Spring Health Plan | MCR | $3.65 | — |
| Pyramid Life | MGMCR | $3.72 | — |
| Align Senior Care | MGMCR | $3.72 | — |
| Humana Military | TRCR | $3.75 | — |
| Bright Health | COMM | $7.45 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $13.24 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $13.24 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $13.89 | — |
| CareFirst | HMO | $14.49 | — |
| CareFirst | RPN | $14.49 | — |
| Anthem | HIX | $16.77 | — |
| Anthem | HPN | $16.95 | — |
| Anthem | PPO | $18.18 | — |
| Anthem | HMO | $18.18 | — |
| Optima Health | PPO.POS | not published by hospital | — |
| Optima Health | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Broad | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Dch validity tests at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | $181.00 | $3.03 – $5.05 |
| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $25.00 | $3.48 – $31.46 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $25.00 | $3.48 – $31.46 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $25.00 | $3.48 – $31.46 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $25.00 | $3.48 – $31.46 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $25.00 | $3.48 – $31.46 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | not published | $3.03 – $15.56 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | not published | $3.03 – $3.72 |