Ethylene glycol -sendout 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

$237.30

Cash price

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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.

$237.30

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.

$14.90 with Johns Hopkins vs $213.57 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.

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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 $14.90 ↓ -94%
Humana MCR $14.90 ↓ -94%
Sentara Health MCR $14.90 ↓ -94%
Devoted MCR $14.90 ↓ -94%
United VACCN $14.90 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.90 ↓ -94%
United MGMCR $14.97 ↓ -94%
Aetna MGMCR $15.07 ↓ -94%
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $15.20 ↓ -94%
Anthem MGMCR $15.35 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $15.50 ↓ -93%
DaVita Village Health MCR $15.50 ↓ -93%
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $15.65 ↓ -93%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $15.94 ↓ -93%
Pyramid Life MGMCR $15.94 ↓ -93%
Humana Military TRCR $16.07 ↓ -93%
Bright Health COMM $31.89 ↓ -87%
Lifeworks MCR $45.09 ↓ -81%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $52.21 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $56.75 ↓ -76%
Cigna HMO $56.75 ↓ -76%
Cigna IFP $59.56 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $66.44 ↓ -72%
Anthem HIX $71.82 ↓ -70%
Anthem HPN $72.56 ↓ -69%
CareFirst HMO $73.12 ↓ -69%
CareFirst RPN $73.12 ↓ -69%
Anthem HMO $77.82 ↓ -67%
Anthem PPO $77.82 ↓ -67%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $106.78 ↓ -55%
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $142.38 ↓ -40%
Virginia Health Network WC $168.48 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $168.48 ↓ -29%
Virginia Health Network COMM $168.48 ↓ -29%
CorVel WorkersComp $170.86 ↓ -28%
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $189.84 ↓ -20%
4Most Health Network COMM $213.57 ↓ -10%
Aetna Broad not published by hospital
Optima Health PPO.POS not published by hospital
Optima Health HMO not published by hospital

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Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $114.00 $14.43 – $143.43
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $114.00 $14.43 – $143.43
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $597.00 $12.96 – $66.62
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $245.00 $12.96 – $15.94

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