Heavy metal qual any number 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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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

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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.

$20.94 with United vs $109.37 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.

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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
United VACCN $20.94
Sentara Health MCR $20.94
Humana MCR $20.94
Johns Hopkins UniformedServicesFamilyHealthPlan $20.94
Devoted MCR $20.94
United AllPayerAppendix $20.94
United MGMCR $21.04
Aetna MGMCR $21.18
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $21.36
Anthem MGMCR $21.57
DaVita Village Health MCR $21.78
Cigna HealthSpring MCR $21.78
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $21.99
Pyramid Life MGMCR $22.41
Align Senior Care MGMCR $22.41
Humana Military TRCR $22.58
Bright Health COMM $44.81
Cigna PPO $79.71
Cigna HMO $79.71
Cigna IFP $83.67
CareFirst HMO $98.70
CareFirst RPN $98.70
Anthem HIX $100.93
Anthem HPN $101.98
Anthem PPO $109.37
Anthem HMO $109.37
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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