Knee MRI (with contrast) 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.
$286.57 with Anthem vs $8,490.96 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.
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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| Anthem | HIX | $286.57 | — |
| Anthem | HPN | $289.63 | — |
| Anthem | PPO | $310.50 | — |
| Anthem | HMO | $310.50 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,609.16 | — |
| Lifeworks | MCR | $1,792.54 | — |
| Aetna | Broad | $1,915.00 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $2,075.57 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,641.63 | — |
| CareFirst | HMO | $2,775.94 | — |
| CareFirst | RPN | $2,775.94 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $4,245.48 | — |
| Greenvbrier Sporting Club | COMM | $5,660.64 | — |
| Virginia Health Network | WC | $6,698.42 | — |
| Virginia Health Network | COMM | $6,698.42 | — |
| Virginia Health Network | ULTRA | $6,698.42 | — |
| CorVel | WorkersComp | $6,792.77 | — |
| OccuNet Workers Comp | WorkersComp | $7,547.52 | — |
| 4Most Health Network | COMM | $8,490.96 | — |
| Optima Health | PPO.POS | not published by hospital | — |
| Optima Health | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Knee MRI (with contrast) at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $887.50 | $580.28 – $2,212.07 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $887.50 | $580.28 – $2,212.07 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $887.50 | $580.28 – $2,212.07 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $887.50 | $580.28 – $2,212.07 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $887.50 | $580.28 – $2,212.07 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | not published | $388.34 – $1,609.16 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | not published | $231.29 – $1,609.16 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | not published | $317.77 – $1,609.16 |