Lymph vessel x-ray trunk 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.

$143.59 with Anthem vs $6,438.74 with United — 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
Anthem HIX $143.59
Anthem HPN $145.12
Anthem PPO $155.58
Anthem HMO $155.58
Lifeworks MCR $930.34
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $1,077.24
Cigna HMO $1,224.91
Cigna PPO $1,224.91
Cigna IFP $1,285.65
CareFirst HMO $1,294.69
CareFirst RPN $1,294.69
United OptionsPPO $1,371.03
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,203.44
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $2,937.92
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $3,476.54
Virginia Health Network WC $3,476.54
Virginia Health Network COMM $3,476.54
CorVel WorkersComp $3,525.50
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $3,917.22
4Most Health Network COMM $4,406.88
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74
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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Lymph vessel x-ray trunk at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $1,176.00 $1,031.71 – $1,787.25
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $1,176.00 $1,031.71 – $1,787.25
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $1,176.00 $1,031.71 – $1,787.25
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $1,176.00 $1,031.71 – $1,787.25
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,176.00 $1,031.71 – $1,787.25
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $194.58 – $6,438.74
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $115.89 – $6,438.74
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $159.22 – $6,438.74

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