Tc-99m sulfur colloid at RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER
8240 LEESBURG PIKE, VIENNA, VA · HCA Virginia · · NPI 1053363853
$1,419.17
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.
$1,419.17
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.
$212.88 with Aetna vs $1,991.21 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.
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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| Aetna | MGMCR | $212.88 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | IFP | $248.17 | ↓ -83% |
| Lifeworks | MCR | $269.64 | ↓ -81% |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $312.22 | ↓ -78% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $397.37 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | PPO | $398.16 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | HMO | $398.16 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Broad | $468.33 | ↓ -67% |
| CareFirst | HMO | $624.43 | ↓ -56% |
| CareFirst | RPN | $624.43 | ↓ -56% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $638.63 | ↓ -55% |
| Greenvbrier Sporting Club | COMM | $851.50 | ↓ -40% |
| Virginia Health Network | COMM | $1,007.61 | ↓ -29% |
| Virginia Health Network | ULTRA | $1,007.61 | ↓ -29% |
| Virginia Health Network | WC | $1,007.61 | ↓ -29% |
| CorVel | WorkersComp | $1,021.80 | ↓ -28% |
| OccuNet Workers Comp | WorkersComp | $1,135.34 | ↓ -20% |
| 4Most Health Network | COMM | $1,277.25 | ↓ -10% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,991.21 | ↑ +40% |
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Tc-99m sulfur colloid at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | $1,231.00 | $286.35 – $1,991.21 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | $1,050.00 | $1,991.21 – $1,991.21 |
| LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER | ROANOKE | $254.00 | $2,254.20 – $2,254.20 |
| TRICITIES HOSPITAL | HOPEWELL | $1,231.00 | $286.35 – $1,991.21 |
| SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | Fredericksburg | $624.24 | $286.35 – $1,991.21 |
| STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER | Dulles | $1,290.52 | $248.17 – $1,991.21 |
| HENRICO DOCTORS HOSPITAL | RICHMOND | $1,231.00 | $286.35 – $1,991.21 |