X-ray knee 1-2 views (both sides) 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.

$30.58 with Anthem vs $812.87 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
Anthem HIX $30.58
Anthem HPN $30.91
Anthem PPO $33.14
Anthem HMO $33.14
CareFirst HMO $131.94
CareFirst RPN $131.94
Cigna HMO $151.10
Cigna PPO $151.10
Cigna IFP $158.60
Lifeworks MCR $171.61
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $198.70
United OptionsPPO $252.89
United GlobalBenefitPlan $406.44
Greenvbrier Sporting Club COMM $541.91
Virginia Health Network WC $641.26
Virginia Health Network ULTRA $641.26
Virginia Health Network COMM $641.26
CorVel WorkersComp $650.30
OccuNet Workers Comp WorkersComp $722.55
4Most Health Network COMM $812.87
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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X-ray knee 1-2 views (both sides) at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $255.50 $80.04 – $336.75
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $255.50 $80.04 – $336.75
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $255.50 $80.04 – $336.75
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $255.50 $80.04 – $336.75
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $255.50 $80.04 – $336.75
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $65.85 $17.45 – $185.10
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $65.85 $28.88 – $185.10
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $65.85 $22.40 – $203.78

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