Ablate pulm tumor perq rf at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center

2300 Opitz Boulevard, Woodbridge, VA · Sentara · · NPI 1548366404

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$6,598.00

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.

$13,196.00

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.

$6,016.50 with Aetna vs $13,938.02 with Bcbs — 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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,016.50 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,075.48 ↓ -8%
Bcbs Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,178.71 ↓ -6%
Unitedhealthcare Dsnp Medicare Managed Care Plan $6,193.46 ↓ -6%
Carefirst Hmo $7,889.00 ↑ +20%
Carefirst Ppo $9,071.00 ↑ +37%
Cigna Connect Exchange $10,469.00 ↑ +59%
Cigna Ppo/Pos $11,380.00 ↑ +72%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $11,640.00 ↑ +76%
Bcbs Anthem Exchange $12,134.03 ↑ +84%
Bcbs Anthem Hmo $13,047.51 ↑ +98%
Bcbs Anthem Ppo $13,938.02 ↑ +111%

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Ablate pulm tumor perq rf at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $15,197.00 $3,689.00 – $9,927.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $15,197.00 $3,689.00 – $9,927.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $15,197.00 $3,689.00 – $9,927.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $15,197.00 $3,689.00 – $9,927.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $15,197.00 $3,689.00 – $9,927.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $6,829.50 $3,338.00 – $13,397.00
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $8,026.50 $6,064.13 – $6,242.48
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $6,598.00 $6,016.50 – $13,700.00

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