Alcohol (ethanol) any specimen except urine/breath at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center
2300 Opitz Boulevard, Woodbridge, VA · Sentara · · NPI 1548366404
$259.00
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$518.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$10.36 with Unitedhealthcare vs $58.20 with Carefirst — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $10.36 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $17.62 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $17.79 | ↓ -93% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan | $18.09 | ↓ -93% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Dsnp Medicare Managed Care Plan | $18.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Exchange | $33.33 | ↓ -87% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Hmo | $35.75 | ↓ -86% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Ppo | $37.65 | ↓ -85% |
| Carefirst | Hmo | $51.36 | ↓ -80% |
| Carefirst | Ppo | $58.20 | ↓ -78% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Alcohol (ethanol) any specimen except urine/breath at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | $545.00 | $17.27 – $25.04 |
| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $91.00 | $16.44 – $114.50 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $91.00 | $16.44 – $114.50 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $91.00 | $16.44 – $114.50 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $91.00 | $16.44 – $114.50 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $91.00 | $16.44 – $114.50 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $22.20 | $8.64 – $37.65 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $22.20 | $14.53 – $37.65 |