Amniocentesis therapeutic 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

$4,579.50

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.

$9,159.00

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.

$303.27 with Aetna vs $4,335.00 with Cigna — 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 $303.27 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $306.24 ↓ -93%
Bcbs Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $311.44 ↓ -93%
Unitedhealthcare Dsnp Medicare Managed Care Plan $312.19 ↓ -93%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $484.00 ↓ -89%
Bcbs Anthem Exchange $611.63 ↓ -87%
Bcbs Anthem Hmo $657.67 ↓ -86%
Bcbs Anthem Ppo $702.56 ↓ -85%
Carefirst Hmo $778.00 ↓ -83%
Carefirst Ppo $897.00 ↓ -80%
Cigna Connect Exchange $3,988.00 ↓ -13%
Cigna Ppo/Pos $4,335.00 ↓ -5%

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Amniocentesis therapeutic at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $2,516.00 $304.19 – $1,509.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $2,516.00 $304.19 – $1,509.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $2,516.00 $304.19 – $1,509.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $2,516.00 $304.19 – $1,509.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $2,516.00 $304.19 – $1,509.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $143.10 $266.53 – $752.20
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $143.10 $297.32 – $752.21
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $1,974.00 $303.27 – $511.00

All Virginia hospitals for this procedure →