Cytopath c/v auto redo 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

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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.

$9.25 with Unitedhealthcare vs $60.41 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
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $9.25
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $28.19
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $28.47
Bcbs Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $28.95
Unitedhealthcare Dsnp Medicare Managed Care Plan $29.02
Carefirst Hmo $45.02
Carefirst Ppo $49.74
Bcbs Anthem Exchange $53.35
Cigna Connect Exchange $55.58
Bcbs Anthem Hmo $57.21
Bcbs Anthem Ppo $60.26
Cigna Ppo/Pos $60.41

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Cytopath c/v auto redo at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $24.05 – $40.08
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville not published $17.71 – $29.02
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $24.05 – $123.58
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $24.05 – $29.57
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston not published $14.46 – $28.95
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $21.23 – $29.57
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE not published $24.05 – $40.08
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL not published $24.05 – $118.68

All Virginia hospitals for this procedure →