Hysteroscopy biopsy at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center
2300 Opitz Boulevard, Woodbridge, VA · Sentara · · NPI 1548366404
$4,493.50
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$8,987.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$3,221.58 with Aetna vs $7,463.22 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,221.58 | ↓ -28% |
| Carefirst | Hmo | $3,231.00 | ↓ -28% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,253.17 | ↓ -28% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,308.44 | ↓ -26% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Dsnp Medicare Managed Care Plan | $3,316.33 | ↓ -26% |
| Carefirst | Ppo | $3,714.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna | Connect Exchange | $3,988.00 | ↓ -11% |
| Cigna | Ppo/Pos | $4,335.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $5,620.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Exchange | $6,497.26 | ↑ +45% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Hmo | $6,986.39 | ↑ +55% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Ppo | $7,463.22 | ↑ +66% |
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Hysteroscopy biopsy at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sentara Leigh Hospital | Norfolk | $4,493.50 | $3,221.58 – $5,220.00 |
| Sentara CarePlex Hospital | Hampton | $4,493.50 | $3,221.58 – $3,316.33 |
| Sentara Norfolk General Hospital | Norfolk | $4,493.50 | $3,221.58 – $5,220.00 |
| Sentara Princess Anne Hospital | Virginia Beach | $4,493.50 | $3,221.58 – $5,220.00 |
| Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital | Virginia Beach | $4,493.50 | $3,221.58 – $5,820.00 |
| Sentara Obici Hospital | Suffolk | $4,493.50 | $3,221.58 – $5,220.00 |
| Southampton Medical Center | Franklin | $7,140.51 | $3,382.66 – $3,450.31 |
| St Mary's Hospital | Richmond | $17,202.52 | $3,247.71 – $3,312.66 |