Macroscopic exam parasite 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

$14.00

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.

$28.00

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.

$3.74 with Unitedhealthcare vs $24.15 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 $3.74 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $4.40 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $4.44 ↓ -68%
Bcbs Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $4.51 ↓ -68%
Unitedhealthcare Dsnp Medicare Managed Care Plan $4.53 ↓ -68%
Bcbs Anthem Exchange $8.32 ↓ -41%
Bcbs Anthem Hmo $8.92 ↓ -36%
Bcbs Anthem Ppo $9.40 ↓ -33%
Carefirst Hmo $18.18 ↑ +30%
Carefirst Ppo $20.09 ↑ +44%
Cigna Connect Exchange $22.22 ↑ +59%
Cigna Ppo/Pos $24.15 ↑ +73%

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Macroscopic exam parasite at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $38.50 $4.31 – $48.44
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $38.50 $4.31 – $48.44
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $38.50 $4.31 – $48.44
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $38.50 $4.31 – $48.44
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $38.50 $4.31 – $48.44
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $7.20 $2.16 – $10.36
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $7.20 $4.31 – $10.36
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $14.00 $4.40 – $7.15

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