Venous sampling s&i at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center
2300 Opitz Boulevard, Woodbridge, VA · Sentara · · NPI 1548366404
$3,919.00
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$7,838.00
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.
$1,884.90 with Carefirst vs $12,828.97 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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| Carefirst | Hmo | $1,884.90 | ↓ -52% |
| Carefirst | Ppo | $2,074.02 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,537.77 | ↑ +41% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,592.06 | ↑ +43% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,687.07 | ↑ +45% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Dsnp Medicare Managed Care Plan | $5,700.64 | ↑ +45% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Exchange | $11,168.53 | ↑ +185% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Hmo | $12,009.32 | ↑ +206% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Ppo | $12,828.97 | ↑ +227% |
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Venous sampling s&i at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $2,742.00 | $1,929.02 – $5,946.27 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $2,742.00 | $1,929.02 – $5,946.27 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $2,742.00 | $1,929.02 – $5,946.27 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $2,742.00 | $1,929.02 – $5,946.27 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $2,742.00 | $1,929.02 – $5,946.27 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $2,643.00 | $5,537.77 – $5,700.64 |
| Lonesome Pine Hospital | BIG STONE GAP | $1,357.80 | $149.83 – $11,835.62 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | $8,155.00 | $79.35 – $10,733.33 |