Summary

9 facilities within 25 miles of Fairfax publish prices for Urinalysis with Microscopy. Cash prices range from $20 to $337 — a 16.9x difference for an identical procedure. The Virginia average is $77.

Choosing the lowest-priced facility over the highest saves $317. The lowest-priced facility (Novant Prince William Medical Center) has a 4-star CMS quality rating — lower price does not mean lower quality.

$20 lowest
$337 highest
Best Value

Novant Prince William Medical Center

Manassas, VA · Novant Health · 11.3 mi

$20 Cash price
4/5 CMS rating
64.0% Patient satisfaction

Lowest price among hospitals rated 4 stars or above. Patient satisfaction: 64%. Cash price of $20 is below the statewide average of $77.

All facilities ranked by price

1
Novant Prince William Medical Center 4★ · 11.3 mi · Nonprofit
$20
2
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital 5★ · 0.0 mi · Nonprofit
$44
3
Inova Loudoun Hospital 5★ · 11.3 mi · Nonprofit
$44
4
Inova Alexandria Hospital 4★ · 14.3 mi · Nonprofit
$44
5
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital 3★ · 14.3 mi · Nonprofit
$44
6
UVA Health Haymarket Medical Center 4★ · 11.3 mi · Nonprofit
$73
7
Dominion Hospital · 0.4 mi · For-profit
$108
8
Stonesprings Hospital Center 3★ · 11.3 mi · For-profit
$331
9
Reston Hospital Center 3★ · 11.3 mi · Nonprofit
$337
Complete facility data
# Facility Cash Price Gross Charge Markup CMS Stars Patient Rating Ownership
1 Novant Prince William Medical Center Novant Health Manassas, VA · 11.3 mi $20 $40 2.0x 4/5 64.0% Nonprofit
2 Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Inova Health System Fairfax, VA · 0.0 mi $44 $89 2.0x 5/5 79.0% Nonprofit
3 Inova Loudoun Hospital Inova Health System Leesburg, VA · 11.3 mi $44 $89 2.0x 5/5 76.0% Nonprofit
4 Inova Alexandria Hospital Inova Health System Alexandria, VA · 14.3 mi $44 $89 2.0x 4/5 70.0% Nonprofit
5 Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Inova Health System Alexandria, VA · 14.3 mi $44 $89 2.0x 3/5 67.0% Nonprofit
6 UVA Health Haymarket Medical Center UVA Health Haymarket, VA · 11.3 mi $73 $122 1.67x 4/5 76.0% Nonprofit
7 Dominion Hospital HCA Virginia Falls Church, VA · 0.4 mi $108 $108 1.0x For-profit
8 Stonesprings Hospital Center Dulles, VA · 11.3 mi $331 $331 1.0x 3/5 76.0% For-profit
9 Reston Hospital Center HCA Virginia Reston, VA · 11.3 mi $337 $337 1.0x 3/5 66.0% Nonprofit

Insurance negotiated rates by facility

The rates below are what each insurer has contractually agreed to pay this hospital for Urinalysis with Microscopy. Your actual out-of-pocket cost depends on your deductible status and copay structure.

Novant Prince William Medical Center

Cash: $20
Insurance Plan Negotiated Rate vs Cash
UnitedHealthcare $3 -$17
Anthem UVAPW - Anthem Exchange $3 -$17
Anthem UVAPW - Managed Medicare (various) $3 -$17
Cigna UVAPW - Managed Medicare (various) $3 -$17
Kaiser Permanente UVAPW - Managed Medicare (Kaiser) $3 -$17
UnitedHealthcare UVAPW - Managed Medicare (various) $3 -$17
Medicare UVAPW - Managed Medicare (various) $3 -$17
Aetna UVAPW - Managed Medicare - Aetna $3 -$17
Humana UVAPW - Managed Medicare (Humana) $3 -$17
TRICARE UVAMC & UVACHM & UVAPW & UVAHM - Tricare $3 -$17

17 additional plans not shown.

UVA Health Haymarket Medical Center

Cash: $73
Insurance Plan Negotiated Rate vs Cash
Medicaid UVAMC - Managed Medicare (Innovage) $3 -$70
Aetna UVAMC - Managed Medicare (various) $3 -$70
Anthem UVAMC - Anthem Exchange $3 -$70
Anthem UVAMC - Anthem (PPO PAR HMO) $3 -$70
Cigna UVAMC - Managed Medicare (various) $3 -$70
Humana UVAMC - Managed Medicare (various) $3 -$70
Medicare UVAMC - Managed Medicare (various) $3 -$70
UnitedHealthcare UVAMC - Anthem (PPO PAR HMO) $3 -$70
Anthem UVAMC - Managed Medicare (various) $3 -$70
Kaiser Permanente UVAMC - Managed Medicare (various) $3 -$70
UnitedHealthcare UVAMC - Managed Medicare (various) $3 -$70

31 additional plans not shown.

Dominion Hospital

Cash: $108
Insurance Plan Negotiated Rate vs Cash
Devoted MCR $3 -$105
Humana MCR $3 -$105
Johns Hopkins UniformedServicesFamilyHealthPlan $3 -$105
UnitedHealthcare VACCN $3 -$105
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $3 -$105
Cigna MCR $3 -$105
DaVita Village Health MCR $3 -$105
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $3 -$105
Align Senior Care MGMCR $3 -$105
Pyramid Life MGMCR $3 -$105
Humana TRCR $3 -$105
Managed Health Network TRICARE $4 -$105
CareFirst HMO $51 -$57
CareFirst RPN $54 -$54
Aetna BHCOMM $65 -$43

10 additional plans not shown.

Stonesprings Hospital Center

Cash: $331
Insurance Plan Negotiated Rate vs Cash
Humana TRCR $2 -$329
UnitedHealthcare AllPayerAppendix $3 -$328
Devoted MCR $3 -$328
Humana MCR $3 -$328
Johns Hopkins UniformedServicesFamilyHealthPlan $3 -$328
Sentara Health MCR $3 -$328
UnitedHealthcare VACCN $3 -$328
UnitedHealthcare MGMCR $3 -$328
Aetna MGMCR $3 -$328
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $3 -$328
Anthem MGMCR $3 -$328
Cigna MCR $3 -$328
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $3 -$328
Align Senior Care MGMCR $3 -$328
Bright Health COMM $7 -$324

19 additional plans not shown.

Reston Hospital Center

Cash: $337
Insurance Plan Negotiated Rate vs Cash
UnitedHealthcare AllPayerAppendix $3 -$334
Devoted MCR $3 -$334
Humana MCR $3 -$334
Johns Hopkins UniformedServicesFamilyHealthPlan $3 -$334
Sentara Health MCR $3 -$334
UnitedHealthcare VACCN $3 -$334
UnitedHealthcare MGMCR $3 -$334
Aetna MGMCR $3 -$334
Virginia Premier Health MGMCR $3 -$334
Anthem MGMCR $3 -$334
Cigna MCR $3 -$334
DaVita Village Health MCR $3 -$334
Clear Spring Health Plan MCR $3 -$334
Align Senior Care MGMCR $3 -$334
Pyramid Life MGMCR $3 -$334

22 additional plans not shown.

Before you call

The data in this report is from each hospital's publicly filed prices. Here's how to use it.

Confirm the price

Call the hospital's billing department and ask for a price estimate or Good Faith Estimate for Urinalysis with Microscopy (CPT 81001). Under federal law, they must provide this. Compare it to the published price in this report.

Ask about cash pay

If you haven't met your deductible, ask for the cash/self-pay rate. At many hospitals, the cash price is lower than the insurance-negotiated rate. You can see this in the insurance table above — some negotiated rates exceed the cash price.

Compare before you schedule

You are not required to use the facility your doctor referred you to. You can request a referral to any in-network facility. The same procedure, same quality — sometimes at a fraction of the price.

Ask about financial help

Most nonprofit hospitals in Virginia offer financial assistance to patients based on household income. This is separate from insurance — even insured patients can qualify. Ask billing for their Financial Assistance Policy.

Financial assistance by facility

Nonprofit hospitals are legally required to have financial assistance programs. Below is what we know about each facility's charitable care.

Facility Status Charity Care Provided How to Apply
Novant Prince William Medical Center Nonprofit Call billing, request Financial Assistance application
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Nonprofit Call billing, request Financial Assistance application
Inova Loudoun Hospital Nonprofit Call billing, request Financial Assistance application
Inova Alexandria Hospital Nonprofit Call billing, request Financial Assistance application
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Nonprofit Call billing, request Financial Assistance application
UVA Health Haymarket Medical Center Nonprofit Call billing, request Financial Assistance application
Dominion Hospital For-profit N/A (for-profit)
Stonesprings Hospital Center For-profit N/A (for-profit)
Reston Hospital Center Nonprofit Call billing, request Financial Assistance application

What to do next

  1. Identify your top 2-3 facilities based on price, quality rating, and distance. The data in this report shows that lower price does not mean lower quality — check the star ratings.
  2. Call billing before you schedule. Confirm the published price. Ask for a Good Faith Estimate. Ask whether there's a prompt-pay or cash-pay discount beyond the listed rate.
  3. Check your deductible status. If you haven't met your deductible, compare the cash rate to what you'd owe through insurance. In some cases, paying cash is cheaper than using your plan.
  4. Apply for financial assistance if your household income is under $60,000-$125,000 (thresholds vary). Most eligible patients never apply because they don't know the program exists.
  5. Get everything in writing. Before your procedure, get a written price estimate. After, review the bill line by line. Roughly 80% of hospital bills contain errors (Becker's Hospital Review).

Data sources

Hospital prices
Published machine-readable files, required under CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule (45 CFR Part 180)
Quality ratings
CMS Hospital Compare, updated quarterly
Patient satisfaction
HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems)
Financial data
CMS Cost Reports (charity care, revenue) and IRS 990 filings (officer compensation)

This report is for informational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Every price shown is a price a hospital published — not an estimate. Actual out-of-pocket costs depend on your insurance plan, deductible status, and clinical circumstances. Consult your healthcare provider and insurer before making decisions.