US Health Care Costs

Dysequilibrium in Virginia

MS-DRG 149: Dysequilibrium

$33,829typical hospital bill
$5,926typical amount paid
$5,405–$8,931range paid across 18 hospitals

Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $33,829 for this stay in 2024, about 5.7 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Cjw Medical CenterRichmond49$55,033$5,405
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Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical CenterWilliamsburg11$35,096$5,425
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Chesapeake General HospitalChesapeake19$16,294$5,563
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Sentara Virginia Beach General HospitalVirginia Beach15$37,551$5,646
–$16,278$13,915–$20,407 · 9 plans
Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen HospitalLynchburg20$27,063$5,658
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Sentara Obici HospitalSuffolk11$29,498$5,677
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Henrico Doctors' HospitalRichmond20$52,011$5,684
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Bon Secours St Marys HospitalRichmond20$27,793$5,898
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Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical CenterMechanicsville16$25,772$5,911
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Mary Washington HospitalFredericksburg23$17,110$5,940
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Winchester Medical CenterWinchester14$19,153$6,038
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Bon Secours St Francis Medical CenterMidlothian23$33,933$6,095
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Sentara Princess Anne HospitalVirginia Beach14$36,330$6,112
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Riverside Regional Medical CenterNewport News14$25,241$6,320
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Reston Hospital CenterReston19$64,690$6,384
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Lewisgale Medical CenterSalem33$47,624$7,154
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Spotsylvania Regional Medical CenterFredericksburg12$43,315$7,375
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Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church11$33,724$8,931
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Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.