US Health Care Costs

Carotid Artery Stent Procedures with Cc in Virginia

MS-DRG 035: Carotid artery stent procedures with cc

$99,035typical hospital bill
$19,016typical amount paid
$15,928–$27,496range paid across 10 hospitals

Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $99,035 for this stay in 2024, about 5.2 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 staysBilledPaid
Chesapeake General HospitalChesapeake13$66,047$15,928
Carilion New River Valley Medical CenterChristiansburg19$98,156$17,715
Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke12$89,920$17,832
Lewisgale Medical CenterSalem12$246,771$18,782
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical CenterMechanicsville13$116,136$18,885
Sentara Rmh Medical CenterHarrisonburg12$51,793$19,147
Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen HospitalLynchburg12$118,177$20,182
Medical College of Virginia HospitalsRichmond11$99,914$21,227
Riverside Regional Medical CenterNewport News22$64,532$22,488
University of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville13$117,923$27,496

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.