US Health Care Costs

Skin infection (cellulitis) in Virginia

MS-DRG 603: Cellulitis without mcc

$23,652typical hospital bill
$7,311typical amount paid
$5,556–$16,865range paid across 47 hospitals

Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $23,652 for this stay in 2024, about 3.2 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
Sentara Martha Jefferson HospitalCharlottesville25$17,072$5,556
Uva Health Haymarket Medical CenterHaymarket15$19,525$6,019
Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical CenterWilliamsburg28$24,923$6,079
Fauquier HospitalWarrenton14$35,503$6,276
Chesapeake General HospitalChesapeake42$16,308$6,438
Sentara Obici HospitalSuffolk33$20,864$6,488
Sentara Virginia Beach General HospitalVirginia Beach48$23,760$6,499
John Randolph Medical CenterHopewell11$52,396$6,503
Cjw Medical CenterRichmond53$66,155$6,519
Mary Immaculate HospitalNewport News12$19,323$6,590
Bon Secours Southside Medical CenterPetersburg17$62,463$6,657
Southside Community Hospital, IncFarmville12$29,900$6,762
Henrico Doctors' HospitalRichmond33$66,136$6,788
Sentara Princess Anne HospitalVirginia Beach29$23,652$6,821
Reston Hospital CenterReston23$44,178$6,887
Inova Loudoun HospitalLeesburg70$20,490$6,964
Sovah Health DanvilleDanville13$46,356$7,050
Mary Washington HospitalFredericksburg99$15,915$7,097
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical CenterMechanicsville43$30,071$7,112
Sentara Leigh HospitalNorfolk36$21,758$7,122
Carilion New River Valley Medical CenterChristiansburg15$23,219$7,199
Bon Secours St Marys HospitalRichmond32$30,097$7,221
Augusta HealthFishersville38$15,675$7,283
Stafford Hospital, LLCStafford33$19,303$7,311
Inova Fair Oaks HospitalFairfax39$18,530$7,315
Riverside Regional Medical CenterNewport News37$19,799$7,316
Virginia Hospital CenterArlington38$18,940$7,325
Winchester Medical CenterWinchester87$17,392$7,443
Inova Mount Vernon HospitalAlexandria22$21,301$7,543
Sentara Halifax Regional HospitalSouth Boston11$22,529$7,550
Inova Alexandria HospitalAlexandria39$18,239$7,594
Centra Bedford Memorial HospitalBedford13$28,087$7,599
Sentara Rmh Medical CenterHarrisonburg33$17,380$7,657
Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen HospitalLynchburg42$25,849$7,676
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical CenterWoodbridge15$30,783$7,852
Uva Health Culpeper Medical CenterCulpeper20$19,537$7,905
Bon Secours St Francis Medical CenterMidlothian28$35,073$7,925
Spotsylvania Regional Medical CenterFredericksburg13$39,235$8,157
Vcu Health Tappahannock HospitalTappahannock14$18,762$8,232
Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke54$25,626$8,260
Sentara Careplex HospitalHampton12$21,090$8,354
Warren Memorial HospitalFront Royal16$13,371$8,934
Lewisgale Hospital MontgomeryBlacksburg11$27,546$8,980
Lewisgale Medical CenterSalem15$40,222$9,875
Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church53$24,635$9,995
University of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville37$35,525$14,261
Medical College of Virginia HospitalsRichmond38$46,036$16,865

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.