US Health Care Costs

Chest pain in Virginia

MS-DRG 313: Chest pain

$28,677typical hospital bill
$5,771typical amount paid
$4,724–$7,809range paid across 16 hospitals

Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $28,677 for this stay in 2024, about 5.0 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 HospitalCharlottesville11$17,889$4,724
Cjw Medical CenterRichmond53$62,052$5,320
Chesapeake General HospitalChesapeake19$16,875$5,375
Sentara Princess Anne HospitalVirginia Beach16$35,537$5,378
Sentara Virginia Beach General HospitalVirginia Beach25$29,890$5,486
Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen HospitalLynchburg11$26,633$5,526
Winchester Medical CenterWinchester52$17,499$5,721
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical CenterMechanicsville11$24,220$5,738
Mary Washington HospitalFredericksburg39$19,643$5,804
Sentara Obici HospitalSuffolk20$33,006$5,984
Reston Hospital CenterReston11$36,878$6,104
Sentara Leigh HospitalNorfolk21$32,273$6,117
Bon Secours St Marys HospitalRichmond15$23,114$6,563
Riverside Regional Medical CenterNewport News13$27,464$6,618
Lewisgale Medical CenterSalem39$39,326$6,942
Sentara Norfolk General HospitalNorfolk21$32,270$7,809

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.