US Health Care Costs

COPD, with major complications in Virginia

MS-DRG 190: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with mcc

$31,993typical hospital bill
$9,081typical amount paid
$7,352–$17,682range paid across 49 hospitals

Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $31,993 for this stay in 2024, about 3.5 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 HospitalCharlottesville34$22,091$7,352
Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical CenterWilliamsburg30$38,218$7,649
Mary Immaculate HospitalNewport News11$37,214$7,962
Fauquier HospitalWarrenton20$48,697$8,044
Sentara Leigh HospitalNorfolk57$39,142$8,096
Henrico Doctors' HospitalRichmond11$61,720$8,111
Southside Community Hospital, IncFarmville17$45,670$8,143
Chesapeake General HospitalChesapeake54$24,523$8,263
Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen HospitalLynchburg75$35,278$8,279
Sentara Virginia Beach General HospitalVirginia Beach54$34,403$8,281
Bon Secours St Marys HospitalRichmond33$34,899$8,376
Bon Secours Southside Medical CenterPetersburg50$79,883$8,430
Sentara Obici HospitalSuffolk39$33,787$8,448
Augusta HealthFishersville21$22,324$8,566
Carilion New River Valley Medical CenterChristiansburg20$31,356$8,574
Stafford Hospital, LLCStafford16$19,607$8,620
Sentara Princess Anne HospitalVirginia Beach45$30,150$8,647
Sentara Halifax Regional HospitalSouth Boston31$23,034$8,647
Inova Loudoun HospitalLeesburg30$31,993$8,718
Winchester Medical CenterWinchester66$22,156$8,929
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical CenterMechanicsville39$38,064$8,983
Virginia Hospital CenterArlington13$28,239$8,996
Community Memorial HospitalSouth Hill14$29,172$9,009
Bon Secours St Francis Medical CenterMidlothian36$33,776$9,070
Mary Washington HospitalFredericksburg80$21,403$9,081
Smyth County Community HospitalMarion11$27,746$9,303
Uva Health Prince William Medical CenterManassas13$32,973$9,334
Inova Mount Vernon HospitalAlexandria16$35,319$9,367
Uva Health Haymarket Medical CenterHaymarket12$31,620$9,382
Riverside Regional Medical CenterNewport News33$22,084$9,399
Sentara Careplex HospitalHampton20$27,265$9,452
Sovah Health DanvilleDanville23$57,199$9,550
Carilion Franklin Memorial HospitalRocky Mount16$24,369$9,644
Bon Secours Maryview Medical CenterPortsmouth14$29,764$9,689
Uva Health Culpeper Medical CenterCulpeper23$29,327$9,779
Carilion Tazewell Community HospitalTazewell12$25,867$9,793
Inova Alexandria HospitalAlexandria37$37,101$9,862
Sentara Rmh Medical CenterHarrisonburg32$24,418$9,927
Vcu Health Tappahannock HospitalTappahannock17$19,334$9,937
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical CenterWoodbridge33$37,259$10,030
Inova Fair Oaks HospitalFairfax14$26,580$10,465
Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke28$39,208$10,661
Warren Memorial HospitalFront Royal14$19,340$10,875
Sentara Norfolk General HospitalNorfolk19$45,088$11,101
Johnston Memorial HospitalAbingdon15$38,962$12,097
Lonesome Pine HospitalBig Stone Gap14$28,275$12,487
Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church52$34,634$12,513
Medical College of Virginia HospitalsRichmond17$42,580$13,808
University of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville34$52,848$17,682

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.