US Health Care Costs

Diabetes, with major complications in Virginia

MS-DRG 637: Diabetes with mcc

$45,634typical hospital bill
$11,453typical amount paid
$9,181–$37,388range paid across 32 hospitals

Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $45,634 for this stay in 2024, about 4.0 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 Obici HospitalSuffolk15$44,625$9,181
Sentara Princess Anne HospitalVirginia Beach21$36,647$10,008
John Randolph Medical CenterHopewell18$75,034$10,051
Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical CenterWilliamsburg12$51,612$10,082
Cjw Medical CenterRichmond50$99,218$10,496
Henrico Doctors' HospitalRichmond22$91,254$10,542
Bon Secours St Marys HospitalRichmond14$44,476$10,617
Bon Secours Southside Medical CenterPetersburg25$122,153$10,667
Mary Washington HospitalFredericksburg28$22,405$10,722
Chesapeake General HospitalChesapeake20$35,634$10,915
Reston Hospital CenterReston11$68,124$10,932
Sentara Careplex HospitalHampton11$40,077$10,985
Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen HospitalLynchburg16$40,683$11,094
Sentara Virginia Beach General HospitalVirginia Beach19$44,504$11,180
Sentara Leigh HospitalNorfolk26$39,504$11,377
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical CenterWoodbridge14$38,614$11,393
Inova Loudoun HospitalLeesburg13$39,194$11,512
Winchester Medical CenterWinchester35$31,660$11,761
Riverside Regional Medical CenterNewport News12$28,390$11,985
Inova Alexandria HospitalAlexandria22$33,142$12,110
Sovah Health DanvilleDanville17$72,239$12,268
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical CenterMechanicsville31$50,905$12,426
Sentara Rmh Medical CenterHarrisonburg19$27,723$12,461
Lewisgale Medical CenterSalem18$70,640$13,093
Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke20$54,843$13,285
Inova Mount Vernon HospitalAlexandria12$49,187$13,467
Lewisgale Hospital MontgomeryBlacksburg14$50,775$14,640
Sentara Norfolk General HospitalNorfolk14$46,643$15,223
Virginia Hospital CenterArlington13$56,387$15,315
Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church44$44,418$15,949
Medical College of Virginia HospitalsRichmond18$86,580$22,448
University of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville22$94,588$37,388

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.