US Health Care Costs

Extensive O.r. Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Mcc in Virginia

MS-DRG 981: Extensive o.r. procedures unrelated to principal diagnosis with mcc

$153,163typical hospital bill
$35,051typical amount paid
$31,477–$65,768range paid across 21 hospitals

Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $153,163 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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 Virginia Beach General HospitalVirginia Beach25$134,961$31,477
Henrico Doctors' HospitalRichmond13$486,227$31,805
Inova Mount Vernon HospitalAlexandria16$87,338$32,126
Riverside Regional Medical CenterNewport News12$99,304$32,940
Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke21$165,576$33,120
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical CenterMechanicsville21$169,453$33,946
Inova Fair Oaks HospitalFairfax11$62,506$34,089
Bon Secours St Marys HospitalRichmond20$198,107$34,212
Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen HospitalLynchburg20$175,974$34,743
Sentara Leigh HospitalNorfolk15$153,163$34,895
Mary Washington HospitalFredericksburg34$110,582$35,051
Cjw Medical CenterRichmond14$612,597$35,410
Virginia Hospital CenterArlington15$107,156$35,555
Sentara Rmh Medical CenterHarrisonburg16$77,996$39,647
Sentara Norfolk General HospitalNorfolk36$166,723$41,725
Winchester Medical CenterWinchester27$109,298$44,566
Inova Alexandria HospitalAlexandria11$149,182$48,500
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical CenterWoodbridge11$191,522$50,094
Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church46$128,780$52,058
Medical College of Virginia HospitalsRichmond28$230,499$63,207
University of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville30$198,200$65,768

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.