US Health Care Costs

Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Mcc in Virginia

MS-DRG 388: Gastrointestinal obstruction with mcc

$41,998typical hospital bill
$11,776typical amount paid
$9,942–$21,333range paid across 13 hospitals

Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $41,998 for this stay in 2024, about 3.6 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
Chesapeake General HospitalChesapeake16$26,121$9,942
Cjw Medical CenterRichmond20$137,022$10,097
Henrico Doctors' HospitalRichmond11$139,565$10,143
Sentara Leigh HospitalNorfolk13$41,998$10,263
Sentara Princess Anne HospitalVirginia Beach14$42,280$10,318
Mary Washington HospitalFredericksburg13$21,873$11,090
Winchester Medical CenterWinchester20$26,823$11,776
Inova Loudoun HospitalLeesburg12$46,685$11,999
Inova Alexandria HospitalAlexandria12$31,736$13,327
Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke17$51,537$13,945
Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church46$40,590$15,523
Inova Fair Oaks HospitalFairfax15$37,831$16,084
Medical College of Virginia HospitalsRichmond14$66,824$21,333

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.