US Health Care Costs

Heart attack, with major complications in Virginia

MS-DRG 280: Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with mcc

$50,423typical hospital bill
$12,483typical amount paid
$9,127–$28,250range paid across 49 hospitals

Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $50,423 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
Riverside Doctors' Hospital of WilliamsburgWilliamsburg13$17,689$9,127
Riverside Walter Reed HospitalGloucester13$24,873$9,221
Sentara Martha Jefferson HospitalCharlottesville97$32,380$10,309
Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical CenterWilliamsburg97$48,262$10,500
Chesapeake General HospitalChesapeake79$30,377$11,164
John Randolph Medical CenterHopewell28$78,156$11,198
Sentara Obici HospitalSuffolk67$53,680$11,228
Mary Immaculate HospitalNewport News12$45,959$11,378
Henrico Doctors' HospitalRichmond81$116,927$11,387
Riverside Shore Memorial HospitalOnancock11$21,580$11,402
Cjw Medical CenterRichmond100$148,554$11,407
Bon Secours Southside Medical CenterPetersburg79$123,980$11,471
Sentara Virginia Beach General HospitalVirginia Beach138$54,655$11,590
Reston Hospital CenterReston30$87,656$11,638
Inova Fair Oaks HospitalFairfax24$40,487$11,639
Stafford Hospital, LLCStafford26$27,434$11,649
Spotsylvania Regional Medical CenterFredericksburg30$62,260$11,691
Sentara Princess Anne HospitalVirginia Beach142$52,296$11,744
Sentara Leigh HospitalNorfolk207$49,584$11,812
Bon Secours St Francis Medical CenterMidlothian25$63,472$11,897
Sentara Careplex HospitalHampton109$54,934$11,938
Mary Washington HospitalFredericksburg137$27,168$12,044
Inova Loudoun HospitalLeesburg60$52,428$12,186
Virginia Hospital CenterArlington25$34,366$12,357
Inova Mount Vernon HospitalAlexandria15$42,991$12,483
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical CenterMechanicsville63$47,829$12,502
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical CenterWoodbridge51$51,506$12,533
Augusta HealthFishersville29$39,732$12,549
Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen HospitalLynchburg68$52,089$12,618
Inova Alexandria HospitalAlexandria59$48,313$12,640
Sovah Health DanvilleDanville34$83,625$12,925
Riverside Regional Medical CenterNewport News58$38,681$12,947
Winchester Medical CenterWinchester106$26,450$13,060
Uva Health Prince William Medical CenterManassas27$40,383$13,070
Carilion New River Valley Medical CenterChristiansburg78$54,126$13,163
Johnston Memorial HospitalAbingdon33$53,206$13,199
Bon Secours St Marys HospitalRichmond39$61,941$13,204
Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke200$53,039$13,395
Lewisgale Hospital MontgomeryBlacksburg43$50,423$13,582
Wythe County Community HospitalWytheville15$40,309$13,947
Bon Secours Maryview Medical CenterPortsmouth47$51,869$14,088
Warren Memorial HospitalFront Royal11$26,670$14,090
Sentara Rmh Medical CenterHarrisonburg51$36,056$14,360
Lewisgale Medical CenterSalem125$83,739$14,518
Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church160$41,588$16,008
Lonesome Pine HospitalBig Stone Gap11$28,836$16,981
Sentara Norfolk General HospitalNorfolk165$74,027$18,134
University of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville55$75,502$24,560
Medical College of Virginia HospitalsRichmond52$114,940$28,250

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.