US Health Care Costs

Irregular heartbeat, with complications in Virginia

MS-DRG 309: Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders with cc

$25,620typical hospital bill
$6,321typical amount paid
$5,104–$12,270range paid across 48 hospitals

Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $25,620 for this stay in 2024, about 4.1 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 HospitalCharlottesville43$13,679$5,104
Riverside Walter Reed HospitalGloucester16$17,440$5,187
Riverside Doctors' Hospital of WilliamsburgWilliamsburg17$14,599$5,324
Cjw Medical CenterRichmond82$65,543$5,474
Chesapeake General HospitalChesapeake45$17,571$5,491
Fauquier HospitalWarrenton14$41,461$5,565
Mary Immaculate HospitalNewport News27$21,420$5,649
John Randolph Medical CenterHopewell14$60,894$5,770
Augusta HealthFishersville34$20,181$5,788
Bon Secours Southside Medical CenterPetersburg40$60,474$5,790
Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen HospitalLynchburg71$22,270$5,820
Bon Secours St Marys HospitalRichmond88$28,060$5,873
Sentara Obici HospitalSuffolk61$23,813$5,915
Sentara Virginia Beach General HospitalVirginia Beach87$28,088$5,942
Mary Washington HospitalFredericksburg75$17,140$6,026
Bon Secours St Francis Medical CenterMidlothian56$27,549$6,048
Spotsylvania Regional Medical CenterFredericksburg13$29,094$6,051
Sentara Princess Anne HospitalVirginia Beach32$25,878$6,155
Henrico Doctors' HospitalRichmond65$50,428$6,174
Inova Loudoun HospitalLeesburg49$24,814$6,186
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical CenterMechanicsville74$24,959$6,230
Virginia Hospital CenterArlington38$19,051$6,257
Reston Hospital CenterReston29$40,892$6,270
Winchester Medical CenterWinchester99$14,267$6,287
Sentara Halifax Regional HospitalSouth Boston23$28,401$6,355
Sentara Rmh Medical CenterHarrisonburg39$16,640$6,366
Inova Fair Oaks HospitalFairfax22$23,598$6,513
Inova Mount Vernon HospitalAlexandria13$28,669$6,554
Carilion New River Valley Medical CenterChristiansburg37$28,702$6,581
Sovah Health DanvilleDanville27$41,213$6,654
Riverside Regional Medical CenterNewport News68$19,589$6,659
Sentara Leigh HospitalNorfolk39$28,657$6,755
Sentara Careplex HospitalHampton17$31,136$6,848
Uva Health Prince William Medical CenterManassas12$19,213$6,905
Uva Health Culpeper Medical CenterCulpeper11$23,421$6,919
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical CenterWoodbridge21$27,683$7,057
Johnston Memorial HospitalAbingdon18$30,315$7,087
Lewisgale Hospital MontgomeryBlacksburg18$24,196$7,143
Bon Secours Maryview Medical CenterPortsmouth29$22,280$7,156
Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical CenterWilliamsburg29$27,548$7,185
Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke75$26,481$7,401
Inova Alexandria HospitalAlexandria28$25,362$7,520
Lewisgale Medical CenterSalem47$43,983$7,532
Warren Memorial HospitalFront Royal11$16,077$8,089
Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church114$23,287$8,650
Sentara Norfolk General HospitalNorfolk77$24,920$8,998
Medical College of Virginia HospitalsRichmond93$34,976$11,657
University of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville57$32,014$12,270

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.