US Health Care Costs

Kidney failure, with complications in Virginia

MS-DRG 683: Renal failure with cc

$26,396typical hospital bill
$7,536typical amount paid
$5,562–$14,509range paid across 61 hospitals

Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $26,396 for this stay in 2024, about 3.5 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 WilliamsburgWilliamsburg15$19,266$5,562
Riverside Walter Reed HospitalGloucester15$20,025$5,796
Sentara Martha Jefferson HospitalCharlottesville23$17,101$5,844
Uva Health Haymarket Medical CenterHaymarket19$26,224$6,048
Fauquier HospitalWarrenton20$32,238$6,561
Sentara Princess Anne HospitalVirginia Beach60$30,772$6,564
Sentara Virginia Beach General HospitalVirginia Beach70$30,450$6,589
Chesapeake General HospitalChesapeake50$19,531$6,605
Cjw Medical CenterRichmond118$67,052$6,649
John Randolph Medical CenterHopewell42$54,483$6,791
Carilion New River Valley Medical CenterChristiansburg29$27,226$6,822
Southside Community Hospital, IncFarmville20$26,396$6,847
Sentara Obici HospitalSuffolk56$25,359$6,848
Reston Hospital CenterReston22$50,514$6,889
Henrico Doctors' HospitalRichmond82$54,132$6,930
Bon Secours Southside Medical CenterPetersburg27$77,429$6,966
Augusta HealthFishersville60$19,585$6,983
Mary Washington HospitalFredericksburg103$16,294$7,067
Community Memorial HospitalSouth Hill19$27,638$7,089
Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen HospitalLynchburg101$32,558$7,125
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical CenterMechanicsville59$26,435$7,129
Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical CenterWilliamsburg31$26,330$7,180
Virginia Hospital CenterArlington53$21,182$7,283
Sentara Leigh HospitalNorfolk74$31,208$7,347
Winchester Medical CenterWinchester112$16,753$7,360
Inova Loudoun HospitalLeesburg43$26,034$7,361
Mary Immaculate HospitalNewport News11$25,514$7,363
Centra Bedford Memorial HospitalBedford15$18,417$7,408
Stafford Hospital, LLCStafford25$16,383$7,435
Inova Fair Oaks HospitalFairfax40$20,590$7,465
Sentara Careplex HospitalHampton12$28,746$7,536
Riverside Shore Memorial HospitalOnancock11$15,963$7,644
Spotsylvania Regional Medical CenterFredericksburg27$35,473$7,645
Inova Mount Vernon HospitalAlexandria23$28,313$7,689
Bon Secours St Francis Medical CenterMidlothian41$27,766$7,718
Sentara Rmh Medical CenterHarrisonburg62$15,989$7,721
Sovah Health DanvilleDanville41$39,582$7,761
Sentara Halifax Regional HospitalSouth Boston23$21,490$7,770
Riverside Regional Medical CenterNewport News42$26,391$7,787
Lewisgale Hospital PulaskiPulaski14$39,600$7,806
Smyth County Community HospitalMarion11$22,598$7,819
Uva Health Culpeper Medical CenterCulpeper24$23,853$7,832
Stonesprings Hospital CenterDulles12$46,005$7,946
Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke60$28,808$7,998
Inova Alexandria HospitalAlexandria61$26,948$8,039
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical CenterWoodbridge30$32,041$8,041
Carilion Franklin Memorial HospitalRocky Mount14$23,140$8,060
Uva Health Prince William Medical CenterManassas21$27,374$8,091
Lewisgale Medical CenterSalem55$49,101$8,133
Vcu Health Tappahannock HospitalTappahannock12$22,241$8,173
Warren Memorial HospitalFront Royal16$15,800$8,275
Bon Secours Maryview Medical CenterPortsmouth21$18,505$8,275
Lewisgale Hospital AlleghanyLow Moor12$32,855$8,338
Johnston Memorial HospitalAbingdon45$25,264$8,481
Lewisgale Hospital MontgomeryBlacksburg34$26,197$8,996
Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church52$25,060$9,874
Sentara Norfolk General HospitalNorfolk43$32,563$10,263
Bon Secours St Marys HospitalRichmond48$50,831$10,426
Lonesome Pine HospitalBig Stone Gap14$19,351$10,713
Medical College of Virginia HospitalsRichmond38$44,141$14,010
University of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville59$43,282$14,509

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.