US Health Care Costs

Kidney failure, with major complications in Virginia

MS-DRG 682: Renal failure with mcc

$41,227typical hospital bill
$11,623typical amount paid
$9,778–$24,179range paid across 52 hospitals

Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $41,227 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
Sentara Martha Jefferson HospitalCharlottesville34$27,670$9,778
John Randolph Medical CenterHopewell24$83,380$10,343
Sentara Obici HospitalSuffolk38$41,264$10,410
Inova Loudoun HospitalLeesburg41$35,625$10,560
Fauquier HospitalWarrenton19$76,271$10,573
Cjw Medical CenterRichmond120$125,476$10,593
Sentara Leigh HospitalNorfolk68$41,191$10,628
Chesapeake General HospitalChesapeake54$28,772$10,667
Sentara Princess Anne HospitalVirginia Beach66$44,230$10,772
Bon Secours St Marys HospitalRichmond45$55,054$11,071
Reston Hospital CenterReston35$74,443$11,088
Henrico Doctors' HospitalRichmond97$99,597$11,106
Sentara Careplex HospitalHampton38$37,307$11,143
Southside Community Hospital, IncFarmville20$40,163$11,165
Mary Washington HospitalFredericksburg112$22,924$11,193
Bon Secours Southside Medical CenterPetersburg35$98,520$11,248
Community Memorial HospitalSouth Hill11$39,097$11,257
Sentara Halifax Regional HospitalSouth Boston21$26,184$11,265
Stafford Hospital, LLCStafford20$18,822$11,301
Sentara Virginia Beach General HospitalVirginia Beach65$42,749$11,340
Inova Mount Vernon HospitalAlexandria16$38,732$11,468
Carilion New River Valley Medical CenterChristiansburg37$50,971$11,502
Spotsylvania Regional Medical CenterFredericksburg37$44,789$11,565
Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen HospitalLynchburg70$52,262$11,580
Inova Fair Oaks HospitalFairfax35$30,168$11,591
Augusta HealthFishersville39$31,270$11,607
Warren Memorial HospitalFront Royal12$19,815$11,638
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical CenterWoodbridge30$37,258$11,663
Bon Secours St Francis Medical CenterMidlothian31$48,226$11,743
Virginia Hospital CenterArlington54$33,843$11,914
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical CenterMechanicsville48$49,883$11,991
Riverside Regional Medical CenterNewport News55$35,287$12,021
Sovah Health DanvilleDanville39$66,149$12,132
Inova Alexandria HospitalAlexandria61$39,541$12,162
Uva Health Culpeper Medical CenterCulpeper19$30,096$12,251
Bon Secours Maryview Medical CenterPortsmouth28$31,028$12,268
Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke81$43,957$12,341
Uva Health Prince William Medical CenterManassas18$46,754$12,394
Smyth County Community HospitalMarion11$34,905$12,419
Lewisgale Hospital AlleghanyLow Moor19$50,849$12,469
Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical CenterWilliamsburg34$56,439$12,717
Stonesprings Hospital CenterDulles11$62,725$12,994
Winchester Medical CenterWinchester81$27,719$13,038
Johnston Memorial HospitalAbingdon39$49,659$13,188
Carilion Franklin Memorial HospitalRocky Mount16$39,327$13,377
Lewisgale Hospital MontgomeryBlacksburg26$39,857$13,527
Sentara Rmh Medical CenterHarrisonburg52$27,095$13,561
Lewisgale Medical CenterSalem55$89,617$14,141
Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church101$36,160$15,123
Sentara Norfolk General HospitalNorfolk38$50,637$15,191
Medical College of Virginia HospitalsRichmond39$79,489$22,514
University of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville32$71,762$24,179

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.