US Health Care Costs

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Without C.d.e. with Cc in Virginia

MS-DRG 418: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy without c.d.e. with cc

$71,191typical hospital bill
$13,012typical amount paid
$12,135–$22,929range paid across 18 hospitals

Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $71,191 for this stay in 2024, about 5.5 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 Regional Medical CenterNewport News14$40,685$12,135
Bon Secours Southside Medical CenterPetersburg11$160,480$12,156
Chesapeake General HospitalChesapeake21$57,612$12,264
Inova Loudoun HospitalLeesburg15$61,533$12,380
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical CenterMechanicsville17$89,865$12,496
Inova Fair Oaks HospitalFairfax12$38,707$12,576
Mary Washington HospitalFredericksburg24$40,211$12,745
Augusta HealthFishersville19$80,849$12,765
Henrico Doctors' HospitalRichmond23$214,187$12,861
Winchester Medical CenterWinchester33$35,875$13,163
Cjw Medical CenterRichmond27$237,990$13,181
Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke28$91,954$13,452
Bon Secours St Francis Medical CenterMidlothian15$60,057$13,747
Reston Hospital CenterReston14$143,231$14,054
Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church11$40,639$15,129
Sentara Rmh Medical CenterHarrisonburg14$60,082$15,527
Lewisgale Medical CenterSalem18$168,844$17,284
University of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville19$80,924$22,929

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.