US Health Care Costs

Lower Extremity and Humerus Procedures Except Hip, Foot and Femur with Mcc in Virginia

MS-DRG 492: Lower extremity and humerus procedures except hip, foot and femur with mcc

$83,769typical hospital bill
$29,106typical amount paid
$26,794–$32,892range paid across 3 hospitals

Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $83,769 for this stay in 2024, about 2.9 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
Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen HospitalLynchburg11$121,086$26,794
Riverside Regional Medical CenterNewport News12$67,323$29,106
Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church14$83,769$32,892

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.