US Health Care Costs

Major Chest Procedures with Cc in Virginia

MS-DRG 164: Major chest procedures with cc

$93,809typical hospital bill
$20,503typical amount paid
$16,946–$33,525range paid across 13 hospitals

Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $93,809 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 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
Chesapeake General HospitalChesapeake14$113,461$16,946
Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen HospitalLynchburg19$128,206$18,668
Sentara Leigh HospitalNorfolk21$85,245$18,982
Mary Washington HospitalFredericksburg50$35,605$19,020
Reston Hospital CenterReston18$173,519$19,792
Cjw Medical CenterRichmond23$454,888$19,979
Riverside Regional Medical CenterNewport News16$76,603$20,503
Winchester Medical CenterWinchester26$55,561$20,828
Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke44$110,811$21,084
Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church74$59,708$23,771
Sentara Norfolk General HospitalNorfolk29$93,809$28,167
Medical College of Virginia HospitalsRichmond64$130,731$30,026
University of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville37$92,573$33,525

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.