US Health Care Costs

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures Without Cc/Mcc in Virginia

MS-DRG 331: Major small and large bowel procedures without cc/mcc

$63,290typical hospital bill
$14,251typical amount paid
$10,814–$22,628range paid across 16 hospitals

Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $63,290 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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 HospitalCharlottesville15$62,688$10,814
Chesapeake General HospitalChesapeake24$50,897$11,593
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical CenterMechanicsville19$57,392$12,221
Mary Washington HospitalFredericksburg14$32,650$12,665
Cjw Medical CenterRichmond36$232,268$12,939
Henrico Doctors' HospitalRichmond43$312,456$13,268
Virginia Hospital CenterArlington26$66,213$13,313
Inova Fair Oaks HospitalFairfax25$54,550$13,876
Riverside Regional Medical CenterNewport News17$34,676$14,626
Winchester Medical CenterWinchester20$47,674$15,112
Sentara Leigh HospitalNorfolk11$63,893$15,416
Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke20$91,898$15,562
Lewisgale Medical CenterSalem12$192,389$15,582
Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church38$66,664$16,591
Medical College of Virginia HospitalsRichmond25$129,387$21,205
University of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville45$51,918$22,628

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.