US Health Care Costs

Respiratory failure in Virginia

MS-DRG 189: Pulmonary edema and respiratory failure

$41,509typical hospital bill
$10,286typical amount paid
$8,140–$19,671range paid across 60 hospitals

Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $41,509 for this stay in 2024, about 4.0 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 HospitalCharlottesville24$29,622$8,140
Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical CenterWilliamsburg20$49,812$8,459
Sentara Princess Anne HospitalVirginia Beach40$40,891$8,776
Sentara Virginia Beach General HospitalVirginia Beach33$49,929$8,853
Mary Immaculate HospitalNewport News13$44,612$8,877
Chesapeake General HospitalChesapeake100$33,381$8,917
Sentara Leigh HospitalNorfolk53$36,744$9,025
Riverside Doctors' Hospital of WilliamsburgWilliamsburg15$21,836$9,053
John Randolph Medical CenterHopewell31$62,232$9,091
Southside Community Hospital, IncFarmville13$40,148$9,106
Clinch Valley Medical CenterRichlands12$65,480$9,134
Uva Health Haymarket Medical CenterHaymarket12$44,612$9,274
Fauquier HospitalWarrenton37$53,985$9,333
Sentara Obici HospitalSuffolk33$43,437$9,346
Inova Loudoun HospitalLeesburg46$32,175$9,365
Riverside Walter Reed HospitalGloucester20$21,757$9,401
Henrico Doctors' HospitalRichmond102$75,650$9,479
Cjw Medical CenterRichmond114$127,241$9,641
Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen HospitalLynchburg53$40,752$9,655
Reston Hospital CenterReston22$65,648$9,682
Bon Secours Southside Medical CenterPetersburg34$134,772$9,684
Sentara Halifax Regional HospitalSouth Boston15$27,963$9,724
Spotsylvania Regional Medical CenterFredericksburg31$42,443$9,767
Mary Washington HospitalFredericksburg74$28,147$9,856
Inova Fair Oaks HospitalFairfax29$35,756$9,933
Virginia Hospital CenterArlington34$25,549$9,991
Stafford Hospital, LLCStafford11$27,167$10,180
Twin County Regional HospitalGalax18$56,599$10,209
Russell County HospitalLebanon11$44,292$10,223
Winchester Medical CenterWinchester92$25,180$10,271
Sentara Careplex HospitalHampton28$39,695$10,300
Bon Secours St Marys HospitalRichmond30$55,248$10,321
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical CenterMechanicsville42$56,912$10,358
Bon Secours St Francis Medical CenterMidlothian23$49,014$10,471
Sovah Health DanvilleDanville49$55,035$10,482
Carilion Tazewell Community HospitalTazewell15$34,122$10,531
Sentara Rmh Medical CenterHarrisonburg29$26,230$10,568
Bon Secours Maryview Medical CenterPortsmouth13$30,534$10,594
Uva Health Culpeper Medical CenterCulpeper21$20,171$10,665
Riverside Regional Medical CenterNewport News72$29,617$10,667
Centra Bedford Memorial HospitalBedford17$34,293$10,669
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical CenterWoodbridge25$42,583$10,816
Wythe County Community HospitalWytheville11$39,631$10,941
Uva Health Prince William Medical CenterManassas24$24,289$11,023
Inova Alexandria HospitalAlexandria44$39,502$11,064
Buchanan General HospitalGrundy33$42,127$11,105
Lewisgale Medical CenterSalem71$56,044$11,294
Vcu Health Tappahannock HospitalTappahannock14$22,027$11,532
Lewisgale Hospital MontgomeryBlacksburg26$38,215$11,689
Lewisgale Hospital PulaskiPulaski11$62,506$11,708
Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke78$48,452$11,817
Carilion New River Valley Medical CenterChristiansburg30$42,511$11,827
Augusta HealthFishersville40$27,921$11,867
Warren Memorial HospitalFront Royal17$21,943$12,016
Inova Mount Vernon HospitalAlexandria30$47,350$12,112
Johnston Memorial HospitalAbingdon15$31,236$12,223
Sentara Norfolk General HospitalNorfolk37$60,757$14,500
Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church92$44,913$14,643
Medical College of Virginia HospitalsRichmond52$62,840$18,392
University of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville62$73,605$19,671

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.