US Health Care Costs

Sepsis, with major complications in Virginia

MS-DRG 871: Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc

$52,894typical hospital bill
$15,424typical amount paid
$12,936–$33,235range paid across 69 hospitals

Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $52,894 for this stay in 2024, about 3.4 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 HospitalCharlottesville343$35,875$12,936
Riverside Walter Reed HospitalGloucester190$32,686$12,996
Riverside Doctors' Hospital of WilliamsburgWilliamsburg109$31,627$13,083
Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical CenterWilliamsburg427$52,719$13,413
Fauquier HospitalWarrenton55$79,916$13,545
John Randolph Medical CenterHopewell56$145,416$13,657
Chesapeake General HospitalChesapeake349$41,679$13,728
Uva Health Haymarket Medical CenterHaymarket133$44,458$13,758
Henrico Doctors' HospitalRichmond274$129,521$13,824
Sentara Virginia Beach General HospitalVirginia Beach584$64,308$14,071
Riverside Shore Memorial HospitalOnancock113$28,399$14,073
Stonesprings Hospital CenterDulles44$63,472$14,114
Mary Immaculate HospitalNewport News61$48,372$14,179
Clinch Valley Medical CenterRichlands67$94,480$14,324
Cjw Medical CenterRichmond597$175,397$14,381
Centra Bedford Memorial HospitalBedford122$36,788$14,427
Bon Secours St Marys HospitalRichmond330$61,684$14,456
Community Memorial HospitalSouth Hill130$47,494$14,579
Sentara Obici HospitalSuffolk467$57,477$14,580
Sentara Princess Anne HospitalVirginia Beach625$59,915$14,583
Bon Secours Southside Medical CenterPetersburg367$153,513$14,722
Sentara Leigh HospitalNorfolk712$59,928$14,746
Southside Community Hospital, IncFarmville171$45,121$14,760
Sentara Halifax Regional HospitalSouth Boston143$39,065$14,877
Stafford Hospital, LLCStafford98$33,135$14,927
Mary Washington HospitalFredericksburg609$40,886$14,972
Spotsylvania Regional Medical CenterFredericksburg128$75,219$15,042
Inova Loudoun HospitalLeesburg463$48,982$15,137
Sentara Careplex HospitalHampton385$57,346$15,277
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical CenterMechanicsville409$65,340$15,296
Bon Secours St Francis Medical CenterMidlothian317$67,703$15,304
Inova Fair Oaks HospitalFairfax370$43,062$15,329
Virginia Hospital CenterArlington568$45,634$15,337
Sovah Health DanvilleDanville464$78,615$15,342
Reston Hospital CenterReston259$95,353$15,424
Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen HospitalLynchburg755$62,194$15,545
Inova Alexandria HospitalAlexandria390$49,744$15,620
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical CenterWoodbridge336$62,602$15,854
Warren Memorial HospitalFront Royal30$21,584$15,954
Bon Secours Southern Virginia Medical CenterEmporia19$81,622$16,027
Riverside Regional Medical CenterNewport News474$45,864$16,055
Augusta HealthFishersville259$33,910$16,092
Russell County HospitalLebanon51$41,021$16,146
Carilion Tazewell Community HospitalTazewell13$48,408$16,217
Winchester Medical CenterWinchester279$37,108$16,324
Twin County Regional HospitalGalax69$76,929$16,345
Johnston Memorial HospitalAbingdon197$52,589$16,413
Uva Health Prince William Medical CenterManassas151$55,788$16,431
Inova Mount Vernon HospitalAlexandria230$56,129$16,539
Lewisgale Hospital AlleghanyLow Moor78$59,500$16,683
Bon Secours Maryview Medical CenterPortsmouth219$55,316$16,755
Uva Health Culpeper Medical CenterCulpeper120$45,227$16,797
Smyth County Community HospitalMarion55$40,315$16,848
Carilion New River Valley Medical CenterChristiansburg175$63,893$16,897
Lewisgale Medical CenterSalem477$111,309$17,154
Wythe County Community HospitalWytheville94$62,102$17,212
Lewisgale Hospital PulaskiPulaski63$58,873$17,214
Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke711$68,644$17,258
Lewisgale Hospital MontgomeryBlacksburg247$52,894$17,448
Sentara Rmh Medical CenterHarrisonburg438$34,342$17,471
Carilion Franklin Memorial HospitalRocky Mount51$45,765$17,533
Vcu Health Tappahannock HospitalTappahannock58$39,926$17,641
Buchanan General HospitalGrundy20$43,807$17,706
Bon Secours Southampton Memorial HospitalFranklin56$52,476$18,176
Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church1,215$51,234$20,570
Lonesome Pine HospitalBig Stone Gap136$43,906$20,826
Sentara Norfolk General HospitalNorfolk315$87,872$21,522
Medical College of Virginia HospitalsRichmond339$118,071$30,173
University of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville332$112,455$33,235

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.