US Health Care Costs

Soft Tissue Procedures with Cc in Virginia

MS-DRG 501: Soft tissue procedures with cc

$85,291typical hospital bill
$21,329typical amount paid
$17,690–$24,968range paid across 2 hospitals

Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $85,291 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
Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church11$62,327$17,690
University of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville12$108,254$24,968

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.