US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug in Virginia

MS-DRG 065: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with cc or tpa in 24 hours

$38,897typical hospital bill
$8,257typical amount paid
$6,089–$16,894range paid across 52 hospitals

Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $38,897 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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
Uva Health Haymarket Medical CenterHaymarket13$29,345$6,089
Riverside Walter Reed HospitalGloucester14$29,346$6,329
Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical CenterWilliamsburg44$37,310$6,607
Riverside Doctors' Hospital of WilliamsburgWilliamsburg20$31,606$7,045
Fauquier HospitalWarrenton16$40,333$7,299
Sentara Princess Anne HospitalVirginia Beach42$43,373$7,387
Sentara Martha Jefferson HospitalCharlottesville45$27,077$7,432
Chesapeake General HospitalChesapeake81$29,210$7,548
Sentara Virginia Beach General HospitalVirginia Beach56$41,447$7,607
John Randolph Medical CenterHopewell12$66,651$7,625
Bon Secours Southside Medical CenterPetersburg40$102,710$7,673
Bon Secours St Francis Medical CenterMidlothian44$39,122$7,777
Cjw Medical CenterRichmond110$99,283$7,814
Sentara Leigh HospitalNorfolk53$43,680$7,816
Stafford Hospital, LLCStafford13$23,847$7,825
Bon Secours St Marys HospitalRichmond105$45,697$7,834
Community Memorial HospitalSouth Hill21$39,202$7,842
Inova Fair Oaks HospitalFairfax25$27,879$7,872
Virginia Hospital CenterArlington53$25,310$7,909
Mary Immaculate HospitalNewport News17$23,000$7,923
Mary Washington HospitalFredericksburg93$26,687$7,963
Carilion New River Valley Medical CenterChristiansburg11$31,428$7,994
Sentara Obici HospitalSuffolk50$46,623$8,005
Sentara Halifax Regional HospitalSouth Boston12$39,460$8,015
Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen HospitalLynchburg121$44,578$8,025
Augusta HealthFishersville53$25,295$8,206
Inova Loudoun HospitalLeesburg77$33,865$8,308
Winchester Medical CenterWinchester110$26,009$8,450
Henrico Doctors' HospitalRichmond58$75,961$8,514
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical CenterWoodbridge29$38,673$8,528
Inova Alexandria HospitalAlexandria57$35,083$8,545
Reston Hospital CenterReston33$67,438$8,621
Spotsylvania Regional Medical CenterFredericksburg31$47,633$8,647
Sovah Health DanvilleDanville43$59,270$8,684
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical CenterMechanicsville66$35,958$8,692
Riverside Regional Medical CenterNewport News104$36,169$8,699
Johnston Memorial HospitalAbingdon16$37,335$8,702
Inova Mount Vernon HospitalAlexandria23$41,977$8,830
Bon Secours Maryview Medical CenterPortsmouth37$28,037$8,885
Carilion Franklin Memorial HospitalRocky Mount13$35,832$8,985
Sentara Rmh Medical CenterHarrisonburg30$25,241$9,000
Vcu Health Tappahannock HospitalTappahannock12$34,005$9,247
Uva Health Culpeper Medical CenterCulpeper16$31,233$9,363
Lewisgale Medical CenterSalem73$67,989$9,525
Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke124$42,625$9,526
Sentara Careplex HospitalHampton22$41,363$9,598
Uva Health Prince William Medical CenterManassas13$32,725$9,689
Lewisgale Hospital MontgomeryBlacksburg18$44,016$9,735
Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church117$43,645$11,143
Sentara Norfolk General HospitalNorfolk51$49,746$11,337
University of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville78$58,223$15,615
Medical College of Virginia HospitalsRichmond55$71,658$16,894

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.