US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with major complications in Virginia

MS-DRG 064: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with mcc

$57,722typical hospital bill
$14,737typical amount paid
$12,707–$29,246range paid across 39 hospitals

Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $57,722 for this stay in 2024, about 3.9 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 Obici HospitalSuffolk34$57,722$12,707
Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical CenterWilliamsburg28$51,259$12,748
Sentara Martha Jefferson HospitalCharlottesville31$36,502$12,776
Bon Secours Southside Medical CenterPetersburg20$157,741$13,633
Inova Loudoun HospitalLeesburg61$45,686$13,711
Uva Health Prince William Medical CenterManassas11$46,271$13,813
Chesapeake General HospitalChesapeake87$35,522$13,832
Cjw Medical CenterRichmond108$141,911$13,850
Sentara Careplex HospitalHampton27$61,176$14,007
Henrico Doctors' HospitalRichmond54$132,106$14,044
Inova Fair Oaks HospitalFairfax22$38,300$14,215
Mary Washington HospitalFredericksburg83$35,639$14,283
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical CenterMechanicsville31$57,382$14,303
Sentara Leigh HospitalNorfolk52$57,460$14,365
Reston Hospital CenterReston45$82,967$14,505
Spotsylvania Regional Medical CenterFredericksburg17$74,771$14,521
Sentara Princess Anne HospitalVirginia Beach32$63,741$14,527
Virginia Hospital CenterArlington40$40,673$14,529
Bon Secours St Francis Medical CenterMidlothian24$59,057$14,557
Sovah Health DanvilleDanville24$83,530$14,737
Sentara Virginia Beach General HospitalVirginia Beach87$76,439$14,785
Southside Community Hospital, IncFarmville11$45,059$14,793
Bon Secours St Marys HospitalRichmond99$71,253$14,954
Riverside Regional Medical CenterNewport News81$53,748$15,347
Augusta HealthFishersville24$36,869$15,604
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical CenterWoodbridge41$59,044$15,659
Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen HospitalLynchburg84$68,793$15,688
Inova Mount Vernon HospitalAlexandria20$49,709$16,201
Bon Secours Maryview Medical CenterPortsmouth17$49,864$16,339
Lewisgale Medical CenterSalem60$96,779$16,473
Winchester Medical CenterWinchester70$41,970$16,747
Sentara Rmh Medical CenterHarrisonburg32$36,555$16,913
Inova Alexandria HospitalAlexandria86$57,179$17,234
Lewisgale Hospital MontgomeryBlacksburg18$56,709$17,302
Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke142$79,575$18,284
Sentara Norfolk General HospitalNorfolk87$84,430$19,426
Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church187$68,177$22,360
University of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville64$93,513$28,084
Medical College of Virginia HospitalsRichmond67$116,976$29,246

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.