US Health Care Costs

Heart valve replacement through a catheter (TAVR) in Virginia

MS-DRG 267: Endovascular cardiac valve replacement and supplement procedures without mcc

$158,140typical hospital bill
$38,631typical amount paid
$32,688–$52,543range paid across 15 hospitals

Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $158,140 for this stay in 2024, about 4.1 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
Cjw Medical CenterRichmond66$654,855$32,688
Henrico Doctors' HospitalRichmond66$593,059$33,622
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical CenterMechanicsville45$111,984$33,815
Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen HospitalLynchburg29$126,139$35,300
Bon Secours St Marys HospitalRichmond39$326,487$35,511
Riverside Regional Medical CenterNewport News50$117,995$35,792
Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke108$168,105$36,774
Mary Washington HospitalFredericksburg38$183,192$38,631
Sentara Norfolk General HospitalNorfolk201$120,378$39,611
Sentara Rmh Medical CenterHarrisonburg32$105,057$40,297
Winchester Medical CenterWinchester74$158,140$41,073
Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church271$160,027$41,891
Medical College of Virginia HospitalsRichmond61$136,943$43,704
Lewisgale Medical CenterSalem26$503,747$45,581
University of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville70$117,184$52,543

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.