US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection in Virginia

MS-DRG 690: Kidney and urinary tract infections without mcc

$25,027typical hospital bill
$6,632typical amount paid
$5,166–$14,353range paid across 56 hospitals

Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $25,027 for this stay in 2024, about 3.8 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
Riverside Doctors' Hospital of WilliamsburgWilliamsburg17$16,867$5,166
Sentara Martha Jefferson HospitalCharlottesville29$15,937$5,333
Uva Health Haymarket Medical CenterHaymarket24$21,692$5,685
Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical CenterWilliamsburg38$26,871$5,748
Fauquier HospitalWarrenton28$34,898$5,871
Chesapeake General HospitalChesapeake51$19,721$5,881
Cjw Medical CenterRichmond105$65,400$5,904
Mary Immaculate HospitalNewport News14$24,349$5,931
Sentara Obici HospitalSuffolk28$25,949$6,037
Sentara Princess Anne HospitalVirginia Beach40$25,975$6,075
Sentara Virginia Beach General HospitalVirginia Beach73$27,454$6,091
Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen HospitalLynchburg47$28,099$6,170
John Randolph Medical CenterHopewell13$57,622$6,205
Henrico Doctors' HospitalRichmond85$59,649$6,205
Bon Secours Southside Medical CenterPetersburg35$64,150$6,206
Augusta HealthFishersville44$18,666$6,251
Bon Secours St Marys HospitalRichmond49$25,794$6,254
Reston Hospital CenterReston26$41,533$6,309
Sentara Leigh HospitalNorfolk63$29,750$6,330
Community Memorial HospitalSouth Hill29$26,164$6,364
Riverside Shore Memorial HospitalOnancock13$17,856$6,365
Inova Loudoun HospitalLeesburg81$20,734$6,388
Centra Bedford Memorial HospitalBedford12$25,174$6,451
Winchester Medical CenterWinchester158$16,761$6,489
Inova Fair Oaks HospitalFairfax41$19,537$6,501
Mary Washington HospitalFredericksburg95$14,613$6,514
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical CenterMechanicsville58$24,303$6,619
Spotsylvania Regional Medical CenterFredericksburg36$40,592$6,630
Virginia Hospital CenterArlington51$20,553$6,635
Sentara Halifax Regional HospitalSouth Boston21$21,432$6,637
Bon Secours St Francis Medical CenterMidlothian49$29,660$6,638
Sentara Rmh Medical CenterHarrisonburg41$15,477$6,923
Clinch Valley Medical CenterRichlands14$39,809$6,947
Inova Alexandria HospitalAlexandria65$24,008$6,968
Riverside Regional Medical CenterNewport News53$23,401$7,075
Uva Health Culpeper Medical CenterCulpeper21$18,946$7,165
Carilion New River Valley Medical CenterChristiansburg33$25,424$7,188
Johnston Memorial HospitalAbingdon24$24,881$7,227
Buchanan General HospitalGrundy14$25,558$7,252
Uva Health Prince William Medical CenterManassas26$22,982$7,270
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical CenterWoodbridge51$26,411$7,322
Carilion Franklin Memorial HospitalRocky Mount21$23,789$7,407
Inova Mount Vernon HospitalAlexandria27$24,362$7,410
Vcu Health Tappahannock HospitalTappahannock14$19,547$7,489
Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke60$29,317$7,511
Stafford Hospital, LLCStafford26$15,875$7,528
Bon Secours Maryview Medical CenterPortsmouth22$17,441$7,565
Lewisgale Medical CenterSalem51$49,187$7,664
Warren Memorial HospitalFront Royal28$15,941$7,902
Lewisgale Hospital MontgomeryBlacksburg26$34,771$8,109
Sentara Norfolk General HospitalNorfolk31$27,760$8,744
Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church80$21,986$9,310
Sovah Health DanvilleDanville20$47,834$10,031
Lonesome Pine HospitalBig Stone Gap20$22,223$10,536
Medical College of Virginia HospitalsRichmond53$43,630$13,843
University of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville52$36,975$14,353

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.