US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection, with major complications in Virginia

MS-DRG 689: Kidney and urinary tract infections with mcc

$31,668typical hospital bill
$9,326typical amount paid
$7,302–$18,248range paid across 53 hospitals

Virginia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $31,668 for this stay in 2024, about 3.4 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 Martha Jefferson HospitalCharlottesville33$22,618$7,302
Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical CenterWilliamsburg34$29,443$7,754
Fauquier HospitalWarrenton18$39,320$7,886
Cjw Medical CenterRichmond75$88,641$8,002
Uva Health Haymarket Medical CenterHaymarket38$25,232$8,206
Henrico Doctors' HospitalRichmond59$67,722$8,254
John Randolph Medical CenterHopewell14$46,884$8,277
Bon Secours Southside Medical CenterPetersburg39$82,642$8,313
Chesapeake General HospitalChesapeake95$25,795$8,335
Sentara Obici HospitalSuffolk43$31,668$8,385
Sentara Princess Anne HospitalVirginia Beach75$34,340$8,395
Sentara Virginia Beach General HospitalVirginia Beach78$34,630$8,401
Stafford Hospital, LLCStafford22$18,301$8,742
Spotsylvania Regional Medical CenterFredericksburg24$44,583$8,771
Southside Community Hospital, IncFarmville14$34,501$8,801
Community Memorial HospitalSouth Hill21$26,300$8,827
Virginia Hospital CenterArlington63$24,645$8,846
Inova Loudoun HospitalLeesburg79$29,018$8,932
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical CenterMechanicsville43$31,360$8,962
Reston Hospital CenterReston42$55,768$8,999
Mary Washington HospitalFredericksburg152$18,252$9,001
Riverside Regional Medical CenterNewport News54$25,414$9,006
Sentara Halifax Regional HospitalSouth Boston19$30,252$9,074
Augusta HealthFishersville23$21,410$9,092
Bon Secours St Marys HospitalRichmond52$33,141$9,095
Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen HospitalLynchburg90$39,834$9,218
Sentara Leigh HospitalNorfolk85$32,486$9,326
Carilion New River Valley Medical CenterChristiansburg32$36,545$9,348
Inova Mount Vernon HospitalAlexandria36$30,914$9,399
Centra Bedford Memorial HospitalBedford17$30,187$9,471
Inova Fair Oaks HospitalFairfax66$23,192$9,487
Uva Health Prince William Medical CenterManassas32$30,280$9,539
Inova Alexandria HospitalAlexandria78$30,778$9,563
Sovah Health DanvilleDanville47$60,200$9,587
Winchester Medical CenterWinchester123$22,852$9,732
Bon Secours St Francis Medical CenterMidlothian36$33,947$9,741
Carilion Franklin Memorial HospitalRocky Mount14$24,186$10,043
Bon Secours Maryview Medical CenterPortsmouth20$21,358$10,052
Sentara Rmh Medical CenterHarrisonburg57$19,515$10,058
Carilion Tazewell Community HospitalTazewell11$37,611$10,116
Johnston Memorial HospitalAbingdon30$32,509$10,368
Vcu Health Tappahannock HospitalTappahannock12$20,559$10,420
Warren Memorial HospitalFront Royal15$15,094$10,422
Uva Health Culpeper Medical CenterCulpeper34$23,004$10,547
Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke69$39,036$10,562
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical CenterWoodbridge58$37,187$10,596
Lewisgale Medical CenterSalem36$71,399$10,719
Lewisgale Hospital MontgomeryBlacksburg15$36,441$11,463
Sentara Norfolk General HospitalNorfolk42$42,291$12,233
Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church117$33,557$12,528
Lonesome Pine HospitalBig Stone Gap22$26,136$12,735
University of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville34$45,335$17,395
Medical College of Virginia HospitalsRichmond38$61,131$18,248

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.