Ungraded
#1,131 nationally
Buchanan General Hospital
1535 Slate Creek Road, Grundy, VA 24614 · (276) 935-1000
Not enough published pricing to grade
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Buchanan General Hospital billed $4.51 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 4.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 6
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in VA
- #27
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
171 | $18,867 | $2,442 | about average |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
33 | $42,127 | $11,105 | -13% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
20 | $43,807 | $17,706 | -33% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
19 | $31,309 | $7,417 | about average |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $25,558 | $7,252 | -14% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
11 | $31,612 | $11,524 | -27% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$31,309 | $7,417 | about average |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,867 | $2,442 | about average |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$42,127 | $11,105 | -13% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$25,558 | $7,252 | -14% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$31,612 | $11,524 | -27% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$43,807 | $17,706 | -33% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$43,807 | $17,706 | -33% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$31,612 | $11,524 | -27% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$25,558 | $7,252 | -14% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$42,127 | $11,105 | -13% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,867 | $2,442 | about average |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$31,309 | $7,417 | about average |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.