55/100
#1,096 nationally
Centra Bedford Memorial Hospital
1613 Oakwood Street, Bedford, VA 24523 · (540) 586-2441
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Centra Bedford Memorial Hospital billed $3.49 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
- 3.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 18
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in VA
- #30
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 27% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 61% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% of U.S. hospitals.
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 |
123 | $18,094 | $2,341 | -7% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
122 | $36,788 | $14,427 | -44% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
42 | $25,100 | $8,100 | -36% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
38 | $33,764 | $10,295 | -22% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
37 | $17,939 | $1,638 | +53% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
25 | $12,285 | $1,396 | +22% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
18 | $22,951 | $6,666 | -29% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
18 | $38,028 | $4,967 | +8% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $34,293 | $10,669 | -29% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $30,187 | $9,471 | -26% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,939 | $1,638 | +53% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,360 | $2,978 | +43% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,285 | $1,396 | +22% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,028 | $4,967 | +8% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,094 | $2,341 | -7% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$28,087 | $7,599 | -8% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$25,174 | $6,451 | -15% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$45,479 | $12,957 | -17% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$24,790 | $10,668 | -49% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$30,003 | $12,524 | -47% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$18,417 | $7,408 | -44% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$26,216 | $10,664 | -44% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$36,788 | $14,427 | -44% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$25,100 | $8,100 | -36% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$34,293 | $10,669 | -29% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$22,951 | $6,666 | -29% |
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.