44/100
#1,462 nationally
Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen Hospital
1901 Tate Springs Road, Lynchburg, VA 24501 · (434) 200-4789
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen Hospital billed $5.12 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
- 5.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 189
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in VA
- #42
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 41% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 49% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 52% 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 |
805 | $21,082 | $2,508 | +8% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
755 | $62,194 | $15,545 | -5% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
374 | $40,755 | $10,531 | -6% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
358 | $162,128 | $21,841 | +22% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
332 | $11,128 | $1,475 | +10% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
289 | $63,116 | $12,082 | about average |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
280 | $29,636 | $2,987 | +17% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
255 | $16,710 | $2,921 | -13% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
210 | $41,728 | $5,259 | +19% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
197 | $25,802 | $4,751 | -6% |
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 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,400 | $630 | +168% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$61,318 | $7,720 | +62% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 026 · Inpatient stay |
$211,918 | $29,975 | +58% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,227 | $2,137 | +55% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$229,986 | $30,242 | +55% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,862 | $3,531 | +46% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$151,387 | $23,171 | +40% |
|
Coronary Bypass with Cardiac Catheterization or Open Ablation with Major Complications
MS-DRG 233 · Inpatient stay |
$426,973 | $85,415 | +39% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Respiratory System Operating Room Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 166 · Inpatient stay |
$72,952 | $29,602 | -50% |
|
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 074 · Inpatient stay |
$26,621 | $7,828 | -44% |
|
Interstitial Lung Disease with Major Complications
MS-DRG 196 · Inpatient stay |
$46,443 | $14,511 | -42% |
|
Endocrine Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 644 · Inpatient stay |
$23,674 | $8,058 | -38% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,385 | $1,477 | -37% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Complications
MS-DRG 660 · Inpatient stay |
$35,839 | $10,062 | -36% |
|
Major Chest Trauma with Complications
MS-DRG 184 · Inpatient stay |
$31,850 | $8,172 | -35% |
|
Malignancy of Hepatobiliary System or Pancreas with Major Complications
MS-DRG 435 · Inpatient stay |
$53,956 | $15,877 | -34% |
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.