CostGrade
B

75/100

#488 nationally

Inova Fair Oaks Hospital

3600 Joseph Siewick Drive, Fairfax, VA 22033 · (703) 391-4170

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Inova Fair Oaks Hospital billed $3.60 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
3.6x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
91
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in VA
#11
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.

Inpatient charge markup 25.6/35

Better than 73% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 18.7/25

Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 23.5/30

Better than 78% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 7.0/10

Better than 70% 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

757 $17,837 $2,540 -8%
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit

510 $19,988 $3,766 -3%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

370 $43,062 $15,329 -34%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

309 $42,075 $12,116 -33%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

252 $22,553 $5,274 -36%
Level 4 Vascular Procedures

APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit

206 $16,160 $5,086 -55%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

204 $5,382 $1,777 -54%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

178 $34,704 $10,072 -20%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

175 $31,342 $4,749 +14%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

149 $12,558 $3,187 -46%

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 3 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit

$38,014 $4,715 +57%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

$31,342 $4,749 +14%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$13,303 $2,185 +13%
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit

$19,988 $3,766 -3%
Level 6 Urology and Related Services

APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit

$42,574 $8,469 -4%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,837 $2,540 -8%
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures

APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit

$13,161 $2,179 -9%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,682 $1,910 -10%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Complex GI Procedures

APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,027 $4,401 -67%
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major

MS-DRG 981 · Inpatient stay

$62,506 $34,089 -66%
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,686 $3,591 -65%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit

$25,578 $9,960 -62%
Extracranial Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 038 · Inpatient stay

$25,750 $13,505 -62%
Complications of Treatment with Major Complications

MS-DRG 919 · Inpatient stay

$31,332 $13,273 -58%
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay

$22,386 $9,931 -58%
Level 4 Vascular Procedures

APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit

$16,160 $5,086 -55%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • 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.
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