72/100
#572 nationally
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital
2501 Parkers Lane, Alexandria, VA 22306 · (703) 664-7105
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Inova Mount Vernon Hospital billed $3.72 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
- 3.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 57
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in VA
- #14
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 62% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 83% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 69% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
706 | $41,684 | $12,158 | -33% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
648 | $20,349 | $2,545 | +5% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
268 | $5,557 | $1,503 | -45% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
230 | $56,129 | $16,539 | -14% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
122 | $53,736 | $17,178 | -35% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
82 | $41,553 | $10,875 | -4% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
59 | $41,908 | $13,817 | -24% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
58 | $36,573 | $5,411 | +4% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
52 | $41,106 | $11,733 | -12% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
52 | $14,804 | $2,665 | -16% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,349 | $2,545 | +5% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,573 | $5,411 | +4% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$47,350 | $12,112 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$41,553 | $10,875 | -4% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$28,669 | $6,554 | -6% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$41,977 | $8,830 | -8% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$29,647 | $8,423 | -8% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,200 | $1,507 | -9% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,978 | $2,632 | -64% |
|
Lower Extremity and Humerus Procedures Except Hip, Foot and Femur with Complications
MS-DRG 493 · Inpatient stay |
$45,590 | $17,153 | -55% |
|
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major
MS-DRG 981 · Inpatient stay |
$87,338 | $32,126 | -52% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,114 | $1,722 | -48% |
|
Respiratory Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 180 · Inpatient stay |
$39,291 | $15,981 | -47% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,557 | $1,503 | -45% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$99,357 | $35,921 | -44% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,481 | $2,989 | -40% |
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.