80/100
#355 nationally
Riverside Walter Reed Hospital
7519 Hospital Road, Gloucester, VA 23061 · (804) 693-8800
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Riverside Walter Reed Hospital billed $3.56 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
- 32
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in VA
- #6
- 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 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 77% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 84% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 91% 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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
286 | $1,953 | $588 | -38% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
235 | $14,452 | $2,313 | -26% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
227 | $10,625 | $2,006 | -10% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
190 | $32,686 | $12,996 | -50% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
97 | $37,719 | $11,318 | -40% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
96 | $5,397 | $1,382 | -46% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
88 | $5,355 | $1,754 | -59% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
75 | $13,336 | $2,874 | -35% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
65 | $26,616 | $8,729 | -39% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
64 | $20,003 | $4,400 | -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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,625 | $2,006 | -10% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,412 | $2,581 | -14% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,958 | $1,384 | -20% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$66,097 | $16,013 | -20% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,452 | $2,313 | -26% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,003 | $4,400 | -27% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,199 | $5,879 | -29% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,772 | $1,379 | -33% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$24,873 | $9,221 | -59% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,355 | $1,754 | -59% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$29,659 | $11,353 | -58% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$20,669 | $8,693 | -56% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$21,757 | $9,401 | -55% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$32,686 | $12,996 | -50% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$41,246 | $12,729 | -48% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$25,556 | $8,637 | -47% |
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.