58/100
#1,021 nationally
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center
2300 Opitz Boulevard, Woodbridge, VA 22191 · (703) 523-1000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center billed $4.20 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
- 4.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 78
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in VA
- #28
- 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 54% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 58% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 71% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
336 | $62,602 | $15,854 | -4% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
329 | $22,909 | $2,478 | +18% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
175 | $38,925 | $11,344 | -10% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
150 | $35,374 | $2,929 | +40% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
123 | $34,523 | $8,465 | -22% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
96 | $10,265 | $1,495 | about average |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
95 | $13,981 | $3,201 | -32% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
85 | $44,251 | $12,324 | -29% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
77 | $42,944 | $13,137 | -22% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
75 | $39,255 | $11,242 | -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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,142 | $1,422 | +65% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,374 | $2,929 | +40% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,703 | $2,914 | +26% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,909 | $2,478 | +18% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,620 | $2,665 | +17% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization without Major
MS-DRG 287 · Inpatient stay |
$60,548 | $9,558 | +11% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,319 | $3,046 | +9% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,598 | $5,360 | +9% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,323 | $3,512 | -41% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$78,957 | $22,214 | -40% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$33,678 | $11,961 | -38% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,808 | $20,462 | -37% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$24,966 | $8,982 | -34% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$55,366 | $17,021 | -33% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,981 | $3,201 | -32% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$38,614 | $11,393 | -32% |
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.