CostGrade
C

48/100

#1,326 nationally

Southside Community Hospital, Inc

800 Oak Street, Farmville, VA 23901 · (434) 392-8811

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Southside Community Hospital, Inc billed $4.29 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
4.3x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
24
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in VA
#40
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.

Inpatient charge markup 21.1/35

Better than 60% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 7.9/25

Better than 32% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 13.8/30

Better than 46% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 5.1/10

Better than 51% 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

171 $45,121 $14,760 -31%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

150 $19,985 $2,537 about average
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

126 $15,493 $2,163 +32%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

95 $36,126 $9,634 -17%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

26 $33,693 $7,934 -14%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

26 $27,115 $3,041 +7%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

25 $44,399 $10,686 -5%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

25 $10,377 $1,799 -9%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

24 $46,182 $12,458 -16%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

24 $11,930 $1,773 about average

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 4 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit

$38,350 $3,490 +69%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$15,493 $2,163 +32%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$12,844 $1,511 +27%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

$44,250 $5,377 +26%
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures

APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit

$20,617 $2,615 +24%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$23,075 $2,970 +21%
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

$45,670 $8,143 +9%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

$27,115 $3,041 +7%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Stroke (severe)

MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay

$45,059 $14,793 -41%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$45,121 $14,760 -31%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

$40,163 $11,165 -24%
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

$26,396 $6,847 -20%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

$40,148 $9,106 -17%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$36,126 $9,634 -17%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$46,182 $12,458 -16%
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)

MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay

$34,858 $7,898 -16%

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.
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