76/100
#477 nationally
Vcu Health Tappahannock Hospital
618 Hospital Road, Tappahannock, VA 22560 · (804) 443-3311
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Vcu Health Tappahannock Hospital billed $2.90 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
- 2.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 24
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in VA
- #10
- 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 82% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 68% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 79% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 67% 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 |
128 | $15,039 | $2,535 | -23% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
58 | $39,926 | $17,641 | -39% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
49 | $23,063 | $11,392 | -47% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
32 | $36,917 | $15,125 | -33% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
25 | $13,943 | $2,615 | -16% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $46,570 | $12,388 | about average |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
21 | $21,117 | $6,414 | -47% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
19 | $11,119 | $1,799 | about average |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
18 | $21,390 | $7,728 | -34% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
18 | $9,751 | $3,016 | -52% |
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 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,287 | $2,970 | +22% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$46,570 | $12,388 | about average |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,119 | $1,799 | about average |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,943 | $2,615 | -16% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,039 | $2,535 | -23% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$34,005 | $9,247 | -25% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$22,241 | $8,173 | -33% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$36,917 | $15,125 | -33% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,460 | $1,498 | -60% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$22,027 | $11,532 | -55% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$19,334 | $9,937 | -54% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,751 | $3,016 | -52% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$20,559 | $10,420 | -50% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,733 | $3,224 | -50% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,117 | $6,414 | -47% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$23,063 | $11,392 | -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.