66/100
#779 nationally
Virginia Hospital Center
1701 North George Mason Drive, Arlington, VA 22205 · (703) 558-5000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Virginia Hospital Center billed $3.95 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
- 4.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 146
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in VA
- #22
- 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 66% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 71% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 65% 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 |
644 | $12,061 | $2,554 | -38% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
568 | $45,634 | $15,337 | -30% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
447 | $48,528 | $12,159 | -22% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
367 | $10,615 | $2,158 | -10% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
292 | $8,723 | $1,905 | -32% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
222 | $29,923 | $10,331 | -31% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
200 | $8,792 | $1,499 | -13% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
188 | $22,205 | $4,819 | -19% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
160 | $30,353 | $5,384 | -14% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
157 | $32,150 | $6,709 | -19% |
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 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,817 | $619 | +54% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
$331,252 | $65,775 | +38% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,263 | $5,360 | +37% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$180,217 | $30,757 | +21% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$110,759 | $16,080 | +16% |
|
Complications of Treatment with Major Complications
MS-DRG 919 · Inpatient stay |
$85,199 | $24,366 | +14% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$151,032 | $22,026 | +14% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$193,778 | $36,679 | +10% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Postoperative and Post-traumatic Infections with Major Complications
MS-DRG 862 · Inpatient stay |
$31,994 | $13,275 | -57% |
|
Interstitial Lung Disease with Major Complications
MS-DRG 196 · Inpatient stay |
$34,957 | $14,546 | -56% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications
MS-DRG 176 · Inpatient stay |
$16,186 | $6,816 | -54% |
|
Stroke (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 066 · Inpatient stay |
$16,828 | $5,816 | -53% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay |
$12,001 | $5,038 | -52% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$39,216 | $15,384 | -51% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay |
$95,539 | $32,225 | -50% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$32,078 | $12,937 | -50% |
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.