84/100
#255 nationally
Winchester Medical Center
1840 Amherst St, Winchester, VA 22601 · (540) 536-8000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Winchester Medical Center billed $2.93 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
- 217
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in VA
- #3
- 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 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 83% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 89% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% 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 |
1,116 | $12,085 | $2,610 | -38% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
497 | $7,396 | $1,553 | -27% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
461 | $21,078 | $10,478 | -51% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
393 | $16,753 | $3,124 | -34% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
293 | $4,983 | $1,856 | -58% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
292 | $6,601 | $1,987 | -49% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
279 | $37,108 | $16,324 | -43% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
267 | $34,167 | $12,584 | -45% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
265 | $102,871 | $22,885 | -22% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
243 | $10,510 | $3,032 | -45% |
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 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$91,490 | $21,457 | +13% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$167,573 | $32,254 | +13% |
|
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,647 | $4,810 | about average |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$51,823 | $10,374 | about average |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$209,839 | $77,657 | -6% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$88,568 | $17,206 | -7% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$93,791 | $17,658 | -8% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$61,544 | $10,538 | -9% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Limb Reattachment, Hip and Femur Procedures for Multiple Significant Trauma
MS-DRG 956 · Inpatient stay |
$52,236 | $30,818 | -71% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,424 | $3,766 | -71% |
|
Major Hematological and Immunological Diagnoses Except Sickle Cell Crisis and Coagulatio
MS-DRG 808 · Inpatient stay |
$35,281 | $21,819 | -67% |
|
Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Complications
MS-DRG 386 · Inpatient stay |
$14,264 | $9,612 | -64% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$13,141 | $11,113 | -64% |
|
Malignancy of Hepatobiliary System or Pancreas with Complications
MS-DRG 436 · Inpatient stay |
$19,792 | $8,969 | -63% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 379 · Inpatient stay |
$11,500 | $5,622 | -63% |
|
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay |
$29,818 | $17,436 | -63% |
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.