Back Problems Cost in Virginia — Compare All Hospitals
Back or spine problems, such as disc disease, spinal narrowing, or severe back pain, treated without surgery. The stay typically involves pain control, medication, and physical therapy.
State average
$54,241
gross charge · DRG 551
Hospitals
9
with published pricing
Price range
$38,982 – $68,814
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Clinch Valley Medical Center
Richlands, VA
Gross charge $38,982Cash pay $15,593 - 2
Sovah Health - Danville
Danville, VA
Gross charge $40,128Cash pay $16,051 - 3
Russell County Hospital
Lebanon, VA
Gross charge $56,708Cash pay $8,506 - 4
Smyth County Community Hospital (Acute Care)
Marion, VA
Gross charge $56,708Cash pay $8,506 - 5
Johnston Memorial Hospital
Abingdon, VA
Gross charge $56,708Cash pay $8,506 - 6
Lonesome Pine Hospital (Acute Care)
Big Stone Gap, VA
Gross charge $56,708Cash pay $8,506 - 7
Dickenson Community Hospital
Clintwood, VA
Gross charge $56,708Cash pay $8,506 - 8
Lee County Community Hospital
Pennington Gap, VA
Gross charge $56,708Cash pay $8,506 - 9
Wythe County Community Hospital
Wytheville, VA
Gross charge $68,814Cash pay $27,526 - 10
UVA Health Culpeper Medical Center
Culpeper, VA
Gross charge — - 11
Mary Washington Hospital
Fredericksburg, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,638 - 12
Inova Alexandria Hospital
Alexandria, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,867 - 13
Inova Loudoun Hospital
Leesburg, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,158 - 14Gross charge —
- 15
Lewisgale Medical Center
Salem, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,398 - 16
Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
Falls Church, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,842 - 17
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
Fairfax, VA
Gross charge — - 18
Reston Hospital Center
Reston, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,363 - 19
Lewisgale Hospital Montgomery
Blacksburg, VA
Gross charge — - 20
Lewisgale Hospital Pulaski
Pulaski, VA
Gross charge — - 21
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital
Alexandria, VA
Gross charge — - 22
Lewisgale Hospital Alleghany
Low Moor, VA
Gross charge — - 23
Stafford Hospital, Llc
Stafford, VA
Gross charge — - 24
Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center
Fredericksburg, VA
Gross charge — - 25
UVA Health Haymarket Medical Center
Haymarket, VA
Gross charge — - 26
Stonesprings Hospital Center
Dulles, VA
Gross charge — - 27
Augusta Health (Acute Care)
Fishersville, VA
Gross charge — - 28
VCU Health Tappahannock Hospital
Tappahannock, VA
Gross charge —
9 Virginia hospitals publish gross charges for back problems (DRG 551). Prices range from $38,982 to $68,814 — roughly $29,832 apart. The cheapest is Clinch Valley Medical Center in Richlands; the most expensive is Wythe County Community Hospital in Wytheville. The state average sits at $54,241.
The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of back problems. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists back problems at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling back problems in Virginia, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Virginia hospitals missing from the list either don't perform back problems in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 551 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.