DRG 552 · Musculoskeletal

Medical Back Problems Cost in Virginia — Compare All Hospitals

Hospitalization for medical (non-surgical) back conditions including herniated discs, severe radiculopathy, and chronic pain crises.

State average
$27,555
gross charge · DRG 552
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$5,578 – $38,040
low to high
Lowest $5,578 Highest $38,040

14 Virginia hospitals publish gross charges for medical back problems (DRG 552). Prices range from $5,578 to $38,040 — roughly $32,462 apart. The cheapest is Bath Community Hospital in Hot Springs; the most expensive is Twin County Regional Hospital in Galax. The state average sits at $27,555.

The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of medical 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 medical 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 medical 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 medical back problems in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 552 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Bath Community Hospital

    Hot Springs, VA

    Gross charge $5,578
    Cash pay $4,184
  2. 2

    UVA Health Haymarket Medical Center

    Haymarket, VA

    Gross charge $17,239
    Cash pay $8,619
  3. 3
    Gross charge $23,303
    Cash pay $11,651
  4. 4

    UVA Health Culpeper Medical Center

    Culpeper, VA

    Gross charge $24,499
    Cash pay $12,249
  5. 5

    Carilion Medical Center

    Roanoke, VA

    45 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $29,056
    Cash pay $17,434
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,131
  6. 6

    Carilion New River Valley Medical Center

    Christiansburg, VA

    Gross charge $29,056
    Cash pay $17,434
  7. 7

    Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital

    Rocky Mount, VA

    Gross charge $29,056
    Cash pay $17,434
  8. 8
    Gross charge $29,056
    Cash pay $17,434
  9. 9

    Carilion Giles Community Hospital

    Pearisburg, VA

    Gross charge $29,056
    Cash pay $17,434
  10. 10

    Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital

    Lexington, VA

    Gross charge $29,056
    Cash pay $17,434
  11. 11

    Wythe County Community Hospital

    Wytheville, VA

    Gross charge $29,643
    Cash pay $11,857
  12. 12

    Clinch Valley Medical Center

    Richlands, VA

    Gross charge $36,406
    Cash pay $14,562
  13. 13

    Sovah Health - Danville

    Danville, VA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $36,719
    Cash pay $14,688
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,154
  14. 14

    Twin County Regional Hospital

    Galax, VA

    Gross charge $38,040
    Cash pay $15,216
  15. 15

    Mary Washington Hospital

    Fredericksburg, VA

    45 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,586
  16. 16

    Inova Alexandria Hospital

    Alexandria, VA

    41 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,506
  17. 17

    Lewisgale Medical Center

    Salem, VA

    58 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,135
  18. 18

    Reston Hospital Center

    Reston, VA

    61 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,654
  19. 19

    Lewisgale Hospital Montgomery

    Blacksburg, VA

    Gross charge
  20. 20

    Lewisgale Hospital Pulaski

    Pulaski, VA

    Gross charge
  21. 21

    Lewisgale Hospital Alleghany

    Low Moor, VA

    Gross charge
  22. 22

    Stafford Hospital, Llc

    Stafford, VA

    Gross charge
  23. 23

    Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center

    Fredericksburg, VA

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,170
  24. 24

    Stonesprings Hospital Center

    Dulles, VA

    Gross charge
  25. 25

    Augusta Health (Acute Care)

    Fishersville, VA

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,155
  26. 26

    VCU Health Tappahannock Hospital

    Tappahannock, VA

    Gross charge
  27. 27

    Inova Loudoun Hospital

    Leesburg, VA

    43 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,788
  28. 28

    Inova Fairfax Medical Campus

    Falls Church, VA

    70 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,750
  29. 29

    Inova Fair Oaks Hospital

    Fairfax, VA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,110
  30. 30

    Inova Mount Vernon Hospital

    Alexandria, VA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,228

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