Fluid Around the Lung Cost in Virginia — Compare All Hospitals
A buildup of fluid in the space around a lung (pleural effusion), which can make breathing difficult. The stay often involves draining the fluid with a needle or small tube and testing it to find the cause.
State average
$53,552
gross charge · DRG 186
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$41,122 – $69,079
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Sovah Health - Danville
Danville, VA
Gross charge $41,122Cash pay $16,449 - 2
Wythe County Community Hospital
Wytheville, VA
Gross charge $41,617Cash pay $16,647 - 3
Russell County Hospital
Lebanon, VA
Gross charge $53,553Cash pay $8,033 - 4
Smyth County Community Hospital (Acute Care)
Marion, VA
Gross charge $53,553Cash pay $8,033 - 5
Johnston Memorial Hospital
Abingdon, VA
Gross charge $53,553Cash pay $8,033 - 6
Lonesome Pine Hospital (Acute Care)
Big Stone Gap, VA
Gross charge $53,553Cash pay $8,033 - 7
Dickenson Community Hospital
Clintwood, VA
Gross charge $53,553Cash pay $8,033 - 8
Lee County Community Hospital
Pennington Gap, VA
Gross charge $53,553Cash pay $8,033 - 9
Fauquier Health
Warrenton, VA
Gross charge $53,978Cash pay $21,591 - 10
Clinch Valley Medical Center
Richlands, VA
Gross charge $61,965Cash pay $24,786 - 11
Twin County Regional Hospital
Galax, VA
Gross charge $69,079Cash pay $27,632 - 12
UVA Health Culpeper Medical Center
Culpeper, VA
Gross charge — - 13
Mary Washington Hospital
Fredericksburg, VA
Gross charge — - 14
Inova Alexandria Hospital
Alexandria, VA
Gross charge — - 15
Inova Loudoun Hospital
Leesburg, VA
Gross charge — - 16Gross charge —
- 17
Lewisgale Medical Center
Salem, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,986 - 18
Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
Falls Church, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,515 - 19
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
Fairfax, VA
Gross charge — - 20
Reston Hospital Center
Reston, VA
Gross charge — - 21
Lewisgale Hospital Montgomery
Blacksburg, VA
Gross charge — - 22
Lewisgale Hospital Pulaski
Pulaski, VA
Gross charge — - 23
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital
Alexandria, VA
Gross charge — - 24
Lewisgale Hospital Alleghany
Low Moor, VA
Gross charge — - 25
Stafford Hospital, Llc
Stafford, VA
Gross charge — - 26
Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center
Fredericksburg, VA
Gross charge — - 27
UVA Health Haymarket Medical Center
Haymarket, VA
Gross charge — - 28
Stonesprings Hospital Center
Dulles, VA
Gross charge — - 29
Augusta Health (Acute Care)
Fishersville, VA
Gross charge — - 30
VCU Health Tappahannock Hospital
Tappahannock, VA
Gross charge —
11 Virginia hospitals publish gross charges for fluid around the lung (DRG 186). Prices range from $41,122 to $69,079 — roughly $27,958 apart. The cheapest is Sovah Health - Danville in Danville; the most expensive is Twin County Regional Hospital in Galax. The state average sits at $53,552.
These numbers are list prices — what the hospital bills before any insurance adjustment. 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 fluid around the lung at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent fluid around the lung admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
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 fluid around the lung in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 186 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.