Headache Cost in Virginia — Compare All Hospitals
Severe or persistent headaches, such as migraine, that need hospital care for relief. The stay typically involves IV medications and tests to rule out more serious causes.
State average
$33,628
gross charge · DRG 103
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$30,163 – $46,138
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Russell County Hospital
Lebanon, VA
Gross charge $30,163Cash pay $4,524 - 2
Smyth County Community Hospital (Acute Care)
Marion, VA
Gross charge $30,163Cash pay $4,524 - 3
Johnston Memorial Hospital
Abingdon, VA
Gross charge $30,163Cash pay $4,524 - 4
Lonesome Pine Hospital (Acute Care)
Big Stone Gap, VA
Gross charge $30,163Cash pay $4,524 - 5
Dickenson Community Hospital
Clintwood, VA
Gross charge $30,163Cash pay $4,524 - 6
Lee County Community Hospital
Pennington Gap, VA
Gross charge $30,163Cash pay $4,524 - 7
Carilion Medical Center
Roanoke, VA
Gross charge $34,223Cash pay $20,534 - 8
Carilion New River Valley Medical Center
Christiansburg, VA
Gross charge $34,223Cash pay $20,534 - 9
Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital
Rocky Mount, VA
Gross charge $34,223Cash pay $20,534 - 10
Carilion Tazewell Community Hospital
Tazewell, VA
Gross charge $34,223Cash pay $20,534 - 11
Carilion Giles Community Hospital
Pearisburg, VA
Gross charge $34,223Cash pay $20,534 - 12
Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital
Lexington, VA
Gross charge $34,223Cash pay $20,534 - 13
Clinch Valley Medical Center
Richlands, VA
Gross charge $38,335Cash pay $15,334 - 14
Sovah Health - Danville
Danville, VA
Gross charge $46,138Cash pay $18,455 - 15
UVA Health Culpeper Medical Center
Culpeper, VA
Gross charge — - 16
Mary Washington Hospital
Fredericksburg, VA
Gross charge — - 17
Inova Alexandria Hospital
Alexandria, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,076 - 18
Inova Loudoun Hospital
Leesburg, VA
Gross charge — - 19Gross charge —
- 20
Lewisgale Medical Center
Salem, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,629 - 21
Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
Falls Church, VA
Gross charge — - 22
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
Fairfax, VA
Gross charge — - 23
Reston Hospital Center
Reston, VA
Gross charge — - 24
Lewisgale Hospital Montgomery
Blacksburg, VA
Gross charge — - 25
Lewisgale Hospital Pulaski
Pulaski, VA
Gross charge — - 26
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital
Alexandria, VA
Gross charge — - 27
Lewisgale Hospital Alleghany
Low Moor, VA
Gross charge — - 28
Stafford Hospital, Llc
Stafford, VA
Gross charge — - 29
Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center
Fredericksburg, VA
Gross charge — - 30
UVA Health Haymarket Medical Center
Haymarket, VA
Gross charge — - 31
Stonesprings Hospital Center
Dulles, VA
Gross charge — - 32
Augusta Health (Acute Care)
Fishersville, VA
Gross charge — - 33
VCU Health Tappahannock Hospital
Tappahannock, VA
Gross charge —
14 Virginia hospitals publish gross charges for headache (DRG 103). Prices range from $30,163 to $46,138 — roughly $15,975 apart. The cheapest is Russell County Hospital in Lebanon; the most expensive is Sovah Health - Danville in Danville. The state average sits at $33,628.
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 headache 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 headache 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 headache in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 103 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.