Heart Failure Cost in Virginia — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for heart failure with major comorbidities or complications, often involving fluid overload, low ejection fraction, or arrhythmia.
State average
$31,983
gross charge · DRG 291
Hospitals
16
with published pricing
Price range
$16,902 – $51,830
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Bath Community Hospital
Hot Springs, VA
Gross charge $16,902Cash pay $12,677 - 2
UVA Health Culpeper Medical Center
Culpeper, VA
Gross charge $23,154Cash pay $11,577Medicare pays (avg) $9,238 - 3
UVA Health Haymarket Medical Center
Haymarket, VA
Gross charge $25,248Cash pay $12,624Medicare pays (avg) $7,485 - 4Gross charge $28,087Cash pay $14,043Medicare pays (avg) $9,207
- 5
Wythe County Community Hospital
Wytheville, VA
Gross charge $29,259Cash pay $11,703Medicare pays (avg) $9,815 - 6
Fauquier Health
Warrenton, VA
Gross charge $31,099Cash pay $12,440Medicare pays (avg) $7,910 - 7
Carilion Medical Center
Roanoke, VA
Gross charge $31,172Cash pay $18,703Medicare pays (avg) $8,825 - 8
Carilion New River Valley Medical Center
Christiansburg, VA
Gross charge $31,172Cash pay $18,703Medicare pays (avg) $8,558 - 9
Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital
Rocky Mount, VA
Gross charge $31,172Cash pay $18,703Medicare pays (avg) $9,753 - 10
Carilion Tazewell Community Hospital
Tazewell, VA
Gross charge $31,172Cash pay $18,703Medicare pays (avg) $8,838 - 11
Carilion Giles Community Hospital
Pearisburg, VA
Gross charge $31,172Cash pay $18,703 - 12
Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital
Lexington, VA
Gross charge $31,172Cash pay $18,703 - 13
Sovah Health - Danville
Danville, VA
Gross charge $38,706Cash pay $15,482Medicare pays (avg) $8,392 - 14
Twin County Regional Hospital
Galax, VA
Gross charge $40,072Cash pay $16,029Medicare pays (avg) $9,473 - 15
Buchanan General Hospital
Grundy, VA
Gross charge $40,336Cash pay $14,118Medicare pays (avg) $11,079 - 16
Clinch Valley Medical Center
Richlands, VA
Gross charge $51,830Cash pay $20,732Medicare pays (avg) $8,663 - 17
Mary Washington Hospital
Fredericksburg, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,476 - 18
Inova Alexandria Hospital
Alexandria, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,164 - 19
Lewisgale Medical Center
Salem, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,653 - 20
Reston Hospital Center
Reston, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,288 - 21
Lewisgale Hospital Montgomery
Blacksburg, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,547 - 22
Lewisgale Hospital Pulaski
Pulaski, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,423 - 23
Lewisgale Hospital Alleghany
Low Moor, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,264 - 24
Stafford Hospital, Llc
Stafford, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,467 - 25
Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center
Fredericksburg, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,712 - 26
Stonesprings Hospital Center
Dulles, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,276 - 27
Augusta Health (Acute Care)
Fishersville, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,765 - 28
Warren Memorial Hospital
Front Royal, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,579 - 29
VCU Health Tappahannock Hospital
Tappahannock, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,418 - 30
Inova Loudoun Hospital
Leesburg, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,454 - 31
Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
Falls Church, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,714 - 32
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
Fairfax, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,570 - 33
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital
Alexandria, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,047
16 Virginia hospitals publish gross charges for heart failure (DRG 291). Prices range from $16,902 to $51,830 — roughly $34,928 apart. The cheapest is Bath Community Hospital in Hot Springs; the most expensive is Clinch Valley Medical Center in Richlands. The state average sits at $31,983.
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 heart failure 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 heart failure 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 heart failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 291 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.