Major Chest Surgery Cost in Virginia — Compare All Hospitals
Major surgery inside the chest, most often removing part of a lung for cancer or other disease, in patients with serious complicating conditions. Recovery typically involves chest tubes, breathing exercises, and several days in the hospital.
State average
$164,773
gross charge · DRG 163
Hospitals
9
with published pricing
Price range
$64,420 – $200,520
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Fauquier Health
Warrenton, VA
Gross charge $64,420Cash pay $25,768 - 2
Sovah Health - Danville
Danville, VA
Gross charge $105,485Cash pay $42,194 - 3
Clinch Valley Medical Center
Richlands, VA
Gross charge $109,930Cash pay $43,972 - 4
Russell County Hospital
Lebanon, VA
Gross charge $200,520Cash pay $30,078 - 5
Smyth County Community Hospital (Acute Care)
Marion, VA
Gross charge $200,520Cash pay $30,078 - 6
Johnston Memorial Hospital
Abingdon, VA
Gross charge $200,520Cash pay $30,078 - 7
Lonesome Pine Hospital (Acute Care)
Big Stone Gap, VA
Gross charge $200,520Cash pay $30,078 - 8
Dickenson Community Hospital
Clintwood, VA
Gross charge $200,520Cash pay $30,078 - 9
Lee County Community Hospital
Pennington Gap, VA
Gross charge $200,520Cash pay $30,078 - 10
UVA Health Culpeper Medical Center
Culpeper, VA
Gross charge — - 11
Mary Washington Hospital
Fredericksburg, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $32,418 - 12
Inova Alexandria Hospital
Alexandria, VA
Gross charge — - 13
Inova Loudoun Hospital
Leesburg, VA
Gross charge — - 14Gross charge —
- 15
Lewisgale Medical Center
Salem, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $33,297 - 16
Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
Falls Church, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $35,297 - 17
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
Fairfax, VA
Gross charge — - 18
Reston Hospital Center
Reston, VA
Gross charge — - 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 major chest surgery (DRG 163). Prices range from $64,420 to $200,520 — roughly 3×. The cheapest is Fauquier Health in Warrenton; the most expensive is Lee County Community Hospital in Pennington Gap. The state average sits at $164,773.
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 major chest surgery 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 major chest surgery 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 major chest surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 163 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.