Respiratory Failure Cost in Virginia — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for pulmonary edema and respiratory failure, often requiring ventilator support.
State average
$33,028
gross charge · DRG 189
Hospitals
16
with published pricing
Price range
$23,577 – $45,821
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
UVA Health Culpeper Medical Center
Culpeper, VA
Gross charge $23,577Cash pay $11,788Medicare pays (avg) $8,438 - 2
UVA Health Haymarket Medical Center
Haymarket, VA
Gross charge $23,720Cash pay $11,860Medicare pays (avg) $8,322 - 3
Bath Community Hospital
Hot Springs, VA
Gross charge $25,077Cash pay $18,808 - 4Gross charge $27,124Cash pay $13,562Medicare pays (avg) $8,439
- 5
Wythe County Community Hospital
Wytheville, VA
Gross charge $29,637Cash pay $11,855Medicare pays (avg) $8,689 - 6
Carilion Medical Center
Roanoke, VA
Gross charge $30,160Cash pay $18,096Medicare pays (avg) $8,396 - 7
Carilion New River Valley Medical Center
Christiansburg, VA
Gross charge $30,160Cash pay $18,096Medicare pays (avg) $7,511 - 8
Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital
Rocky Mount, VA
Gross charge $30,160Cash pay $18,096 - 9
Carilion Tazewell Community Hospital
Tazewell, VA
Gross charge $30,160Cash pay $18,096Medicare pays (avg) $9,458 - 10
Carilion Giles Community Hospital
Pearisburg, VA
Gross charge $30,160Cash pay $18,096 - 11
Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital
Lexington, VA
Gross charge $30,160Cash pay $18,096 - 12
Fauquier Health
Warrenton, VA
Gross charge $40,481Cash pay $16,192Medicare pays (avg) $7,441 - 13
Buchanan General Hospital
Grundy, VA
Gross charge $41,999Cash pay $14,700Medicare pays (avg) $10,067 - 14
Clinch Valley Medical Center
Richlands, VA
Gross charge $44,524Cash pay $17,810Medicare pays (avg) $8,318 - 15
Twin County Regional Hospital
Galax, VA
Gross charge $45,531Cash pay $18,212Medicare pays (avg) $8,849 - 16
Sovah Health - Danville
Danville, VA
Gross charge $45,821Cash pay $18,328Medicare pays (avg) $8,439 - 17
Mary Washington Hospital
Fredericksburg, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,748 - 18
Inova Alexandria Hospital
Alexandria, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,373 - 19
Lewisgale Medical Center
Salem, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,914 - 20
Reston Hospital Center
Reston, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,906 - 21
Lewisgale Hospital Montgomery
Blacksburg, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,312 - 22
Lewisgale Hospital Pulaski
Pulaski, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,372 - 23
Lewisgale Hospital Alleghany
Low Moor, VA
Gross charge — - 24
Stafford Hospital, Llc
Stafford, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,966 - 25
Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center
Fredericksburg, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,814 - 26
Stonesprings Hospital Center
Dulles, VA
Gross charge — - 27
Augusta Health (Acute Care)
Fishersville, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,206 - 28
VCU Health Tappahannock Hospital
Tappahannock, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,929 - 29
Inova Loudoun Hospital
Leesburg, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,191 - 30
Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
Falls Church, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,121 - 31
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
Fairfax, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,996 - 32
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital
Alexandria, VA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,756
16 Virginia hospitals publish gross charges for respiratory failure (DRG 189). Prices range from $23,577 to $45,821 — roughly $22,244 apart. The cheapest is UVA Health Culpeper Medical Center in Culpeper; the most expensive is Sovah Health - Danville in Danville. The state average sits at $33,028.
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 respiratory 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 respiratory 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 respiratory failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 189 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.