DRG 004 · Respiratory

Tracheostomy with Long-Term Ventilation Cost in Virginia — Compare All Hospitals

Placement of a breathing tube in the neck (tracheostomy) for patients who need a ventilator for an extended period. These are long, intensive stays with around-the-clock care, usually in an intensive care unit.

State average
$679,695
gross charge · DRG 004
Hospitals
9
with published pricing
Price range
$324,696 – $1,191,706
low to high
Lowest $324,696 Highest $1,191,706

9 Virginia hospitals publish gross charges for tracheostomy with long-term ventilation (DRG 004). Prices range from $324,696 to $1,191,706 — roughly 4×. The cheapest is Sovah Health - Danville in Danville; the most expensive is Fauquier Health in Warrenton. The state average sits at $679,695.

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 tracheostomy with long-term ventilation 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 tracheostomy with long-term ventilation 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 tracheostomy with long-term ventilation in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 004 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Sovah Health - Danville

    Danville, VA

    Gross charge $324,696
    Cash pay $129,878
  2. 2

    Russell County Hospital

    Lebanon, VA

    Gross charge $651,953
    Cash pay $97,793
  3. 3
    Gross charge $651,953
    Cash pay $97,793
  4. 4

    Johnston Memorial Hospital

    Abingdon, VA

    Gross charge $651,953
    Cash pay $97,793
  5. 5

    Lonesome Pine Hospital (Acute Care)

    Big Stone Gap, VA

    Gross charge $651,953
    Cash pay $97,793
  6. 6
    Gross charge $651,953
    Cash pay $97,793
  7. 7

    Lee County Community Hospital

    Pennington Gap, VA

    Gross charge $651,953
    Cash pay $97,793
  8. 8

    Clinch Valley Medical Center

    Richlands, VA

    Gross charge $689,134
    Cash pay $275,654
  9. 9

    Fauquier Health

    Warrenton, VA

    Gross charge $1,191,706
    Cash pay $476,682
  10. 10

    UVA Health Culpeper Medical Center

    Culpeper, VA

    Gross charge
  11. 11

    Mary Washington Hospital

    Fredericksburg, VA

    Gross charge
  12. 12

    Inova Alexandria Hospital

    Alexandria, VA

    Gross charge
  13. 13

    Inova Loudoun Hospital

    Leesburg, VA

    Gross charge
  14. 14
    Gross charge
  15. 15

    Lewisgale Medical Center

    Salem, VA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $74,949
  16. 16

    Inova Fairfax Medical Campus

    Falls Church, VA

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $120,052
  17. 17

    Inova Fair Oaks Hospital

    Fairfax, VA

    Gross charge
  18. 18

    Reston Hospital Center

    Reston, VA

    Gross charge
  19. 19

    Lewisgale Hospital Montgomery

    Blacksburg, VA

    Gross charge
  20. 20

    Lewisgale Hospital Pulaski

    Pulaski, VA

    Gross charge
  21. 21

    Inova Mount Vernon Hospital

    Alexandria, VA

    Gross charge
  22. 22

    Lewisgale Hospital Alleghany

    Low Moor, VA

    Gross charge
  23. 23

    Stafford Hospital, Llc

    Stafford, VA

    Gross charge
  24. 24

    Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center

    Fredericksburg, VA

    Gross charge
  25. 25

    UVA Health Haymarket Medical Center

    Haymarket, VA

    Gross charge
  26. 26

    Stonesprings Hospital Center

    Dulles, VA

    Gross charge
  27. 27

    Augusta Health (Acute Care)

    Fishersville, VA

    Gross charge
  28. 28

    VCU Health Tappahannock Hospital

    Tappahannock, VA

    Gross charge

Compare tracheostomy with long-term ventilation pricing in nearby states