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A study of hospital charges shows Culpeper Memorial Hospital among the best in Virginia.
Data Advantage Corporation of Louisville, Kentucky, recently published the Hospital Pricing Report 1994 Edition which ranks Virginia's ninety acute care hospitals' average billed charges for the fifty most common Medicare admission diagnoses (DRGs).
“This report documents our right to lay claim to the title of the least costly hospital in Virginia,” slated William A. Gravely, president of CMH. “Our charges are consistently low relative to other hospitals because we have an astute medical staff that works closely with the hospital staff in managing patient care at our hospital.”
The Hospital Pricing Report is based on all actual bills submitted by hospitals to Medicare for payment. Data Advantage states that although the report is based on bills for Medicare beneficiaries who used inpatient services, the data is representative of what hospitals bill other patients. The charges are listed for the fifty most common diagnostic related groups (DRGs) which are Medicare's designations for patients’ admission diagnoses and the way the Prospective Payment System pays for hospital admissions in the United States.
Culpeper Memorial Hospital is a fine example of the overall message that emerges from the Hospital Pricing Report. Based on this report, health care at rural Virginia Hospitals is a phenomenal bargain.
CMH is the hospital most often listed with the lowest amount billed for an individual DRG. Ninety-five percent of the hospitals reporting the lowest amounts are rural hospitals, while 70% of hospitals that billed the
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