# Uterus or ovary surgery, non-cancer (hospital stay): what Sentara Health Plans pays, by state

The whole hospital stay for non-cancer surgery on the uterus or ovaries, such as a hysterectomy.

- Insurer: Sentara Health Plans
- Billing code: 743 (Hospital stays (inpatient))
- Price shown: negotiated in-network price, hospital stay, facility fee
- Prices as of: 2026-10-01
- All of the insurer's plans pooled; the map also shows single networks

| State | Providers | Lowest | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct | Highest | Medicare pays | Median vs Medicare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 4 | $10,651.81 | $12,737.33 | $13,737.36 | $15,459.63 | $21,367.00 | $9,785.44 | 1.4x Medicare |
| Virginia | 41 | $5,912.00 | $16,385.18 | $19,959.67 | $24,606.00 | $43,963.00 | $12,570.62 | 1.6x Medicare |

**“x Medicare”** compares each price with what original Medicare actually paid hospitals in the same state for the same kind of stay in 2024, the newest year it has published: the average per stay, the patient’s share included, at hospitals with more than ten such stays. Medicare’s payment varies by hospital (wages, teaching, low-income patients), so this is a state average, not any one hospital’s rate. Insurers write their contracts as a share of Medicare, so 1.3x means the insurer pays 30% more than Medicare would; Medicare Advantage plans generally pay close to 1.0x.

Prices are what the insurer has agreed to pay, not what you will be billed. This is a statewide summary: prices vary far more between towns and between practices than these medians suggest, and "providers" counts everyone with a contracted price, not only those who perform the procedure.

Map: https://medicalpricetransparency.netlify.app/insurers/sentara/statemap_743_US.html  
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