US Health Care Costs

Nervous System Neoplasms Without Mcc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 055: Nervous system neoplasms without mcc

$102,605typical hospital bill
$14,166typical amount paid
$10,335–$17,997range paid across 2 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $102,605 for this stay in 2024, about 7.2 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown12$53,512$10,335
–$20,549$10,482–$23,931 · 16 plans
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia11$151,697$17,997
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Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington–––$9,451$14,912$10,239–$20,840 · 22 plans
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia–––$12,556$22,179$11,646–$32,368 · 23 plans
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh––––$16,633$9,522–$29,043 · 8 plans

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.