US Health Care Costs

Peripheral, Cranial Nerve and Other Nervous System Procedures with Mcc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 040: Peripheral, cranial nerve and other nervous system procedures with mcc

$176,683typical hospital bill
$36,358typical amount paid
$29,658–$45,349range paid across 6 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $176,683 for this stay in 2024, about 4.9 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)
Reading HospitalWest Reading11$111,755$29,658
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Lancaster General HospitalLancaster15$104,746$33,586
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Wellspan York HospitalYork12$166,503$35,516
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Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh13$295,395$37,200
–$57,783$9,446–$101,310 · 8 plans
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh12$228,516$42,374
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Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia14$186,864$45,349
$45,519$88,635$44,101–$123,246 · 23 plans
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington–––$34,761$56,470$38,776–$78,921 · 22 plans
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown––––$74,934$33,683–$85,692 · 16 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.