US Health Care Costs

Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center

2160 State Road, Lancaster, PA 17601 · (223) 287-9000

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$26what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$3.0Mnet income, all sources
−3.6%margin on patient care alone
$4.6Mcost of charity care (2.1% of costs)
$7.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
127beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

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

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Heart failure, with major complications 29177$53,820$12,911
Sepsis, with major complications 87159$78,260$18,363
Respiratory failure 18948$50,975$11,788
Stomach and digestive disorders 39245$30,672$8,074
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60335$34,872$9,247
Lung infection, with major complications 17734$57,001$15,839
Urinary tract infection 69031$29,357$8,139
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69825$55,667$16,090
Pneumonia, with major complications 19324$43,108$12,121
Other kidney and urinary problems, with complications 69923$42,616$10,165
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06522$44,240$11,014
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30921$32,427$7,522
Kidney failure, with complications 68320$34,416$8,638
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68920$49,125$11,739
Fainting 31219$52,632$11,763
Back problems (no surgery) 55218$33,118$9,352
Diabetes, with complications 63818$28,380$7,066
Mini-stroke (TIA) 06917$28,197$9,494
Hip or knee replacement 47017$119,912$13,847
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30816$67,668$17,100
Kidney failure, with major complications 68215$55,400$15,566
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85315$152,028$44,656
Pneumonia, with complications 19414$31,334$7,320
Heart attack, with major complications 28014$58,266$14,137
Heart stent 32214$158,571$22,702
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37814$46,185$9,532
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 39114$32,950$11,025
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64114$34,278$7,226
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38913$30,283$8,532
Stroke, with major complications 06412$50,491$16,137
Dysequilibrium 14912$24,382$5,616
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32112$158,822$25,914
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-Neoplasm with Cc 66012$68,195$13,613
Sepsis 87212$39,486$11,346
Lung infection, with complications 17811$44,584$11,195
High blood pressure 30511$29,757$7,518
Irregular heartbeat 31011$23,474$5,736
Bowel surgery, with complications 33011$107,086$21,688
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Cc 45411$318,575$87,225
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with Cc 54311$39,394$11,979
Fracture or sprain (not hip or thigh) 56311$31,406$9,634

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