US Health Care Costs

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Expired with Mcc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 283: Acute myocardial infarction, expired with mcc

$121,721typical hospital bill
$17,338typical amount paid
$15,830–$28,509range paid across 5 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $121,721 for this stay in 2024, about 7.0 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 staysBilledPaid
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown12$147,196$15,830
Wellspan York HospitalYork15$44,006$16,525
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster11$75,692$17,338
Upmc HamotErie15$121,721$17,579
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh14$346,079$28,509

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.