US Health Care Costs

Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 014: Allogeneic bone marrow transplant

$638,211typical hospital bill
$167,561typical amount paid
$147,300–$169,738range paid across 4 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $638,211 for this stay in 2024, about 3.8 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
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia29$627,896$147,300
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey13$686,129$166,256
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia11$517,296$168,865
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh11$648,526$169,738

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.