US Health Care Costs

Bowel obstruction, with complications in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 389: Gastrointestinal obstruction with cc

$36,082typical hospital bill
$7,246typical amount paid
$5,276–$11,977range paid across 62 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $36,082 for this stay in 2024, about 5.0 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
St Clair HospitalPittsburgh17$19,842$5,276
Jefferson Lansdale HospitalLansdale21$20,963$5,337
Jefferson HospitalJefferson Hills13$28,482$5,487
Paoli HospitalPaoli32$52,026$5,685
Doylestown HospitalDoylestown37$22,181$5,715
Upmc MemorialYork20$26,138$5,721
Lehigh Valley Hospital - HazletonHazleton17$49,319$5,751
Pottstown HospitalPottstown19$46,475$5,826
Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia21$59,195$5,839
St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg14$72,852$5,861
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical CenterCamp Hill13$31,720$5,862
Upmc EastMonroeville12$36,759$5,888
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical CenterMeadowbrook16$20,286$5,927
Chester County HospitalWest Chester53$35,406$5,945
Upmc AltoonaAltoona18$21,180$5,969
Uniontown HospitalUniontown23$15,686$6,036
Wilkes-Barre General HospitalWilkes-Barre14$55,514$6,134
Gettysburg HospitalGettysburg14$25,404$6,138
Upmc PassavantPittsburgh34$44,260$6,148
St Luke's Hospital - Grand View CampusSellersville24$43,568$6,187
Penn Highlands DuboisDubois16$13,273$6,235
Meadville Medical CenterMeadville17$16,467$6,304
Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr27$54,475$6,389
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster44$25,959$6,525
Geisinger St. Luke's HospitalOrwigsburg12$33,825$6,575
Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton24$50,462$6,579
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne32$25,821$6,706
Forbes HospitalMonroeville11$29,204$6,717
Wayne Memorial HospitalHonesdale13$27,496$6,784
Reading HospitalWest Reading28$32,234$7,052
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington64$32,606$7,121
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton13$61,944$7,371
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre21$62,487$7,381
St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks CampusQuakertown12$66,093$7,389
Saint Vincent HospitalErie25$36,881$7,397
Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia27$31,880$7,408
West Penn HospitalPittsburgh14$40,699$7,421
Wellspan Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg34$25,387$7,426
Wellspan York HospitalYork39$22,239$7,434
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood23$63,038$7,611
Upmc HamotErie26$51,652$7,621
Robert Packer HospitalSayre16$24,780$7,630
Wellspan Ephrata Community HospitalEphrata16$34,019$7,682
Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College16$22,579$7,850
Conemaugh Memorial Medical CenterJohnstown12$24,988$7,939
Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg25$33,991$7,951
Temple Health - Chestnut Hill HospitalPhiladelphia11$79,373$7,977
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown93$51,602$7,982
Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia14$69,161$8,105
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem24$56,946$8,262
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton17$38,404$8,464
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster13$30,283$8,532
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville22$54,351$8,933
Nazareth HospitalPhiladelphia14$34,778$8,975
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh16$32,313$9,081
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey27$37,756$9,265
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh47$80,504$9,430
St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston19$65,567$9,732
Magee Womens Hospital of Upmc Health SystemPittsburgh11$74,807$10,856
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia25$44,156$10,880
Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia22$111,505$11,753
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia28$78,725$11,977

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.