Bowel surgery, with major complications in Pennsylvania
MS-DRG 329: Major small and large bowel procedures with mcc
$208,541typical hospital bill
$38,116typical amount paid
$28,497–$75,907range paid across 43 hospitals
Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $208,541 for this stay in 2024, about 5.5 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)
| Hospital | City | Medicare stays | Billed | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Health System Butler Memorial Hospita | Butler | 12 | $77,815 | $28,497 | |
| Upmc Passavant | Pittsburgh | 19 | $240,131 | $28,537 | |
| St Clair Hospital | Pittsburgh | 27 | $146,631 | $29,499 | |
| Doylestown Hospital | Doylestown | 21 | $127,795 | $30,378 | |
| Riddle Memorial Hospital | Media | 22 | $221,419 | $30,573 | |
| Upmc Williamsport | Williamsport | 16 | $223,599 | $30,678 | |
| St Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus | Sellersville | 17 | $146,745 | $31,245 | |
| Bryn Mawr Hospital | Bryn Mawr | 19 | $187,387 | $33,415 | |
| Gettysburg Hospital | Gettysburg | 13 | $134,861 | $33,502 | |
| Chester County Hospital | West Chester | 25 | $143,094 | $33,821 | |
| Upmc Altoona | Altoona | 11 | $173,846 | $33,861 | |
| Lancaster General Hospital | Lancaster | 44 | $118,687 | $33,948 | |
| Paoli Hospital | Paoli | 14 | $263,166 | $34,446 | |
| Upmc Memorial | York | 16 | $157,828 | $34,993 | |
| Wilkes-Barre General Hospital | Wilkes-Barre | 11 | $257,327 | $35,209 | |
| Geisinger-Community Medical Center | Scranton | 24 | $328,912 | $35,389 | |
| Reading Hospital | West Reading | 34 | $154,779 | $36,388 | |
| Saint Vincent Hospital | Erie | 14 | $208,541 | $37,649 | |
| St Mary Medical Center | Langhorne | 16 | $166,195 | $37,927 | |
| Upmc Pinnacle Hospitals | Harrisburg | 35 | $154,636 | $37,961 | |
| Upmc Hamot | Erie | 27 | $326,477 | $38,115 | |
| Penn Highlands Dubois | Dubois | 14 | $119,414 | $38,116 | |
| Jefferson Health- Northeast | Philadelphia | 16 | $131,452 | $38,794 | |
| Robert Packer Hospital | Sayre | 27 | $115,795 | $38,951 | |
| Penn Presbyterian Medical Center | Philadelphia | 15 | $307,459 | $39,393 | |
| St Lukes Hospital | Bethlehem | 30 | $309,345 | $40,270 | |
| Wellspan Good Samaritan Hospital | Lebanon | 13 | $115,927 | $40,478 | |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital | Allentown | 88 | $294,185 | $41,435 | |
| Temple Health - Chestnut Hill Hospital | Philadelphia | 11 | $422,642 | $42,149 | |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono | East Stroudsburg | 12 | $197,427 | $42,266 | |
| Geisinger Medical Center | Danville | 40 | $310,556 | $42,610 | |
| Main Line Hospital Lankenau | Wynnewood | 32 | $310,063 | $43,836 | |
| Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center | Wilkes Barre | 21 | $355,523 | $44,676 | |
| West Penn Hospital | Pittsburgh | 12 | $207,751 | $45,073 | |
| Jefferson Abington Hospital | Abington | 44 | $175,637 | $45,227 | |
| Pennsylvania Hospital | Philadelphia | 18 | $271,808 | $47,783 | |
| Milton S Hershey Medical Center | Hershey | 47 | $188,825 | $48,139 | |
| Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside | Pittsburgh | 54 | $552,341 | $50,688 | |
| Allegheny General Hospital | Pittsburgh | 28 | $234,869 | $51,357 | |
| St Luke's Hospital - Anderson Campus | Easton | 14 | $296,347 | $51,756 | |
| Wellspan York Hospital | York | 28 | $227,546 | $58,500 | |
| Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | Philadelphia | 24 | $288,053 | $63,080 | |
| Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 62 | $497,004 | $75,907 |
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.