US Health Care Costs

C-section, with complications in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 787: Cesarean section without sterilization with cc

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

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington–––$10,317$16,101$11,216–$23,214 · 22 plans
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown––––$21,241$11,306–$25,375 · 18 plans
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia–––$13,683$15,860$8,108–$29,706 · 21 plans
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh––––$20,205$14,848–$34,204 · 6 plans

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.