US Health Care Costs

Skin infection (cellulitis) in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 603: Cellulitis without mcc

$33,306typical hospital bill
$7,480typical amount paid
$5,836–$13,016range paid across 94 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $33,306 for this stay in 2024, about 4.5 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)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
St Clair HospitalPittsburgh17$16,275$5,836
Heritage Valley SewickleySewickley22$10,847$5,867
Wellspan Evangelical Community HospitalLewisburg27$43,821$5,893
Jefferson HospitalJefferson Hills25$33,267$5,915
Upmc PassavantPittsburgh39$37,428$6,033
Ahn Wexford HospitalWexford15$22,768$6,039
Jefferson Lansdale HospitalLansdale36$25,808$6,113
Meadville Medical CenterMeadville11$16,491$6,261
Upmc NorthwestSeneca12$20,704$6,320
Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia42$52,240$6,320
Paoli HospitalPaoli60$48,147$6,330
Penn Highlands Mon ValleyMonongahela12$14,891$6,345
Doylestown HospitalDoylestown71$18,727$6,387
Pottstown HospitalPottstown33$40,876$6,391
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton20$48,840$6,419
Lehigh Valley Hospital - HazletonHazleton19$35,040$6,430
Geisinger Medical Center MuncyMuncy11$23,187$6,477
St Luke's Hospital - Grand View CampusSellersville33$31,712$6,478
Indiana Regional Medical CenterIndiana15$23,499$6,478
Upmc EastMonroeville19$40,377$6,491
Uniontown HospitalUniontown18$11,815$6,512
Independence Health System Butler Memorial HospitaButler16$15,322$6,581
Geisinger St. Luke's HospitalOrwigsburg19$37,730$6,594
Chester County HospitalWest Chester76$33,635$6,646
Wilkes-Barre General HospitalWilkes-Barre38$44,957$6,680
Upmc HorizonGreenville17$25,488$6,757
Penn Highlands DuboisDubois22$13,695$6,760
Forbes HospitalMonroeville33$21,264$6,766
Gettysburg HospitalGettysburg18$29,140$6,780
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical CenterMeadowbrook51$22,415$6,791
Upmc JamesonNew Castle11$16,348$6,817
St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg29$56,480$6,852
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster61$28,228$6,877
Regional Hospital of ScrantonScranton21$39,309$6,948
Upmc WilliamsportWilliamsport18$33,928$6,981
The Washington HospitalWashington18$11,085$6,982
Lehigh Valley Hospital - PoconoEast Stroudsburg15$37,972$6,997
Upmc AltoonaAltoona25$25,398$7,012
Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr68$52,651$7,033
Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson StreetPottsville20$32,994$7,161
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne107$20,781$7,258
Heritage Valley BeaverBeaver16$11,195$7,289
Upmc St MargaretPittsburgh24$33,346$7,293
Upmc HanoverHanover25$26,599$7,331
Upmc MemorialYork23$27,557$7,333
Wellspan Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg38$24,192$7,363
Geisinger-Lewistown HospitalLewistown19$32,655$7,448
Upmc CarlisleCarlisle18$25,773$7,512
Penn State Health St. JosephReading42$30,298$7,513
St Luke's Hospital - Easton CampusEaston13$52,857$7,515
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre44$51,311$7,534
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson CityDickson City21$34,921$7,541
Wayne Memorial HospitalHonesdale18$33,570$7,549
St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks CampusQuakertown26$57,230$7,573
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington98$25,389$7,581
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical CenterCamp Hill23$32,831$7,669
Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton37$59,433$7,670
Wellspan Waynesboro HospitalWaynesboro13$24,099$7,686
Phoenixville HospitalPhoenixville24$40,072$7,689
St Luke's Miners Memorial HospitalCoaldale13$31,250$7,689
Reading HospitalWest Reading86$30,656$7,741
Wellspan Good Samaritan HospitalLebanon13$22,021$7,844
Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia37$27,334$7,850
Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg60$32,385$7,894
Saint Vincent HospitalErie27$36,277$8,046
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood39$52,458$8,185
Crozer Chester Medical CenterUpland14$71,353$8,213
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown139$41,920$8,224
Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College38$25,223$8,292
Upmc HamotErie20$59,961$8,415
Upmc McKeesport HospitalMc Keesport17$42,225$8,508
Wellspan Ephrata Community HospitalEphrata11$27,305$8,515
Robert Packer HospitalSayre56$28,398$8,561
Penn State Health Hampden Medical CenterEnola22$23,668$8,616
Wellspan York HospitalYork57$26,923$8,702
Lower Bucks HospitalBristol12$28,323$8,768
Temple Health - Chestnut Hill HospitalPhiladelphia35$94,883$8,820
Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia22$60,704$9,092
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem62$53,993$9,150
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton28$40,130$9,150
Nazareth HospitalPhiladelphia20$29,552$9,188
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster35$34,872$9,247
Roxborough Memorial HospitalPhiladelphia13$55,178$9,366
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh22$36,983$9,523
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville30$61,638$9,591
Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia18$54,640$9,801
St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston59$51,302$9,972
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh46$86,525$10,131
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey37$42,971$10,219
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia32$37,047$10,730
Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy FitzgeraldDarby14$47,754$11,847
Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia42$88,642$12,197
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia33$94,554$12,438
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia HospitalPhiladelphia11$39,153$13,016

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.