US Health Care Costs

Chemotherapy Without Acute Leukemia As Secondary Diagnosis with Cc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 847: Chemotherapy without acute leukemia as secondary diagnosis with cc

$80,595typical hospital bill
$15,718typical amount paid
$11,018–$21,929range paid across 11 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $80,595 for this stay in 2024, about 5.1 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
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown36$53,362$11,018
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre16$81,497$11,294
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh56$119,676$13,630
West Penn HospitalPittsburgh17$80,595$13,693
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey46$61,376$13,897
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville31$80,186$15,718
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia34$48,922$15,747
Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia11$97,654$16,680
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia108$105,511$18,272
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster11$49,434$19,006
Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia13$281,362$21,929

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.