US Health Care Costs

Coronary Bypass with Cardiac Catheterization or Open Ablation with Mcc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 233: Coronary bypass with cardiac catheterization or open ablation with mcc

$350,300typical hospital bill
$64,442typical amount paid
$54,160–$132,659range paid across 12 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $350,300 for this stay in 2024, about 5.4 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
Doylestown HospitalDoylestown17$163,630$54,160
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington22$178,344$54,229
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne11$193,116$55,512
Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia14$182,793$56,812
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster27$222,021$61,080
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown31$402,316$61,601
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem19$535,247$67,283
Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg16$298,285$71,551
Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia19$538,796$77,330
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh15$1,013,650$79,475
Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia12$855,283$89,674
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia17$965,025$132,659

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.