US Health Care Costs

Coronary Bypass Without Cardiac Catheterization Without Mcc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 236: Coronary bypass without cardiac catheterization without mcc

$179,089typical hospital bill
$34,751typical amount paid
$25,774–$55,856range paid across 23 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $179,089 for this stay in 2024, about 5.2 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
Independence Health System Butler Memorial HospitaButler15$72,073$25,774
Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton11$306,821$26,898
Regional Hospital of ScrantonScranton21$230,527$26,930
Chester County HospitalWest Chester17$142,419$27,225
Upmc WilliamsportWilliamsport14$210,302$27,379
Doylestown HospitalDoylestown15$93,565$28,736
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster13$131,104$30,586
Upmc HamotErie13$354,280$33,322
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton11$175,291$33,779
Reading HospitalWest Reading16$133,906$33,890
Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia15$79,311$34,525
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood77$179,089$34,751
Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg74$134,719$34,922
Saint Vincent HospitalErie11$238,574$35,287
Robert Packer HospitalSayre11$146,282$37,795
Wellspan Good Samaritan HospitalLebanon16$152,465$38,230
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh47$171,645$39,412
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem18$339,460$39,912
Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia48$280,060$41,528
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville24$313,798$42,820
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia26$223,596$47,719
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia62$357,171$48,503
Wellspan York HospitalYork32$256,298$55,856

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.