US Health Care Costs

Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders Without Mcc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 074: Cranial and peripheral nerve disorders without mcc

$66,680typical hospital bill
$9,911typical amount paid
$7,809–$14,641range paid across 14 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $66,680 for this stay in 2024, about 6.7 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
Regional Hospital of ScrantonScranton12$46,346$7,809
Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton14$80,009$8,699
St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg11$78,705$8,725
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington24$33,989$8,777
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster16$25,871$9,495
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown30$65,665$9,692
Reading HospitalWest Reading28$44,431$9,739
Lower Bucks HospitalBristol15$43,087$10,083
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem22$74,367$10,947
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey15$84,619$11,211
St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston17$67,695$11,780
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia22$55,032$13,696
Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia14$82,897$13,797
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh17$152,220$14,641

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.