US Health Care Costs

Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Mcc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 025: Craniotomy and endovascular intracranial procedures with mcc

$229,278typical hospital bill
$40,672typical amount paid
$30,226–$53,503range paid across 24 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $229,278 for this stay in 2024, about 5.6 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
Paoli HospitalPaoli29$211,725$30,226
St Luke's Hospital - Grand View CampusSellersville15$127,332$31,040
Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr15$208,896$32,260
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre38$313,360$35,640
Upmc HamotErie26$206,702$36,776
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington36$153,508$37,302
Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia21$256,467$37,349
Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg30$184,534$39,221
Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton14$314,371$39,388
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster20$171,134$39,995
Upmc MercyPittsburgh14$236,493$40,269
Reading HospitalWest Reading25$244,322$40,392
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown69$362,248$40,952
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne21$133,582$41,403
Wellspan York HospitalYork32$171,408$42,268
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh104$394,623$42,513
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville40$339,997$43,149
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey41$140,235$45,122
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem39$336,268$47,249
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh41$222,063$47,738
Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia21$463,879$49,723
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia96$216,351$50,242
Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia20$345,570$51,150
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia133$347,973$53,503

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.