US Health Care Costs

Degenerative nerve disorders (e.g. Parkinson's, dementia) in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 057: Degenerative nervous system disorders without mcc

$54,755typical hospital bill
$11,608typical amount paid
$8,567–$19,252range paid across 52 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $54,755 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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
Jefferson Lansdale HospitalLansdale27$36,676$8,567
Uniontown HospitalUniontown13$15,421$8,604
Upmc MemorialYork11$51,543$8,634
Doylestown HospitalDoylestown20$31,840$8,635
Jefferson HospitalJefferson Hills11$29,573$8,706
Ahn Wexford HospitalWexford15$43,244$8,877
Upmc PassavantPittsburgh26$66,150$9,050
Pottstown HospitalPottstown20$60,782$9,205
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical CenterCamp Hill17$57,962$9,376
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne16$34,611$9,633
Chester County HospitalWest Chester31$43,325$9,641
Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia15$90,851$9,703
Upmc WilliamsportWilliamsport13$32,226$9,741
Lehigh Valley Hospital - HazletonHazleton12$63,944$9,952
Phoenixville HospitalPhoenixville17$38,695$9,974
Paoli HospitalPaoli19$69,335$10,053
Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson StreetPottsville19$41,060$10,198
Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton27$81,877$10,326
Lehigh Valley Hospital - PoconoEast Stroudsburg14$51,502$10,335
Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr28$60,665$10,366
St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg29$73,891$10,396
Upmc AltoonaAltoona15$33,167$10,551
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster53$39,218$10,728
Reading HospitalWest Reading65$46,001$11,303
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton19$77,415$11,479
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington56$39,513$11,584
Wellspan York HospitalYork34$41,148$11,631
Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia44$29,795$11,668
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton21$29,729$11,781
St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks CampusQuakertown14$88,845$11,798
Conemaugh Memorial Medical CenterJohnstown11$27,433$11,823
Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg41$48,437$12,051
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood14$76,802$12,090
Temple Health - Chestnut Hill HospitalPhiladelphia14$91,920$12,338
Wellspan Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg20$31,093$12,524
Upmc MercyPittsburgh23$51,547$12,827
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown130$71,030$12,845
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh18$45,750$13,167
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem67$87,129$13,329
Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia13$84,891$13,515
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville27$102,590$13,968
Robert Packer HospitalSayre13$71,294$14,008
Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College11$42,186$14,029
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh26$145,150$14,164
Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia21$72,921$14,246
St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston51$71,139$14,565
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre21$104,081$15,710
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey17$72,800$15,767
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia28$68,431$16,405
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia HospitalPhiladelphia23$42,980$17,378
Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia23$153,935$17,533
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia23$110,321$19,252

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.