US Health Care Costs

Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 391: Esophagitis, gastroenteritis and miscellaneous digestive disorders with mcc

$61,131typical hospital bill
$11,035typical amount paid
$8,414–$22,124range paid across 58 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $61,131 for this stay in 2024, about 5.5 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
St Clair HospitalPittsburgh16$30,782$8,414
Jefferson HospitalJefferson Hills17$47,147$8,510
Upmc WilliamsportWilliamsport19$59,872$9,052
Lehigh Valley Hospital - HazletonHazleton11$57,157$9,060
Regional Hospital of ScrantonScranton19$60,183$9,084
Pottstown HospitalPottstown13$75,549$9,110
Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia17$72,424$9,136
Doylestown HospitalDoylestown27$32,244$9,164
Uniontown HospitalUniontown12$24,676$9,275
Paoli HospitalPaoli31$79,674$9,391
Upmc PassavantPittsburgh18$100,117$9,501
Chester County HospitalWest Chester28$45,528$9,631
St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg11$65,952$9,695
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical CenterMeadowbrook14$27,644$9,696
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton15$74,037$9,813
Wellspan Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg21$29,232$9,955
Forbes HospitalMonroeville11$49,793$9,991
Upmc AltoonaAltoona15$40,888$10,071
Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr30$66,049$10,114
Geisinger-Lewistown HospitalLewistown12$46,189$10,364
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster44$33,419$10,369
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne17$35,721$10,386
Wellspan Good Samaritan HospitalLebanon11$25,983$10,392
Phoenixville HospitalPhoenixville15$62,079$10,476
Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton21$64,467$10,582
Lehigh Valley Hospital - PoconoEast Stroudsburg15$67,189$10,736
St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks CampusQuakertown11$80,239$10,898
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington52$43,202$10,919
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster14$32,950$11,025
St Luke's Hospital - Grand View CampusSellersville21$43,856$11,045
Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg37$54,848$11,123
Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia26$39,540$11,464
Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College17$31,037$11,523
Saint Vincent HospitalErie14$57,157$11,526
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown79$79,679$11,571
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre26$89,272$11,587
Reading HospitalWest Reading54$49,024$11,736
Upmc HamotErie22$107,418$11,873
Robert Packer HospitalSayre20$35,759$12,059
Temple Health - Chestnut Hill HospitalPhiladelphia17$142,930$12,158
Penn State Health Hampden Medical CenterEnola27$39,442$12,428
Crozer Chester Medical CenterUpland16$97,972$12,765
Wellspan York HospitalYork37$50,452$12,992
West Penn HospitalPittsburgh13$71,241$13,047
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem45$73,124$13,432
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton14$67,552$13,567
Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia22$98,263$14,132
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh11$56,383$14,208
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey34$65,277$14,523
St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston33$87,696$14,590
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville28$95,498$14,634
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh51$134,154$14,884
Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia14$150,846$15,002
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia HospitalPhiladelphia11$44,586$15,395
Upmc St MargaretPittsburgh12$113,762$15,969
Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia39$137,630$17,509
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia41$69,184$18,258
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia46$174,405$22,124

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.