US Health Care Costs

Disorders of the Biliary Tract with Mcc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 444: Disorders of the biliary tract with mcc

$113,752typical hospital bill
$16,939typical amount paid
$12,106–$21,687range paid across 16 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $113,752 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
Chester County HospitalWest Chester15$69,612$12,106
Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr11$124,964$13,243
Wellspan York HospitalYork15$61,203$13,658
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre11$119,283$13,899
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington17$74,880$14,038
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster16$68,057$14,658
Upmc HamotErie17$113,429$14,957
Robert Packer HospitalSayre14$62,673$16,485
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh29$148,158$17,394
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown34$142,850$17,429
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem20$136,574$17,461
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville12$162,219$18,948
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey19$102,074$20,588
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia20$114,075$20,977
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia19$174,808$21,666
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh18$110,174$21,687

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.