US Health Care Costs

Ms-Drg 256 in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 256: Ms-drg 256

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington–––$15,493$24,832$17,051–$34,704 · 22 plans
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown––––$32,307$17,068–$38,222 · 16 plans
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia–––$20,424$38,611$19,393–$54,195 · 23 plans
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh––––$21,858$9,502–$38,000 · 8 plans

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.