US Health Care Costs

Ms-Drg 538 in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 538: Ms-drg 538

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

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington–––$6,785$10,534$7,234–$14,723 · 22 plans
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown––––$15,614$7,576–$18,601 · 16 plans
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia–––$9,084$16,218$8,227–$22,839 · 23 plans
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh––––$17,667$11,441–$29,908 · 6 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.