US Health Care Costs

Extensive O.r. Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Mcc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 981: Extensive o.r. procedures unrelated to principal diagnosis with mcc

$214,642typical hospital bill
$43,138typical amount paid
$28,372–$96,365range paid across 30 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $214,642 for this stay in 2024, about 5.0 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
Doylestown HospitalDoylestown16$125,929$28,372
Paoli HospitalPaoli17$208,749$29,481
Penn Highlands DuboisDubois11$101,511$31,559
Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia16$149,865$34,262
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster38$152,814$35,564
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne18$132,373$36,949
Chester County HospitalWest Chester13$126,849$36,971
Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg20$158,539$37,815
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem26$280,479$38,651
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington35$157,784$39,099
Forbes HospitalMonroeville12$177,676$40,378
Upmc HamotErie22$311,510$40,487
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton15$158,380$40,522
Reading HospitalWest Reading24$191,064$41,228
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood14$300,564$41,990
Robert Packer HospitalSayre13$128,125$44,286
Saint Vincent HospitalErie18$220,535$44,776
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown49$340,748$45,420
Wellspan York HospitalYork20$169,611$45,962
St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston11$192,763$47,823
Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia16$300,151$51,157
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh42$508,555$51,581
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville26$297,845$51,595
Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia13$447,019$55,827
Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia21$496,511$59,782
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh14$368,484$67,923
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia35$347,464$74,524
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey21$281,550$77,247
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia HospitalPhiladelphia18$324,786$83,478
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia33$737,253$96,365

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.