US Health Care Costs

Extracranial Procedures with Cc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 038: Extracranial procedures with cc

$128,691typical hospital bill
$16,354typical amount paid
$12,499–$20,603range paid across 5 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $128,691 for this stay in 2024, about 7.9 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 HospitalDoylestown15$52,937$12,499
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem22$149,086$15,699
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown14$128,691$16,354
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia16$95,729$17,389
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia17$156,498$20,603

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.