US Health Care Costs

Fever and Inflammatory Conditions in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 864: Fever and inflammatory conditions

$50,353typical hospital bill
$8,544typical amount paid
$7,688–$10,215range paid across 4 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $50,353 for this stay in 2024, about 5.9 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
Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr11$45,480$7,688
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown18$55,226$8,110
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington14$42,391$8,978
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh13$65,609$10,215

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.