US Health Care Costs

Fracture or sprain (not hip or thigh) in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 563: Fracture, sprain, strain and dislocation except femur, hip, pelvis and thigh without mcc

$35,400typical hospital bill
$7,712typical amount paid
$5,881–$10,555range paid across 45 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $35,400 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 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
Jefferson Lansdale HospitalLansdale15$25,619$5,881
Pottstown HospitalPottstown12$34,822$6,074
Upmc PassavantPittsburgh24$34,346$6,136
Paoli HospitalPaoli21$50,638$6,286
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical CenterMeadowbrook11$22,363$6,417
Chester County HospitalWest Chester32$29,696$6,526
St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg11$75,899$6,625
Penn Highlands DuboisDubois14$21,804$6,701
Upmc WilliamsportWilliamsport16$32,225$6,707
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton11$72,619$6,755
Wilkes-Barre General HospitalWilkes-Barre16$41,360$6,771
Doylestown HospitalDoylestown20$25,342$6,845
St Luke's Hospital - Grand View CampusSellersville55$28,968$6,852
Upmc AltoonaAltoona15$23,384$7,035
Forbes HospitalMonroeville12$32,993$7,041
Upmc St MargaretPittsburgh13$34,646$7,155
Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson StreetPottsville12$37,073$7,206
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster50$34,723$7,214
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson CityDickson City13$33,130$7,295
Wellspan Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg31$26,340$7,395
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne30$29,868$7,471
Lehigh Valley Hospital - PoconoEast Stroudsburg12$50,248$7,521
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington57$35,400$7,712
Reading HospitalWest Reading40$31,949$7,778
Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia49$29,060$7,947
Robert Packer HospitalSayre14$31,513$8,022
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown84$48,715$8,100
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood16$61,259$8,242
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre22$94,662$8,327
Upmc HamotErie17$49,505$8,345
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem33$69,614$8,515
Conemaugh Memorial Medical CenterJohnstown11$37,279$8,680
Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg20$38,168$8,764
Temple Health - Chestnut Hill HospitalPhiladelphia17$92,392$8,889
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton33$29,028$8,910
Crozer Chester Medical CenterUpland11$59,927$9,000
Wellspan York HospitalYork39$30,046$9,163
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh23$73,804$9,556
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster11$31,406$9,634
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical CenterCamp Hill26$69,091$9,904
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh14$36,542$9,909
Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia16$58,044$9,925
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia15$38,957$10,036
St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston36$70,174$10,327
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville20$69,651$10,555

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.