US Health Care Costs

Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Without Cc/Mcc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 379: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage without cc/mcc

$30,376typical hospital bill
$5,675typical amount paid
$4,809–$6,642range paid across 4 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $30,376 for this stay in 2024, about 5.4 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
Chester County HospitalWest Chester15$30,522$4,809
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington13$19,496$5,512
Reading HospitalWest Reading11$30,230$5,837
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown11$38,343$6,642

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.