US Health Care Costs

Gastrointestinal Obstruction Without Cc/Mcc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 390: Gastrointestinal obstruction without cc/mcc

$36,691typical hospital bill
$5,045typical amount paid
$3,814–$8,418range paid across 18 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $36,691 for this stay in 2024, about 7.3 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
Upmc PassavantPittsburgh11$22,077$3,814
Chester County HospitalWest Chester25$23,783$4,242
Paoli HospitalPaoli18$34,914$4,655
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical CenterMeadowbrook13$15,527$4,657
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster15$20,741$4,708
Upmc MemorialYork12$21,595$4,785
Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton17$39,423$4,944
Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr21$45,040$4,954
St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg12$39,829$5,042
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington34$20,849$5,049
Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg24$27,618$5,136
Reading HospitalWest Reading12$24,689$5,230
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown59$38,468$5,414
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood12$55,406$5,741
Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia14$50,731$6,129
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh12$47,310$6,625
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville17$45,532$6,682
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia13$60,472$8,418

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.