US Health Care Costs

Heart failure, with major complications in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 291: Heart failure and shock with mcc

$44,807typical hospital bill
$10,315typical amount paid
$7,810–$20,596range paid across 118 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $44,807 for this stay in 2024, about 4.3 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
Canonsburg General HospitalCanonsburg28$38,359$7,810
Chan Soon- Shiong Medical Center at WindberWindber19$14,384$8,196
St Clair HospitalPittsburgh113$22,187$8,417
Wellspan Evangelical Community HospitalLewisburg79$46,838$8,443
Upmc PassavantPittsburgh143$54,711$8,503
Jefferson HospitalJefferson Hills127$43,515$8,557
Heritage Valley SewickleySewickley65$17,226$8,557
Upmc CarlisleCarlisle114$42,886$8,638
Jefferson Lansdale HospitalLansdale147$37,098$8,841
Excela Health - Frick HospitalMount Pleasant27$25,173$8,842
Upmc EastMonroeville88$54,905$8,885
Allegheny Valley HospitalNatrona55$31,839$8,904
Penn Highlands Mon ValleyMonongahela28$22,569$8,904
St Luke's Hospital - Grand View CampusSellersville155$42,054$8,911
Acmh HospitalKittanning32$20,120$8,920
Upmc NorthwestSeneca79$28,829$8,923
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical CenterCamp Hill130$48,159$8,925
Pottstown HospitalPottstown114$61,344$8,955
Excela Health Westmoreland Regional HospitalGreensburg75$24,190$8,972
Ahn Wexford HospitalWexford78$37,497$9,044
Indiana Regional Medical CenterIndiana51$24,295$9,056
Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia227$68,752$9,070
Geisinger Medical Center MuncyMuncy23$35,090$9,116
Upmc MemorialYork80$47,781$9,141
Wellspan Ephrata Community HospitalEphrata110$43,276$9,148
Doylestown HospitalDoylestown360$33,036$9,156
Chester County HospitalWest Chester304$44,193$9,178
Sharon Regional Medical CenterSharon35$26,784$9,207
Independence Health System Butler Memorial HospitaButler69$25,273$9,234
Uniontown HospitalUniontown73$25,789$9,305
Wilkes-Barre General HospitalWilkes-Barre175$62,107$9,328
Lehigh Valley Hospital - HazletonHazleton124$50,068$9,338
Conemaugh Nason Medical CenterRoaring Spring26$13,380$9,381
Upmc JamesonNew Castle70$25,879$9,411
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical CenterMeadowbrook189$33,183$9,427
Upmc HorizonGreenville39$32,677$9,450
Regional Hospital of ScrantonScranton185$52,691$9,470
Upmc WilliamsportWilliamsport131$43,695$9,473
Penn Highlands DuboisDubois156$20,547$9,541
Geisinger St. Luke's HospitalOrwigsburg121$45,722$9,581
Paoli HospitalPaoli323$78,337$9,614
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton103$73,692$9,621
The Washington HospitalWashington107$13,955$9,649
Lehigh Valley Hospital - PoconoEast Stroudsburg121$62,918$9,674
Upmc AltoonaAltoona103$31,110$9,739
Excela Health Latrobe HospitalLatrobe41$23,839$9,811
Penn Highlands HuntingdonHuntingdon27$17,595$9,829
St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg155$93,550$9,857
Meadville Medical CenterMeadville74$24,087$9,891
Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson StreetPottsville82$53,424$9,897
Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton187$75,317$9,991
Heritage Valley BeaverBeaver97$18,643$10,031
Wellspan Good Samaritan HospitalLebanon141$32,160$10,071
Forbes HospitalMonroeville130$52,991$10,073
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster343$37,508$10,114
Grove City Medical CenterGrove City17$27,038$10,253
Gettysburg HospitalGettysburg115$37,859$10,257
Upmc SomersetSomerset17$21,708$10,269
Wellspan Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg257$35,314$10,289
Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr247$73,873$10,341
Phoenixville HospitalPhoenixville104$56,404$10,466
Upmc St MargaretPittsburgh93$54,362$10,486
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne254$35,079$10,557
Upmc McKeesport HospitalMc Keesport25$58,382$10,603
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson CityDickson City21$55,864$10,634
St Luke's Hospital - Easton CampusEaston52$91,228$10,702
Upmc HanoverHanover159$44,811$10,717
Upmc Bedford MemorialEverett16$26,194$10,728
Geisinger-Lewistown HospitalLewistown98$40,606$10,868
Penn State Health St. JosephReading184$47,457$10,887
Wayne Memorial HospitalHonesdale67$34,318$10,902
Geisinger-Bloomsburg HospitalBloomsburg39$39,863$10,905
West Penn HospitalPittsburgh27$65,456$10,939
Warren General HospitalWarren24$14,800$10,981
Punxsutawney Area HospitalPunxsutawney11$14,140$11,001
Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia323$39,398$11,001
St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks CampusQuakertown104$100,093$11,025
Magee Womens Hospital of Upmc Health SystemPittsburgh17$91,833$11,186
Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg496$50,605$11,260
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre211$83,916$11,282
Reading HospitalWest Reading418$46,283$11,317
St Luke's Miners Memorial HospitalCoaldale89$53,229$11,370
Saint Vincent HospitalErie173$62,109$11,386
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington420$50,871$11,447
Upmc LititzLititz42$48,331$11,497
Wellspan York HospitalYork304$46,689$11,521
Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College154$36,076$11,583
Upmc KaneKane15$14,532$11,603
Wellspan Waynesboro HospitalWaynesboro75$30,935$11,639
Upmc HamotErie170$93,616$11,646
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown830$67,971$11,706
Robert Packer HospitalSayre166$40,786$11,762
Roxborough Memorial HospitalPhiladelphia45$50,923$12,013
Temple Health - Chestnut Hill HospitalPhiladelphia110$119,643$12,126
Conemaugh Memorial Medical CenterJohnstown85$29,040$12,146
Crozer Chester Medical CenterUpland84$85,287$12,182
Suburban Community HospitalNorristown12$49,358$12,209
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood357$93,251$12,360
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton205$43,448$12,441
Independence Health System Clarion HospitalClarion26$15,207$12,571
Lower Bucks HospitalBristol37$44,804$12,740
Nazareth HospitalPhiladelphia86$40,900$12,824
Upmc MercyPittsburgh31$53,337$12,865
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster77$53,820$12,911
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem360$102,984$12,914
Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia118$110,377$13,643
Penn State Health Hampden Medical CenterEnola69$42,774$13,664
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh116$58,501$13,875
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville195$95,248$14,194
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh177$128,276$14,435
Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia107$104,498$14,523
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey198$59,804$14,594
St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston266$85,119$14,647
Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy FitzgeraldDarby90$55,802$15,874
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia195$64,281$16,079
Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia217$128,637$16,536
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia HospitalPhiladelphia135$51,774$16,965
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia146$169,901$20,596

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.