Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents in Pennsylvania
MS-DRG 321: Percutaneous cardiovascular procedures with intraluminal device with mcc or 4+ arteries/
$145,026typical hospital bill
$24,644typical amount paid
$18,729–$46,464range paid across 50 hospitals
Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $145,026 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)
| Hospital | City | Medicare stays | Billed | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahn Wexford Hospital | Wexford | 12 | $107,587 | $18,729 | |
| Wellspan Evangelical Community Hospital | Lewisburg | 13 | $106,353 | $19,082 | |
| Paoli Hospital | Paoli | 25 | $129,726 | $19,999 | |
| Penn Highlands Mon Valley | Monongahela | 11 | $136,873 | $20,172 | |
| Regional Hospital of Scranton | Scranton | 21 | $201,583 | $20,492 | |
| Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital | Greensburg | 16 | $85,494 | $20,763 | |
| Penn Highlands Dubois | Dubois | 11 | $87,424 | $21,187 | |
| Upmc Passavant | Pittsburgh | 21 | $261,414 | $21,297 | |
| Doylestown Hospital | Doylestown | 39 | $125,068 | $21,550 | |
| Chester County Hospital | West Chester | 24 | $75,426 | $21,832 | |
| Uniontown Hospital | Uniontown | 11 | $57,182 | $21,894 | |
| Jefferson Hospital | Jefferson Hills | 13 | $146,251 | $22,043 | |
| Upmc Altoona | Altoona | 25 | $89,415 | $22,154 | |
| Wellspan Ephrata Community Hospital | Ephrata | 13 | $110,611 | $22,254 | |
| Phoenixville Hospital | Phoenixville | 15 | $153,254 | $22,772 | |
| Riddle Memorial Hospital | Media | 23 | $124,032 | $22,814 | |
| Bryn Mawr Hospital | Bryn Mawr | 35 | $143,802 | $23,415 | |
| St Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus | Stroudsburg | 15 | $201,715 | $23,451 | |
| Jefferson Abington Hospital | Abington | 29 | $129,635 | $23,731 | |
| Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center | Wilkes Barre | 13 | $230,024 | $23,789 | |
| Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center | Camp Hill | 13 | $197,192 | $23,947 | |
| Upmc Pinnacle Hospitals | Harrisburg | 31 | $114,186 | $23,999 | |
| Geisinger-Community Medical Center | Scranton | 18 | $223,126 | $24,084 | |
| St Mary Medical Center | Langhorne | 28 | $102,755 | $24,127 | |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono | East Stroudsburg | 12 | $173,000 | $24,381 | |
| Lancaster General Hospital | Lancaster | 34 | $129,465 | $24,907 | |
| Wilkes-Barre General Hospital | Wilkes-Barre | 18 | $224,278 | $25,138 | |
| Saint Vincent Hospital | Erie | 31 | $190,031 | $25,360 | |
| Jefferson Health- Northeast | Philadelphia | 26 | $131,473 | $25,791 | |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital | Allentown | 98 | $238,080 | $25,836 | |
| Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center | Lancaster | 12 | $158,822 | $25,914 | |
| Upmc Hamot | Erie | 40 | $181,864 | $26,108 | |
| Wellspan Chambersburg Hospital | Chambersburg | 18 | $99,211 | $26,586 | |
| Penn State Health St. Joseph | Reading | 16 | $206,100 | $27,414 | |
| Robert Packer Hospital | Sayre | 35 | $62,777 | $27,649 | |
| St Lukes Hospital | Bethlehem | 30 | $236,592 | $27,867 | |
| Allegheny General Hospital | Pittsburgh | 12 | $132,318 | $28,055 | |
| Main Line Hospital Lankenau | Wynnewood | 31 | $176,245 | $28,634 | |
| Mount Nittany Medical Center | State College | 12 | $84,736 | $28,883 | |
| Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center | Johnstown | 15 | $99,858 | $29,049 | |
| Geisinger Medical Center | Danville | 36 | $241,835 | $29,459 | |
| Reading Hospital | West Reading | 14 | $110,235 | $30,395 | |
| Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside | Pittsburgh | 41 | $287,441 | $31,008 | |
| St Luke's Hospital - Anderson Campus | Easton | 14 | $182,323 | $31,640 | |
| Penn Presbyterian Medical Center | Philadelphia | 28 | $292,300 | $32,090 | |
| Milton S Hershey Medical Center | Hershey | 21 | $225,107 | $34,455 | |
| Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital | Philadelphia | 14 | $140,523 | $34,720 | |
| Wellspan York Hospital | York | 42 | $173,587 | $37,476 | |
| Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 14 | $438,192 | $45,789 | |
| Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | Philadelphia | 15 | $214,315 | $46,464 |
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.