US Health Care Costs

Hip replacement after a hip fracture in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 522: Hip replacement with principal diagnosis of hip fracture without mcc

$88,981typical hospital bill
$17,464typical amount paid
$13,874–$26,696range paid across 54 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $88,981 for this stay in 2024, about 5.1 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
St Clair HospitalPittsburgh19$59,728$13,874
Jefferson HospitalJefferson Hills16$72,125$14,064
Upmc MemorialYork12$67,432$14,518
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson CityDickson City20$129,043$14,541
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical CenterCamp Hill18$103,070$14,551
Independence Health System Butler Memorial HospitaButler11$52,295$14,719
Paoli HospitalPaoli42$89,201$14,771
Pottstown HospitalPottstown11$112,008$14,813
Indiana Regional Medical CenterIndiana12$44,623$14,972
Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia29$83,939$14,982
Doylestown HospitalDoylestown38$68,437$15,012
Penn Highlands DuboisDubois16$42,767$15,229
Upmc WilliamsportWilliamsport20$87,820$15,362
St Luke's Hospital - Grand View CampusSellersville26$57,864$15,412
Chester County HospitalWest Chester45$70,103$15,413
Wilkes-Barre General HospitalWilkes-Barre18$131,111$15,498
St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg11$163,552$15,596
Upmc PassavantPittsburgh15$88,760$15,735
Meadville Medical CenterMeadville13$51,010$15,941
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne35$84,085$16,152
Lehigh Valley Hospital - PoconoEast Stroudsburg12$119,738$16,210
Geisinger-Lewistown HospitalLewistown16$72,519$16,392
Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr30$91,398$16,443
Phoenixville HospitalPhoenixville15$109,710$16,605
Uniontown HospitalUniontown14$49,205$16,945
Wellspan Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg32$63,410$17,260
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre25$170,718$17,416
Wellspan York HospitalYork29$124,892$17,512
Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg48$67,233$17,538
Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton33$192,436$17,554
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster47$66,180$17,643
Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia26$75,901$17,917
Reading HospitalWest Reading43$81,476$17,958
St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks CampusQuakertown14$163,949$18,000
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington51$74,752$18,216
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood31$88,148$18,688
Upmc HamotErie29$119,049$18,724
Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College14$76,437$18,789
Robert Packer HospitalSayre23$71,365$18,929
Upmc HanoverHanover16$48,544$19,317
Crozer Chester Medical CenterUpland12$120,735$19,472
Conemaugh Memorial Medical CenterJohnstown12$103,337$19,721
Temple Health - Chestnut Hill HospitalPhiladelphia19$215,951$19,759
Upmc MercyPittsburgh16$140,665$20,408
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh16$91,518$20,570
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem27$176,855$20,675
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown72$139,469$20,680
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh13$183,687$20,680
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey25$81,888$20,883
Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia18$136,549$21,484
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville23$226,457$21,558
St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston31$136,879$21,662
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia31$108,266$23,012
Gettysburg HospitalGettysburg11$95,547$26,696

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.