US Health Care Costs

Hypertension with Mcc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 304: Hypertension with mcc

$50,267typical hospital bill
$10,233typical amount paid
$9,206–$15,149range paid across 7 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $50,267 for this stay in 2024, about 4.9 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)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton11$78,883$9,206
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne11$29,721$9,390
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington19$38,969$9,819
Reading HospitalWest Reading11$39,824$10,233
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown16$65,712$10,537
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre16$94,316$10,913
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia HospitalPhiladelphia14$50,267$15,149

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.