US Health Care Costs

Irregular heartbeat, with major complications in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 308: Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders with mcc

$47,086typical hospital bill
$10,395typical amount paid
$8,107–$27,581range paid across 75 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $47,086 for this stay in 2024, about 4.5 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
Jefferson HospitalJefferson Hills26$42,083$8,107
Jefferson Lansdale HospitalLansdale18$26,100$8,128
Heritage Valley SewickleySewickley12$17,555$8,323
Upmc PassavantPittsburgh17$42,482$8,397
Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia21$77,040$8,416
Lehigh Valley Hospital - HazletonHazleton15$42,692$8,479
St Luke's Hospital - Grand View CampusSellersville31$39,499$8,556
Upmc MemorialYork14$47,086$8,625
Uniontown HospitalUniontown12$25,119$8,664
Doylestown HospitalDoylestown39$30,297$8,673
Wellspan Ephrata Community HospitalEphrata14$58,258$8,676
Excela Health Westmoreland Regional HospitalGreensburg29$20,125$8,686
Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson StreetPottsville12$46,518$8,809
Upmc AltoonaAltoona21$27,549$8,983
Upmc WilliamsportWilliamsport25$41,652$8,985
Sharon Regional Medical CenterSharon15$29,123$9,018
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical CenterMeadowbrook36$34,560$9,024
Penn Highlands DuboisDubois21$19,455$9,036
Regional Hospital of ScrantonScranton34$69,144$9,138
Chester County HospitalWest Chester55$38,703$9,148
The Washington HospitalWashington12$12,719$9,165
Independence Health System Butler Memorial HospitaButler19$22,813$9,175
Meadville Medical CenterMeadville16$29,914$9,187
Heritage Valley BeaverBeaver17$15,857$9,204
Gettysburg HospitalGettysburg12$39,099$9,243
Paoli HospitalPaoli56$66,109$9,327
Upmc CarlisleCarlisle15$46,821$9,417
Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton37$88,758$9,426
Phoenixville HospitalPhoenixville25$62,739$9,472
Wellspan Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg44$49,815$9,572
Wilkes-Barre General HospitalWilkes-Barre36$61,857$9,643
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne60$33,075$9,801
Penn State Health St. JosephReading12$35,800$9,865
Lehigh Valley Hospital - PoconoEast Stroudsburg17$88,110$9,927
Forbes HospitalMonroeville19$55,109$10,334
Wayne Memorial HospitalHonesdale12$38,918$10,334
Geisinger-Lewistown HospitalLewistown13$46,457$10,393
Wellspan Waynesboro HospitalWaynesboro21$44,064$10,395
Wellspan Good Samaritan HospitalLebanon14$31,125$10,424
Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College26$32,847$10,470
Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg63$51,271$10,525
Upmc HanoverHanover23$55,942$10,564
Upmc St MargaretPittsburgh15$46,274$10,590
Saint Vincent HospitalErie30$55,091$10,676
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre44$89,776$10,710
Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia28$32,594$10,726
Reading HospitalWest Reading47$52,306$10,749
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton23$43,508$10,901
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington79$43,314$10,946
Upmc HamotErie22$76,640$11,049
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown87$75,956$11,083
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster56$42,257$11,262
St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg20$122,392$11,347
Conemaugh Memorial Medical CenterJohnstown16$24,225$11,367
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood29$99,965$11,429
Robert Packer HospitalSayre33$39,773$11,623
Temple Health - Chestnut Hill HospitalPhiladelphia15$152,922$11,747
Nazareth HospitalPhiladelphia14$38,478$12,056
Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr36$98,062$12,410
Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia12$135,744$12,515
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville26$73,013$12,704
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem43$110,585$12,901
St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston27$83,990$13,060
Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia19$98,562$13,304
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey31$60,628$13,682
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh29$102,178$13,813
Wellspan York HospitalYork36$50,582$13,973
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia HospitalPhiladelphia14$48,813$14,315
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical CenterCamp Hill19$68,556$14,949
Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia18$168,903$16,251
Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy FitzgeraldDarby13$72,478$16,277
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia35$73,520$16,545
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster16$67,668$17,100
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia39$142,833$18,249
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh17$143,503$27,581

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.