US Health Care Costs

Kidney Transplant with Hemodialysis with Mcc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 650: Kidney transplant with hemodialysis with mcc

$461,053typical hospital bill
$51,810typical amount paid
$42,728–$86,293range paid across 5 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $461,053 for this stay in 2024, about 8.9 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
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh11$461,053$42,728
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia HospitalPhiladelphia14$290,722$51,617
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia13$280,097$51,810
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia16$642,300$72,533
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh12$1,063,368$86,293

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.