US Health Care Costs

Other kidney and urinary problems, with complications in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 699: Other kidney and urinary tract diagnoses with cc

$39,202typical hospital bill
$8,469typical amount paid
$6,673–$14,275range paid across 60 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $39,202 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 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 Hills13$25,893$6,673
Regional Hospital of ScrantonScranton15$29,667$6,947
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical CenterMeadowbrook11$28,733$7,019
Paoli HospitalPaoli21$49,873$7,050
Upmc CarlisleCarlisle13$35,266$7,142
Doylestown HospitalDoylestown29$21,048$7,149
Jefferson Lansdale HospitalLansdale19$29,808$7,153
Pottstown HospitalPottstown12$47,278$7,229
Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia19$58,581$7,284
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical CenterCamp Hill12$39,969$7,303
St Luke's Hospital - Grand View CampusSellersville28$34,035$7,366
Penn Highlands DuboisDubois13$13,951$7,392
Chester County HospitalWest Chester52$35,207$7,420
Independence Health System Butler Memorial HospitaButler12$23,637$7,574
Upmc PassavantPittsburgh23$40,912$7,589
Upmc WilliamsportWilliamsport20$41,954$7,613
Lehigh Valley Hospital - PoconoEast Stroudsburg11$40,148$7,726
Wilkes-Barre General HospitalWilkes-Barre13$59,857$7,733
Forbes HospitalMonroeville16$33,746$7,847
Wellspan Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg19$22,516$7,912
St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg15$69,235$7,941
Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr16$49,602$8,016
Upmc AltoonaAltoona24$30,615$8,046
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster29$34,843$8,161
Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton21$57,653$8,192
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington35$27,282$8,260
Geisinger-Lewistown HospitalLewistown13$26,096$8,296
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne33$24,698$8,387
Upmc HanoverHanover18$30,763$8,407
St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks CampusQuakertown13$92,658$8,443
Phoenixville HospitalPhoenixville13$71,037$8,495
Wayne Memorial HospitalHonesdale12$33,707$8,622
Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia31$33,713$8,911
Reading HospitalWest Reading50$37,667$8,960
Robert Packer HospitalSayre23$26,586$8,980
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre31$65,065$9,005
Gettysburg HospitalGettysburg12$30,089$9,019
Saint Vincent HospitalErie18$37,569$9,027
Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College16$27,657$9,263
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood14$49,131$9,282
Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg51$38,434$9,330
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown88$61,361$9,430
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton16$24,325$9,442
Wellspan York HospitalYork33$23,294$9,598
Upmc HamotErie16$56,896$9,659
Temple Health - Chestnut Hill HospitalPhiladelphia15$84,027$9,804
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem34$84,114$10,027
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster23$42,616$10,165
Nazareth HospitalPhiladelphia15$31,723$10,411
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh28$41,260$10,497
St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston19$65,291$10,871
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey33$41,318$11,280
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh70$74,167$11,284
Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia12$79,321$11,335
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville41$68,730$11,904
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia29$51,421$12,676
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia HospitalPhiladelphia22$37,316$12,977
Penn State Health Hampden Medical CenterEnola13$41,165$13,733
Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia46$122,282$13,773
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia51$101,251$14,275

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.