US Health Care Costs

Lung infection, with complications in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 178: Respiratory infections and inflammations with cc

$43,488typical hospital bill
$8,043typical amount paid
$6,390–$14,745range paid across 64 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $43,488 for this stay in 2024, about 5.4 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 Hills14$38,091$6,390
Jefferson Lansdale HospitalLansdale19$28,134$6,517
St Clair HospitalPittsburgh12$19,342$6,583
Wellspan Evangelical Community HospitalLewisburg16$62,349$6,764
Paoli HospitalPaoli60$57,555$6,846
St Luke's Hospital - Grand View CampusSellersville24$34,369$6,863
Doylestown HospitalDoylestown28$23,475$6,924
Upmc MemorialYork12$32,619$6,944
Upmc NorthwestSeneca18$29,277$7,055
Lehigh Valley Hospital - HazletonHazleton12$43,514$7,058
Excela Health Westmoreland Regional HospitalGreensburg11$22,915$7,060
Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia28$71,117$7,085
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical CenterMeadowbrook27$24,727$7,124
Upmc WilliamsportWilliamsport16$33,631$7,225
The Washington HospitalWashington12$11,095$7,268
Upmc PassavantPittsburgh38$51,927$7,309
Upmc EastMonroeville13$66,439$7,338
Penn Highlands DuboisDubois13$17,480$7,535
Forbes HospitalMonroeville17$40,682$7,544
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster50$32,376$7,565
Gettysburg HospitalGettysburg12$37,471$7,580
Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr38$56,534$7,602
Lehigh Valley Hospital - PoconoEast Stroudsburg16$51,111$7,624
Upmc HorizonGreenville14$34,938$7,639
Chester County HospitalWest Chester50$49,849$7,711
Wilkes-Barre General HospitalWilkes-Barre17$43,463$7,763
Phoenixville HospitalPhoenixville13$48,690$7,791
Upmc AltoonaAltoona15$26,044$7,792
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical CenterCamp Hill30$47,028$7,805
St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg18$81,588$7,834
Wellspan Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg21$25,309$7,863
Saint Vincent HospitalErie12$47,828$8,009
Upmc St MargaretPittsburgh17$42,302$8,076
Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg33$37,183$8,134
Upmc HanoverHanover24$35,069$8,162
Wayne Memorial HospitalHonesdale19$36,660$8,390
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington69$34,423$8,431
Wellspan York HospitalYork32$36,279$8,443
Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College22$33,471$8,533
Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia15$29,386$8,553
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne50$29,803$8,604
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre27$77,005$8,657
Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton26$96,753$8,727
Reading HospitalWest Reading33$37,729$8,777
Upmc HamotErie16$52,207$8,891
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown131$49,849$9,233
St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks CampusQuakertown13$81,242$9,351
Temple Health - Chestnut Hill HospitalPhiladelphia21$128,063$9,493
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem32$72,666$9,615
Robert Packer HospitalSayre29$34,274$9,648
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood20$62,786$9,790
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton27$32,458$9,886
Nazareth HospitalPhiladelphia14$37,510$10,080
Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia21$81,233$10,144
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey17$55,893$10,359
St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston30$54,666$10,647
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh11$45,843$10,761
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville16$106,048$10,815
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster11$44,584$11,195
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh23$97,910$11,245
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia27$53,055$12,071
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia25$107,322$14,118
Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia32$134,038$14,412
Penn State Health Hampden Medical CenterEnola24$47,186$14,745

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.