US Health Care Costs

Lung infection, with major complications in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 177: Respiratory infections and inflammations with mcc

$57,001typical hospital bill
$13,079typical amount paid
$10,632–$28,086range paid across 109 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $57,001 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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
St Clair HospitalPittsburgh62$28,698$10,632
Geisinger St. Luke's HospitalOrwigsburg39$67,779$10,688
Heritage Valley SewickleySewickley19$26,070$10,721
Jefferson HospitalJefferson Hills61$61,364$10,951
Wellspan Ephrata Community HospitalEphrata12$49,180$11,044
Excela Health Westmoreland Regional HospitalGreensburg28$31,588$11,050
Upmc MemorialYork24$44,825$11,094
Upmc JamesonNew Castle22$24,534$11,126
Wellspan Evangelical Community HospitalLewisburg45$68,835$11,129
Upmc CarlisleCarlisle22$48,228$11,146
Pottstown HospitalPottstown39$72,012$11,153
Upmc PassavantPittsburgh82$80,101$11,154
Jefferson Lansdale HospitalLansdale46$42,558$11,160
Upmc NorthwestSeneca36$42,441$11,167
Sharon Regional Medical CenterSharon20$43,148$11,213
Lehigh Valley Hospital - HazletonHazleton27$51,392$11,245
Penn Highlands Mon ValleyMonongahela18$31,901$11,372
Ahn Wexford HospitalWexford31$43,681$11,390
Upmc EastMonroeville47$82,250$11,401
Independence Health System Butler Memorial HospitaButler38$34,371$11,410
Upmc HorizonGreenville18$50,313$11,412
Allegheny Valley HospitalNatrona14$57,793$11,416
Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia56$84,446$11,434
Doylestown HospitalDoylestown92$43,481$11,469
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical CenterCamp Hill85$57,408$11,479
Paoli HospitalPaoli152$94,953$11,563
Chester County HospitalWest Chester124$57,751$11,599
Uniontown HospitalUniontown36$33,809$11,650
Canonsburg General HospitalCanonsburg17$75,758$11,794
Wilkes-Barre General HospitalWilkes-Barre72$72,837$11,827
St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg46$95,366$11,841
St Luke's Hospital - Grand View CampusSellersville76$54,236$11,857
Indiana Regional Medical CenterIndiana16$36,490$11,978
Excela Health Latrobe HospitalLatrobe27$29,414$12,040
Upmc LititzLititz13$41,818$12,041
Regional Hospital of ScrantonScranton90$69,175$12,087
Forbes HospitalMonroeville56$59,480$12,100
Penn Highlands DuboisDubois41$21,093$12,155
Upmc WilliamsportWilliamsport65$60,393$12,184
Heritage Valley BeaverBeaver40$26,785$12,300
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical CenterMeadowbrook61$40,968$12,312
The Washington HospitalWashington26$18,145$12,330
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson CityDickson City19$69,974$12,370
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton32$114,501$12,386
Wellspan Good Samaritan HospitalLebanon24$37,178$12,612
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster204$41,364$12,708
Gettysburg HospitalGettysburg39$45,727$12,718
Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr104$79,636$12,753
Meadville Medical CenterMeadville23$39,855$12,786
Wellspan Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg86$41,340$12,897
Upmc SomersetSomerset14$25,982$12,925
Upmc AltoonaAltoona67$49,017$12,959
Penn Highlands HuntingdonHuntingdon11$16,726$12,970
Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson StreetPottsville38$62,060$13,022
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne114$47,728$13,079
Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton126$127,721$13,134
Upmc Bedford MemorialEverett16$32,605$13,262
Lehigh Valley Hospital - PoconoEast Stroudsburg35$78,433$13,369
St Luke's Hospital - Easton CampusEaston15$78,996$13,371
Phoenixville HospitalPhoenixville34$62,797$13,453
Penn State Health St. JosephReading36$59,980$13,521
Geisinger-Bloomsburg HospitalBloomsburg28$51,288$13,544
Upmc St MargaretPittsburgh47$72,493$13,564
Acmh HospitalKittanning14$40,671$13,639
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre124$105,908$13,640
Geisinger-Lewistown HospitalLewistown35$50,311$13,707
Saint Vincent HospitalErie48$81,997$13,751
Upmc McKeesport HospitalMc Keesport15$48,793$13,860
Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia72$48,376$13,880
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington154$47,598$14,058
West Penn HospitalPittsburgh13$73,661$14,233
Wayne Memorial HospitalHonesdale41$46,600$14,242
Roxborough Memorial HospitalPhiladelphia16$64,633$14,326
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood97$94,363$14,471
Warren General HospitalWarren13$18,911$14,496
Wellspan Waynesboro HospitalWaynesboro24$42,071$14,505
Reading HospitalWest Reading117$58,609$14,552
Robert Packer HospitalSayre91$53,589$14,665
Upmc HanoverHanover71$54,214$14,698
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown243$85,185$14,728
Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg85$59,442$14,747
Upmc HamotErie56$99,099$14,868
St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks CampusQuakertown30$107,224$14,911
Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College58$43,711$14,935
St Luke's Miners Memorial HospitalCoaldale16$75,844$15,225
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem85$116,657$15,365
Crozer Chester Medical CenterUpland59$123,799$15,552
Temple Health - Chestnut Hill HospitalPhiladelphia62$171,195$15,682
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton101$48,846$15,692
Lower Bucks HospitalBristol17$66,764$15,719
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster34$57,001$15,839
Independence Health System Clarion HospitalClarion11$19,121$15,984
Conemaugh Memorial Medical CenterJohnstown79$42,303$15,988
Nazareth HospitalPhiladelphia52$51,676$16,076
Wellspan York HospitalYork85$52,200$16,146
Upmc MercyPittsburgh22$66,952$16,216
Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia36$105,427$16,240
Penn State Health Hampden Medical CenterEnola60$53,940$17,216
St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston90$89,173$17,365
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville93$99,691$17,616
Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia21$103,088$17,924
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey90$71,330$18,038
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh103$177,336$18,660
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh50$97,041$18,927
Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy FitzgeraldDarby19$61,517$19,265
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia HospitalPhiladelphia42$54,466$20,496
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia52$85,528$20,963
Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia79$225,191$22,076
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia79$223,321$28,086

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.