US Health Care Costs

Major Chest Trauma with Mcc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 183: Major chest trauma with mcc

$81,328typical hospital bill
$14,295typical amount paid
$12,700–$19,901range paid across 17 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $81,328 for this stay in 2024, about 5.7 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
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre17$94,461$12,700
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne13$39,352$12,711
Upmc HamotErie17$124,732$12,878
Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton12$159,506$12,960
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster23$59,649$12,983
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington31$55,934$13,496
Reading HospitalWest Reading12$59,011$13,812
Wellspan York HospitalYork16$54,047$13,947
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood15$65,590$14,295
Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia13$60,238$14,497
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown25$116,125$15,025
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem25$110,849$15,665
St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston13$125,611$15,668
Upmc MercyPittsburgh18$81,328$15,824
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh20$75,157$17,263
Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia13$118,471$18,180
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia11$93,014$19,901

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.