Major Hematological and Immunological Diagnoses Except Sickle Cell Crisis and Coagulatio in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 808: Major hematological and immunological diagnoses except sickle cell crisis and coagulatio

$142,086typical hospital bill

$21,236typical amount paid

$20,057–$43,353range paid across 7 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $142,086 for this stay in 2024, about 6.7 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Lehigh Valley Hospital	Allentown	19	$94,583	$20,057
West Penn Hospital	Pittsburgh	11	$142,086	$20,271
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center	Wilkes Barre	13	$259,747	$20,312
Geisinger Medical Center	Danville	12	$140,372	$21,236
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital	Philadelphia	14	$141,431	$29,585
Temple University Hospital	Philadelphia	16	$423,557	$41,417
Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	28	$311,644	$43,353

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.