US Health Care Costs

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

MS-DRG 809: Major hematological and immunological diagnoses except sickle cell crisis and coagulatio

$86,730typical hospital bill
$14,001typical amount paid
$9,033–$22,618range paid across 11 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $86,730 for this stay in 2024, about 6.2 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
Chester County HospitalWest Chester11$50,469$9,033
Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr14$70,059$9,574
The Washington HospitalWashington13$14,688$9,923
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington11$50,462$11,020
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown30$75,676$11,184
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh23$173,905$14,001
Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia11$139,184$15,922
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey14$86,730$18,238
West Penn HospitalPittsburgh13$126,780$20,399
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia14$123,604$20,814
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia37$206,041$22,618

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.