US Health Care Costs

Malignancy of Hepatobiliary System or Pancreas with Mcc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 435: Malignancy of hepatobiliary system or pancreas with mcc

$109,310typical hospital bill
$17,057typical amount paid
$11,762–$26,335range paid across 21 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $109,310 for this stay in 2024, about 6.4 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
Doylestown HospitalDoylestown18$59,415$11,762
Paoli HospitalPaoli11$93,352$12,547
Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr16$109,310$14,081
Upmc PassavantPittsburgh11$102,838$14,457
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre12$112,795$14,882
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington29$73,455$15,061
Reading HospitalWest Reading12$72,682$15,346
Robert Packer HospitalSayre14$68,130$15,806
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown39$136,610$15,819
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood15$164,029$16,896
Wellspan York HospitalYork25$67,311$17,057
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem18$155,350$17,355
Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg18$77,224$17,513
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville22$161,505$19,019
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh45$192,876$19,591
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh11$102,309$19,739
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey13$108,279$19,771
St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston11$152,273$21,317
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia22$109,452$23,122
Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia12$189,508$23,744
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia23$233,891$26,335

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.