US Health Care Costs

Newborn care (healthy baby) in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 795: Normal newborn

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington–––$2,149$2,631$1,569–$4,084 · 22 plans
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown––––$4,026$1,706–$5,404 · 21 plans
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia–––$3,046$3,863$2,029–$11,136 · 23 plans
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh––––$2,849$2,348–$4,823 · 6 plans

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.