US Health Care Costs

Other Digestive System O.r. Procedures with Mcc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 356: Other digestive system o.r. procedures with mcc

$348,006typical hospital bill
$42,656typical amount paid
$34,628–$57,626range paid across 7 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $348,006 for this stay in 2024, about 8.2 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
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington13$145,544$34,628
Robert Packer HospitalSayre11$157,571$34,685
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville12$348,006$41,956
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia12$181,687$42,656
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh18$442,936$43,596
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown20$356,169$43,957
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia15$358,562$57,626

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.