US Health Care Costs

Other Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue Diagnoses with Cc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 565: Other musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diagnoses with cc

$44,978typical hospital bill
$9,292typical amount paid
$7,379–$17,727range paid across 13 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $44,978 for this stay in 2024, about 4.8 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
Paoli HospitalPaoli11$49,923$7,379
Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton13$76,570$8,169
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne13$30,421$8,342
Wellspan Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg15$30,558$8,422
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington24$36,377$9,037
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown39$59,601$9,277
Reading HospitalWest Reading14$44,978$9,292
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster16$35,001$11,267
St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston14$74,013$11,551
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem16$74,221$11,993
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville13$122,500$12,058
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia HospitalPhiladelphia13$42,252$12,510
Wellspan York HospitalYork18$39,291$17,727

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.