US Health Care Costs

Other O.r. Procedures for Multiple Significant Trauma with Mcc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 957: Other o.r. procedures for multiple significant trauma with mcc

$430,103typical hospital bill
$67,831typical amount paid
$65,314–$70,347range paid across 2 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $430,103 for this stay in 2024, about 6.3 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
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh11$290,931$65,314
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown11$569,275$70,347

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.