US Health Care Costs

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

MS-DRG 166: Other respiratory system o.r. procedures with mcc

$201,838typical hospital bill
$37,902typical amount paid
$31,438–$64,290range paid across 10 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $201,838 for this stay in 2024, about 5.3 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
Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg13$161,405$31,438
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster14$95,145$33,338
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh18$382,498$34,026
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem15$277,191$35,732
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown13$214,714$36,117
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington12$174,912$39,686
Wellspan York HospitalYork20$106,199$40,205
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh15$188,962$42,312
Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia14$401,247$51,285
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia23$382,432$64,290

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.