US Health Care Costs

Pancreas, Liver and Shunt Procedures with Cc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 406: Pancreas, liver and shunt procedures with cc

$206,840typical hospital bill
$28,025typical amount paid
$24,778–$35,775range paid across 7 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $206,840 for this stay in 2024, about 7.4 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
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown20$206,840$24,778
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem11$250,334$26,721
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood18$151,769$26,855
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh45$267,843$28,025
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey18$112,373$31,048
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia45$161,604$31,083
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia61$239,298$35,775

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.