US Health Care Costs

Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Mcc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 917: Poisoning and toxic effects of drugs with mcc

$75,379typical hospital bill
$15,681typical amount paid
$12,694–$25,178range paid across 15 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $75,379 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
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre12$147,283$12,694
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne13$35,342$12,839
Wellspan York HospitalYork20$54,209$13,329
Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia18$48,068$13,398
Reading HospitalWest Reading16$53,499$13,753
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington17$54,669$14,254
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown23$84,157$14,872
Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg19$75,379$15,681
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville11$113,072$16,025
Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia14$158,438$18,141
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh25$190,211$18,994
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster20$42,418$19,135
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia HospitalPhiladelphia14$33,151$19,754
Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia36$184,496$23,475
Crozer Chester Medical CenterUpland17$242,098$25,178

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.