US Health Care Costs

Postoperative and Post-Traumatic Infections with Mcc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 862: Postoperative and post-traumatic infections with mcc

$87,868typical hospital bill
$17,551typical amount paid
$14,030–$24,186range paid across 11 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $87,868 for this stay in 2024, about 5.0 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$51,567$14,030
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington16$43,987$14,834
Wellspan York HospitalYork16$47,995$14,979
Reading HospitalWest Reading16$60,285$16,105
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem12$105,208$16,389
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown44$111,654$17,551
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh20$186,408$17,898
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey13$87,868$19,383
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia18$79,630$21,484
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville16$164,669$21,691
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia21$198,143$24,186

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.