US Health Care Costs

Postoperative and Post-Traumatic Infections Without Mcc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 863: Postoperative and post-traumatic infections without mcc

$58,295typical hospital bill
$11,726typical amount paid
$9,003–$13,987range paid across 6 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $58,295 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
Robert Packer HospitalSayre11$41,866$9,003
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown22$51,810$9,429
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh18$112,376$11,185
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey14$39,705$12,268
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia12$64,781$13,601
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia21$82,566$13,987

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.