US Health Care Costs

Seizures in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 101: Seizures without mcc

$42,745typical hospital bill
$8,383typical amount paid
$6,295–$14,115range paid across 40 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $42,745 for this stay in 2024, about 5.1 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
Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia15$48,461$6,295
Pottstown HospitalPottstown12$40,269$6,338
Paoli HospitalPaoli32$60,187$6,397
Doylestown HospitalDoylestown14$30,905$6,474
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical CenterCamp Hill13$30,761$6,611
Chester County HospitalWest Chester18$32,965$6,753
St Luke's Hospital - Grand View CampusSellersville28$30,936$6,768
Phoenixville HospitalPhoenixville12$42,015$7,007
Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr20$56,742$7,039
Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton24$69,791$7,084
Forbes HospitalMonroeville13$38,181$7,131
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster32$28,944$7,316
Upmc AltoonaAltoona23$40,337$7,495
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne16$31,412$7,527
Lehigh Valley Hospital - PoconoEast Stroudsburg15$43,056$7,591
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington55$34,489$7,879
Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia22$32,549$8,048
Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg22$31,805$8,135
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre17$62,437$8,224
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood11$62,455$8,356
Upmc HamotErie23$69,735$8,409
Reading HospitalWest Reading50$43,176$8,515
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown64$66,710$8,647
Conemaugh Memorial Medical CenterJohnstown18$22,273$8,684
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton23$30,612$8,765
Wellspan Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg11$29,176$9,037
Crozer Chester Medical CenterUpland19$67,393$9,119
Robert Packer HospitalSayre14$35,878$9,240
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem33$106,548$9,582
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh26$37,478$9,784
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh41$86,005$9,995
Upmc MercyPittsburgh19$60,729$10,007
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville29$79,076$10,085
St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston17$67,402$10,235
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey15$47,669$10,817
Wellspan York HospitalYork20$33,001$11,603
Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia36$90,416$12,111
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia HospitalPhiladelphia26$42,434$12,852
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia48$55,895$13,743
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia44$119,013$14,115

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.