US Health Care Costs

Sepsis in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 872: Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours without mcc

$41,292typical hospital bill
$8,548typical amount paid
$6,751–$15,649range paid across 99 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $41,292 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
St Clair HospitalPittsburgh27$22,939$6,751
Wellspan Evangelical Community HospitalLewisburg13$53,230$6,784
Ahn Wexford HospitalWexford21$35,909$6,923
Regional Hospital of ScrantonScranton26$41,292$6,982
Jefferson HospitalJefferson Hills32$34,927$6,998
Lehigh Valley Hospital - HazletonHazleton11$54,168$7,039
Excela Health - Frick HospitalMount Pleasant11$14,323$7,080
Geisinger St. Luke's HospitalOrwigsburg48$48,333$7,102
Upmc CarlisleCarlisle23$35,270$7,119
St Luke's Hospital - Grand View CampusSellersville36$39,438$7,123
Penn Highlands Mon ValleyMonongahela23$19,593$7,210
Upmc NorthwestSeneca18$25,888$7,250
Allegheny Valley HospitalNatrona21$30,268$7,264
Doylestown HospitalDoylestown136$25,969$7,294
Pottstown HospitalPottstown41$59,444$7,381
Excela Health Westmoreland Regional HospitalGreensburg29$18,262$7,393
Upmc JamesonNew Castle11$21,328$7,398
Upmc PassavantPittsburgh27$61,437$7,435
Excela Health Latrobe HospitalLatrobe16$15,594$7,447
Upmc EastMonroeville12$61,327$7,487
Chester County HospitalWest Chester74$44,678$7,577
Paoli HospitalPaoli100$68,289$7,603
Upmc WilliamsportWilliamsport35$38,242$7,677
Penn Highlands DuboisDubois59$17,972$7,690
Forbes HospitalMonroeville36$38,265$7,730
Uniontown HospitalUniontown36$19,976$7,736
Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia98$71,291$7,782
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson CityDickson City18$41,978$7,784
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical CenterMeadowbrook48$27,487$7,787
Penn Highlands HuntingdonHuntingdon14$17,329$7,815
Jefferson Lansdale HospitalLansdale49$24,033$7,818
Indiana Regional Medical CenterIndiana27$25,816$7,864
The Washington HospitalWashington25$14,079$7,881
Grove City Medical CenterGrove City18$32,809$7,926
Upmc St MargaretPittsburgh16$55,986$7,987
Upmc SomersetSomerset12$15,851$8,022
Wellspan Ephrata Community HospitalEphrata50$46,159$8,030
Heritage Valley BeaverBeaver13$17,561$8,093
Wilkes-Barre General HospitalWilkes-Barre38$51,935$8,107
Meadville Medical CenterMeadville11$37,548$8,108
St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg65$78,331$8,157
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical CenterCamp Hill17$50,804$8,196
Upmc AltoonaAltoona26$34,422$8,319
Wellspan Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg75$29,578$8,323
Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr125$56,309$8,346
Penn State Health St. JosephReading54$36,885$8,355
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton31$69,598$8,495
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster42$39,344$8,500
Lehigh Valley Hospital - PoconoEast Stroudsburg31$55,765$8,519
Upmc MemorialYork27$42,002$8,548
Saint Vincent HospitalErie37$50,844$8,552
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne95$29,109$8,570
Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton142$72,725$8,646
Wayne Memorial HospitalHonesdale20$37,505$8,728
Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson StreetPottsville22$42,920$8,734
Upmc HanoverHanover54$33,370$8,758
Upmc LititzLititz22$34,187$8,816
Wellspan Good Samaritan HospitalLebanon71$27,637$8,838
Phoenixville HospitalPhoenixville28$59,956$8,844
Geisinger-Bloomsburg HospitalBloomsburg41$38,496$8,894
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington134$41,793$9,020
Warren General HospitalWarren58$14,098$9,058
Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg109$38,451$9,113
St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks CampusQuakertown60$87,490$9,120
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre127$83,094$9,169
St Luke's Miners Memorial HospitalCoaldale25$53,838$9,221
Geisinger-Lewistown HospitalLewistown39$37,638$9,270
Geisinger Medical Center MuncyMuncy19$29,406$9,390
Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia108$34,020$9,404
Upmc HamotErie24$87,445$9,468
Reading HospitalWest Reading159$42,233$9,482
Wellspan York HospitalYork145$36,350$9,578
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown227$59,240$9,639
Robert Packer HospitalSayre39$36,311$9,659
Gettysburg HospitalGettysburg65$31,848$9,740
Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College61$34,276$9,818
West Penn HospitalPittsburgh13$48,918$9,831
St Luke's Hospital - Easton CampusEaston11$73,556$9,852
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood84$77,616$10,009
Conemaugh Memorial Medical CenterJohnstown26$32,212$10,023
Nazareth HospitalPhiladelphia24$40,765$10,255
Crozer Chester Medical CenterUpland44$92,100$10,263
Upmc MercyPittsburgh11$50,188$10,349
Temple Health - Chestnut Hill HospitalPhiladelphia15$141,435$10,458
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton30$42,499$10,669
Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia27$101,949$10,870
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh44$104,517$10,974
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem112$79,507$11,041
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster12$39,486$11,346
Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia14$91,476$11,516
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville99$82,243$11,580
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey28$64,465$11,743
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh26$50,352$11,795
St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston109$77,614$11,966
Wellspan Waynesboro HospitalWaynesboro29$23,839$12,776
Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy FitzgeraldDarby36$51,682$13,402
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia74$66,034$13,668
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia18$106,157$14,292
Penn State Health Hampden Medical CenterEnola11$56,159$15,649

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.