US Health Care Costs

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mv >96 Hours in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 870: Septicemia or severe sepsis with mv >96 hours

$291,159typical hospital bill
$59,278typical amount paid
$39,518–$119,128range paid across 33 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $291,159 for this stay in 2024, about 4.9 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
Regional Hospital of ScrantonScranton11$291,159$39,518
Wilkes-Barre General HospitalWilkes-Barre11$275,259$46,772
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical CenterCamp Hill19$230,784$47,441
Upmc AltoonaAltoona15$174,831$50,479
Roxborough Memorial HospitalPhiladelphia20$202,819$51,641
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne17$123,093$51,727
Wellspan Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg17$199,942$52,041
Upmc HamotErie15$374,844$53,259
Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia39$219,644$53,585
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton38$157,678$57,188
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington33$241,802$57,484
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown29$392,294$57,835
Temple Health - Chestnut Hill HospitalPhiladelphia34$564,932$57,992
Reading HospitalWest Reading17$238,426$58,465
Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr17$346,706$58,738
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre18$540,405$58,834
Nazareth HospitalPhiladelphia19$145,435$59,278
Conemaugh Memorial Medical CenterJohnstown14$156,185$59,766
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood25$368,434$61,290
Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton21$519,317$63,036
Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg13$246,643$63,897
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville26$516,824$66,399
Wellspan York HospitalYork17$294,478$68,883
Crozer Chester Medical CenterUpland21$527,688$69,882
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia31$274,728$71,919
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh13$307,869$72,291
Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy FitzgeraldDarby15$206,291$73,847
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia HospitalPhiladelphia17$273,878$78,435
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh21$899,911$80,124
Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia11$624,651$82,468
Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia27$768,291$86,950
Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia13$676,577$91,847
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia35$930,948$119,128

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.