US Health Care Costs

Signs and Symptoms Without Mcc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 948: Signs and symptoms without mcc

$36,810typical hospital bill
$7,049typical amount paid
$5,152–$12,850range paid across 30 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $36,810 for this stay in 2024, about 5.2 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
Jefferson Lansdale HospitalLansdale13$22,707$5,152
Paoli HospitalPaoli11$46,307$5,460
Pottstown HospitalPottstown12$45,668$5,840
Chester County HospitalWest Chester36$39,514$5,853
Heritage Valley BeaverBeaver11$10,736$6,020
Lehigh Valley Hospital - PoconoEast Stroudsburg19$41,411$6,204
Upmc AltoonaAltoona13$19,562$6,270
The Washington HospitalWashington22$11,983$6,316
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne12$32,630$6,538
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster19$30,828$6,576
Upmc MemorialYork15$32,170$6,663
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington46$27,080$6,854
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown41$50,037$6,915
Reading HospitalWest Reading43$32,803$7,006
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood12$59,773$7,024
Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia18$33,385$7,074
Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College16$27,895$7,282
Wellspan York HospitalYork14$37,067$7,328
Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg20$29,061$7,351
Wellspan Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg13$26,569$7,603
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton15$28,833$7,681
Temple Health - Chestnut Hill HospitalPhiladelphia11$103,507$8,001
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem17$61,388$8,163
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey20$36,554$9,234
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh27$65,897$9,304
St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston17$48,141$9,465
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia15$39,931$10,076
Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia19$98,803$10,384
Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia17$80,067$11,004
Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia27$146,870$12,850

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.