US Health Care Costs

Tendonitis, Myositis and Bursitis Without Mcc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 558: Tendonitis, myositis and bursitis without mcc

$34,895typical hospital bill
$7,746typical amount paid
$6,875–$8,188range paid across 4 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $34,895 for this stay in 2024, about 4.5 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
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster12$26,082$6,875
Reading HospitalWest Reading12$37,646$7,500
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington12$32,144$7,991
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown16$51,512$8,188

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.