Tracheostomy with Mv >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except Face, Mouth and Neck Withou in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 004: Tracheostomy with mv >96 hours or principal diagnosis except face, mouth and neck withou

$860,756typical hospital bill

$138,885typical amount paid

$77,810–$226,641range paid across 10 hospitals

Pennsylvania hospitals billed Medicare a typical $860,756 for this stay in 2024, about 6.2 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Main Line Hospital Lankenau	Wynnewood	11	$370,423	$77,810
Jefferson Health- Northeast	Philadelphia	12	$391,371	$110,273
St Lukes Hospital	Bethlehem	11	$881,002	$115,936
Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside	Pittsburgh	16	$1,556,343	$116,086
Geisinger Medical Center	Danville	14	$840,509	$135,703
Temple University Hospital	Philadelphia	19	$1,241,279	$142,067
Allegheny General Hospital	Pittsburgh	13	$624,634	$144,773
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital	Philadelphia	30	$466,429	$149,652
Lehigh Valley Hospital	Allentown	15	$1,038,589	$152,792
Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	22	$1,411,143	$226,641

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.