US Health Care Costs

Vaginal birth, with complications in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 806: Vaginal delivery without sterilization/d&c with cc

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington–––$7,085$10,056$7,045–$15,411 · 22 plans
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown––––$14,729$8,208–$17,597 · 18 plans
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia–––$9,474$12,809$8,102–$24,067 · 21 plans
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh––––$9,272$7,619–$14,913 · 6 plans

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.