US Health Care Costs

Vaginal birth in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 807: Vaginal delivery without sterilization/d&c without cc/mcc

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

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington–––$6,374$9,491$6,771–$13,781 · 22 plans
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown––––$12,862$7,232–$15,725 · 18 plans
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia–––$8,549$11,454$7,404–$21,520 · 21 plans
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh––––$8,092$6,493–$12,709 · 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.