US Health Care Costs

Vaginal birth, with major complications in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 805: Vaginal delivery without sterilization/d&c with mcc

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

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington–––$9,982$11,488$7,783–$22,058 · 22 plans
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown––––$16,878$11,204–$24,564 · 18 plans
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia–––$13,247$18,334$9,729–$33,212 · 21 plans
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh––––$11,181$8,369–$16,896 · 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.