Cellulitis without major complications in Pennsylvania
What 94 hospitals in Pennsylvania charged and were paid for a Medicare hospital stay for cellulitis without major complications (DRG 603), from 2024 Medicare claims.
Average charge
$38,044
Hospital list price billed
Average payment
$7,774
Medicare + patient + other payers
Medicare paid
$5,685
Average per stay
State rank
#22 of 50
1 = lowest average payment
Hospitals in Pennsylvania billed an average of $38,044 for cellulitis without major complications, about 4.9 times the average total payment of $7,774. That payment is 10% below the U.S. average of $8,642.
These are averages for patients with original (fee-for-service) Medicare. Private insurance pays different, negotiated prices, and what you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Use these figures to compare hospitals, not as a quote.
Paid $7,774Billed $38,044
About 20¢ was paid for every $1 hospitals in Pennsylvania billed for this stay.
Medicare prices this stay in 2 versions, by how sick the patient was. Compare them in Pennsylvania:
Pennsylvania hospitals: cellulitis without major complications
Every Pennsylvania hospital that billed Medicare for this stay at least 11 times. Click a column to sort.
| Hospital | Stays | Avg charge | Avg payment | Medicare paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown | 139 | $41,920 | $8,224 | $6,205 |
| St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne | 107 | $20,781 | $7,258 | $5,478 |
| Abington Memorial HospitalAbington | 98 | $25,389 | $7,581 | $5,655 |
| Reading Hospital and Med CtrWest Reading | 86 | $30,656 | $7,741 | $6,240 |
| Chester County HospitalWest Chester | 76 | $33,635 | $6,646 | $5,212 |
| Doylestown HospitalDoylestown | 71 | $18,727 | $6,387 | $4,771 |
| Main Line Hospital Bryn Mawr CampusBryn Mawr | 68 | $52,651 | $7,033 | $5,566 |
| St Luke's Hospital BethlehemBethlehem | 62 | $53,993 | $9,150 | $6,411 |
| Lancaster General HospitalLancaster | 61 | $28,228 | $6,877 | $5,471 |
| UPMC Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg | 60 | $32,384 | $7,894 | $5,568 |
| Main Line Hospital PaoliPaoli | 60 | $48,147 | $6,330 | $4,681 |
| St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston | 59 | $51,302 | $9,972 | $7,011 |
| York HospitalYork | 57 | $26,923 | $8,702 | $5,940 |
| Robert Packer HospitalSayre | 56 | $28,398 | $8,561 | $6,295 |
| Holy Redeemer Hosp and Med CtrJenkintown | 51 | $22,415 | $6,791 | $4,826 |
| UPMC Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh | 46 | $86,525 | $10,131 | $6,822 |
| Geisinger Wyoming Vly Med CtrWilkes-Barre | 44 | $51,311 | $7,534 | $6,006 |
| Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia | 42 | $88,642 | $12,197 | $8,723 |
| St Joseph Medical CenterReading | 42 | $30,298 | $7,513 | $5,902 |
| Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia | 42 | $52,240 | $6,320 | $4,883 |
| UPMC PassavantPittsburgh | 39 | $37,428 | $6,033 | $4,174 |
| Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood | 39 | $52,458 | $8,185 | $6,096 |
| Wilkes-Barre General HospitalWilkes-Barre | 38 | $44,957 | $6,680 | $4,882 |
| Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg | 38 | $24,192 | $7,363 | $5,442 |
| Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College | 38 | $25,223 | $8,292 | $6,256 |
| Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton | 37 | $59,433 | $7,670 | $4,692 |
| Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia | 37 | $27,334 | $7,850 | $6,121 |
| Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey | 37 | $42,971 | $10,219 | $7,665 |
| Lansdale HospitalLansdale | 36 | $25,808 | $6,113 | $4,160 |
| Chestnut Hill HospitalPhiladelphia | 35 | $94,883 | $8,820 | $6,719 |
| Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster | 35 | $34,872 | $9,247 | $4,176 |
| Grand View HospitalSellersville | 33 | $31,712 | $6,478 | $4,780 |
| Hospital of the Univ of PaPhiladelphia | 33 | $94,554 | $12,438 | $8,727 |
| Pottstown Memorial Med CenterPottstown | 33 | $40,876 | $6,391 | $5,106 |
| Western Pennsylvania Hosp Forbes Regional CampusMonroeville | 33 | $21,264 | $6,766 | $5,532 |
| Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia | 32 | $37,047 | $10,730 | $7,835 |
| Geisinger Medical CenterDanville | 30 | $61,638 | $9,591 | $7,154 |
| St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg | 29 | $56,480 | $6,852 | $5,384 |
| Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton | 28 | $40,130 | $9,150 | $6,292 |
| Saint Vincent Health CenterErie | 27 | $36,277 | $8,046 | $5,956 |
| Evangelical Community HospitalLewisburg | 27 | $43,821 | $5,893 | $4,563 |
| St Luke's Quakertown HospitalQuakertown | 26 | $57,230 | $7,573 | $6,192 |
| Altoona Regional Health SystemAltoona | 25 | $25,398 | $7,012 | $5,424 |
| Hanover HospitalHanover | 25 | $26,599 | $7,331 | $5,588 |
| Jefferson Regional Medical CenterClairton | 25 | $33,267 | $5,915 | $4,675 |
| UPMC St MargaretPittsburgh | 24 | $33,346 | $7,293 | $5,223 |
| Phoenixville HospitalPhoenixville | 24 | $40,072 | $7,689 | $5,647 |
| Holy Spirit HospitalCamp Hill | 23 | $32,831 | $7,669 | $4,282 |
| UPMC MemorialYork | 23 | $27,557 | $7,333 | $4,427 |
| Heritage Valley SewickleySewickley | 22 | $10,847 | $5,867 | $4,383 |
| Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh | 22 | $36,983 | $9,523 | $5,922 |
| Dubois Regional Medical CenterDubois | 22 | $13,695 | $6,760 | $5,200 |
| Pennsylvania Hosp of the Univ of Pa Health SysPhiladelphia | 22 | $60,704 | $9,092 | $7,375 |
| Penn State Health Hampden Medical CenterEnola | 22 | $23,668 | $8,616 | $3,603 |
| Mercy Hospital ScrantonScranton | 21 | $39,309 | $6,948 | $4,835 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson CityDickson City | 21 | $34,921 | $7,541 | $4,199 |
| Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson StreetPottsville | 20 | $32,994 | $7,161 | $5,109 |
| Hamot Medical CenterErie | 20 | $59,961 | $8,415 | $6,419 |
| Nazareth HospitalPhiladelphia | 20 | $29,552 | $9,188 | $6,863 |
| St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton | 20 | $48,840 | $6,419 | $4,457 |
| Lewistown HospitalLewistown | 19 | $32,655 | $7,448 | $5,813 |
| Hazleton General HospitalHazleton | 19 | $35,040 | $6,430 | $4,848 |
| UPMC EastMonroeville | 19 | $40,377 | $6,491 | $5,193 |
| Geisinger St. Luke's HospitalOrwigsburg | 19 | $37,730 | $6,594 | $4,594 |
| Uniontown HospitalUniontown | 18 | $11,815 | $6,512 | $4,649 |
| Washington Hospital, theWashington | 18 | $11,085 | $6,982 | $4,727 |
| Williamsport Hospital & Medical CenterWilliamsport | 18 | $33,928 | $6,981 | $4,798 |
| Carlisle Regional Medical CtrCarlisle | 18 | $25,773 | $7,512 | $4,330 |
| Gettysburg HospitalGettysburg | 18 | $29,140 | $6,780 | $5,420 |
| Wayne Memorial HospitalHonesdale | 18 | $33,570 | $7,549 | $6,281 |
| Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia | 18 | $54,640 | $9,801 | $7,701 |
| UPMC McKeesportMcKeesport | 17 | $42,225 | $8,508 | $6,117 |
| UPMC HorizonGreenville | 17 | $25,488 | $6,757 | $5,500 |
| St Clair Memorial HospitalPittsburgh | 17 | $16,275 | $5,836 | $4,588 |
| Heritage Valley BeaverBeaver | 16 | $11,195 | $7,289 | $5,949 |
| Butler Health SystemButler | 16 | $15,322 | $6,581 | $5,255 |
| Indiana Regional Medical CenterIndiana | 15 | $23,499 | $6,478 | $5,168 |
| Pocono Medical CenterEast Stroudsburg | 15 | $37,972 | $6,997 | $5,691 |
| AHN Wexford HospitalWexford | 15 | $22,768 | $6,039 | $4,200 |
| Mercy Health SystemConshohocken | 14 | $47,754 | $11,847 | $6,704 |
| Crozer Chester Medical CenterChester | 14 | $71,353 | $8,213 | $6,355 |
| Good Samaritan HospitalLebanon | 13 | $22,021 | $7,844 | $5,363 |
| Waynesboro HospitalWaynesboro | 13 | $24,099 | $7,686 | $6,127 |
| Easton HospitalEaston | 13 | $52,857 | $7,515 | $6,151 |
| St Luke's Miners Memorial HospitalCoaldale | 13 | $31,250 | $7,689 | $6,337 |
| Roxborough Memorial HospitalPhiladelphia | 13 | $55,178 | $9,366 | $6,930 |
| Lower Bucks HospitalBristol | 12 | $28,323 | $8,768 | $6,971 |
| Northwest Medical CenterOil City | 12 | $20,704 | $6,320 | $5,085 |
| Monongahela Valley HospitalMonongahela | 12 | $14,891 | $6,345 | $4,559 |
| Jameson Memorial HospitalNew Castle | 11 | $16,348 | $6,817 | $4,722 |
| Meadville Medical CenterMeadville | 11 | $16,491 | $6,261 | $5,042 |
| Albert Einstein Medical CenterPhiladelphia | 11 | $39,153 | $13,016 | $8,386 |
| Ephrata Community HospitalEphrata | 11 | $27,305 | $8,515 | $4,406 |
| Geisinger Medical Center MuncyMuncy | 11 | $23,187 | $6,477 | $4,848 |
Lowest and highest payments in Pennsylvania
Among hospitals with at least 11 Medicare hospital stays. Differences reflect local wage costs, teaching status and how sick patients were, as well as price.
Lowest
| St Clair Memorial HospitalPittsburgh, PA | $5,836 |
|---|---|
| Heritage Valley SewickleySewickley, PA | $5,867 |
| Evangelical Community HospitalLewisburg, PA | $5,893 |
| Jefferson Regional Medical CenterClairton, PA | $5,915 |
| UPMC PassavantPittsburgh, PA | $6,033 |
Highest
| Albert Einstein Medical CenterPhiladelphia, PA | $13,016 |
|---|---|
| Hospital of the Univ of PaPhiladelphia, PA | $12,438 |
| Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia, PA | $12,197 |
| Mercy Health SystemConshohocken, PA | $11,847 |
| Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia, PA | $10,730 |
Cellulitis without major complications in other states
Questions
How much does cellulitis without major complications cost in Pennsylvania?
In 2024 Medicare data, a hospital stay for cellulitis without major complications (DRG 603) at 94 hospitals in Pennsylvania was billed at $38,044 on average, while the average total payment was $7,774, of which Medicare paid $5,685. Your own cost depends on your insurance, deductible and the hospital.
Why are hospital charges so much higher than payments?
Charges are a hospital's list prices. Medicare pays fixed rates set in advance, and private insurers negotiate their own discounts, so almost nobody pays the full charge. For this stay in Pennsylvania, average charges were 4.9 times the average payment. Uninsured patients can ask the hospital about its financial assistance (charity care) policy and cash prices.
Source: CMS, Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service, 2024. Average total payment includes Medicare's payment, the patient's deductible and coinsurance, and any other payer. CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 hospital stays for privacy. About the data.