Comprehensive Observation Services in Pennsylvania
What 127 hospitals in Pennsylvania charged and were paid for comprehensive observation services (APC 8011), from 2024 Medicare claims.
Average charge
$21,723
Hospital list price billed
Average allowed
$2,553
Medicare's payment + patient's share
Medicare paid
$2,027
Average per service
State rank
#28 of 49
1 = lowest average payment
Hospitals in Pennsylvania billed an average of $21,723 for comprehensive observation services, about 8.5 times the average medicare-allowed amount of $2,553. That payment is 3% below the U.S. average of $2,634.
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 $2,553Billed $21,723
About 12¢ was paid for every $1 hospitals in Pennsylvania billed for this service.
Pennsylvania hospitals: comprehensive observation services
Every Pennsylvania hospital that billed Medicare for this service at least 11 times. Click a column to sort.
| Hospital | Services | Avg charge | Avg allowed | Medicare paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia | 1,258 | $13,871 | $2,630 | $2,089 |
| Abington Memorial HospitalAbington | 1,140 | $14,355 | $2,539 | $2,018 |
| Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown | 1,138 | $29,077 | $2,620 | $2,077 |
| Reading Hospital and Med CtrWest Reading | 1,129 | $17,813 | $2,485 | $1,975 |
| UPMC Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg | 1,049 | $16,097 | $2,433 | $1,935 |
| Chester County HospitalWest Chester | 959 | $20,571 | $2,639 | $2,101 |
| Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia | 905 | $19,956 | $2,572 | $2,040 |
| Saint Vincent Health CenterErie | 821 | $24,222 | $2,859 | $2,273 |
| Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg | 812 | $18,368 | $2,731 | $2,175 |
| Hospital of the Univ of PaPhiladelphia | 785 | $54,820 | $2,755 | $2,194 |
| St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne | 772 | $15,270 | $2,702 | $2,150 |
| Lancaster General HospitalLancaster | 739 | $14,670 | $2,488 | $1,972 |
| York HospitalYork | 704 | $20,049 | $2,553 | $2,029 |
| Western Pennsylvania Hosp Forbes Regional CampusMonroeville | 599 | $19,053 | $2,419 | $1,921 |
| Jefferson Regional Medical CenterClairton | 578 | $16,520 | $2,413 | $1,917 |
| St Clair Memorial HospitalPittsburgh | 577 | $11,755 | $2,431 | $1,934 |
| Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton | 574 | $16,254 | $2,561 | $2,039 |
| Crozer Chester Medical CenterChester | 557 | $42,065 | $2,659 | $2,114 |
| Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia | 545 | $51,386 | $2,735 | $2,172 |
| Doylestown HospitalDoylestown | 478 | $17,469 | $2,641 | $2,104 |
| St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston | 478 | $33,022 | $2,421 | $1,914 |
| Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey | 446 | $17,421 | $2,554 | $2,029 |
| Meadville Medical CenterMeadville | 433 | $15,228 | $2,594 | $2,061 |
| Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh | 413 | $20,657 | $2,415 | $1,917 |
| AHN Wexford HospitalWexford | 390 | $17,777 | $2,405 | $1,907 |
| Main Line Hospital PaoliPaoli | 387 | $22,764 | $2,614 | $2,077 |
| Main Line Hospital Bryn Mawr CampusBryn Mawr | 371 | $21,826 | $2,596 | $2,057 |
| Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton | 367 | $28,900 | $2,416 | $1,917 |
| St Luke's Hospital BethlehemBethlehem | 363 | $32,554 | $2,599 | $2,056 |
| Williamsport Hospital & Medical CenterWilliamsport | 357 | $22,148 | $2,423 | $1,925 |
| Carlisle Regional Medical CtrCarlisle | 352 | $15,341 | $2,434 | $1,930 |
| Evangelical Community HospitalLewisburg | 346 | $27,438 | $2,428 | $1,931 |
| Hanover HospitalHanover | 342 | $18,417 | $2,576 | $2,052 |
| Good Samaritan HospitalLebanon | 334 | $18,650 | $2,589 | $2,062 |
| Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College | 333 | $15,949 | $2,756 | $2,194 |
| Albert Einstein Medical CenterPhiladelphia | 309 | $17,660 | $2,639 | $2,097 |
| Robert Packer HospitalSayre | 306 | $20,063 | $2,474 | $1,964 |
| St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg | 299 | $35,151 | $2,489 | $1,964 |
| Warren General HospitalWarren | 271 | $16,562 | $2,834 | $2,247 |
| Phoenixville HospitalPhoenixville | 270 | $21,030 | $2,625 | $2,085 |
| Holy Redeemer Hosp and Med CtrJenkintown | 267 | $20,885 | $2,551 | $2,030 |
| Pottstown Memorial Med CenterPottstown | 267 | $22,678 | $2,530 | $2,005 |
| Pennsylvania Hosp of the Univ of Pa Health SysPhiladelphia | 259 | $34,044 | $2,743 | $2,182 |
| Holy Spirit HospitalCamp Hill | 250 | $17,946 | $2,360 | $1,855 |
| UPMC MemorialYork | 245 | $17,247 | $2,487 | $1,974 |
| Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood | 244 | $21,706 | $2,607 | $2,068 |
| Waynesboro HospitalWaynesboro | 242 | $21,149 | $2,722 | $2,166 |
| Washington Hospital, theWashington | 232 | $9,075 | $2,428 | $1,931 |
| Butler Health SystemButler | 221 | $19,997 | $2,436 | $1,938 |
| UPMC EastMonroeville | 220 | $17,480 | $2,403 | $1,901 |
| Dubois Regional Medical CenterDubois | 218 | $12,523 | $2,600 | $2,066 |
| Lansdale HospitalLansdale | 211 | $14,685 | $2,551 | $2,029 |
| Gettysburg HospitalGettysburg | 207 | $18,097 | $2,687 | $2,137 |
| Altoona Regional Health SystemAltoona | 207 | $15,507 | $2,568 | $2,033 |
| UPMC MercyPittsburgh | 205 | $22,521 | $2,405 | $1,904 |
| UPMC Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh | 205 | $47,501 | $2,360 | $1,860 |
| Grand View HospitalSellersville | 203 | $21,401 | $2,617 | $2,082 |
| Mercy Health SystemConshohocken | 198 | $18,239 | $2,638 | $2,095 |
| Geisinger Wyoming Vly Med CtrWilkes-Barre | 193 | $42,777 | $2,409 | $1,915 |
| Lewistown HospitalLewistown | 186 | $25,419 | $2,607 | $2,071 |
| St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton | 183 | $33,349 | $2,495 | $1,988 |
| Allegheny Valley HospitalNatrona Heights | 182 | $17,062 | $2,391 | $1,894 |
| Geisinger Medical CenterDanville | 179 | $58,222 | $2,392 | $1,891 |
| Pocono Medical CenterEast Stroudsburg | 177 | $21,440 | $2,575 | $2,029 |
| Nazareth HospitalPhiladelphia | 174 | $19,337 | $2,536 | $2,008 |
| Ephrata Community HospitalEphrata | 171 | $23,479 | $2,461 | $1,954 |
| UPMC St MargaretPittsburgh | 161 | $26,329 | $2,409 | $1,908 |
| Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia | 159 | $37,892 | $2,744 | $2,182 |
| Penn State Health Hampden Medical CenterEnola | 154 | $16,694 | $2,378 | $1,878 |
| St Joseph Medical CenterReading | 153 | $14,699 | $2,419 | $1,910 |
| Clarion HospitalClarion | 151 | $9,729 | $2,573 | $2,042 |
| St Luke's Quakertown HospitalQuakertown | 141 | $39,613 | $2,611 | $2,074 |
| Canonsburg General HospitalCanonsburg | 141 | $16,467 | $2,403 | $1,906 |
| Excela Health Westmoreland Regional HospitalGreensburg | 135 | $9,221 | $2,430 | $1,933 |
| West Penn HospitalPittsburgh | 134 | $21,322 | $2,401 | $1,904 |
| Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster | 134 | $16,893 | $2,313 | $1,822 |
| Grove City Medical CenterGrove City | 132 | $19,343 | $2,412 | $1,918 |
| UPMC PassavantPittsburgh | 130 | $28,860 | $2,430 | $1,931 |
| Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia | 129 | $23,756 | $2,626 | $2,086 |
| Heritage Valley BeaverBeaver | 128 | $7,660 | $2,308 | $1,809 |
| Hamot Medical CenterErie | 125 | $29,598 | $2,739 | $2,149 |
| Uniontown HospitalUniontown | 115 | $9,121 | $2,411 | $1,913 |
| Mercy Hospital ScrantonScranton | 114 | $20,527 | $2,395 | $1,898 |
| ACMH HospitalKittanning | 113 | $18,297 | $2,428 | $1,930 |
| Punxsutawney Area HospitalPunxsutawney | 109 | $6,644 | $2,580 | $2,044 |
| Hazleton General HospitalHazleton | 105 | $22,086 | $2,410 | $1,910 |
| AHN Emerus Westmoreland, LLCGreensburg | 105 | $15,520 | $2,445 | $1,945 |
| Wilkes-Barre General HospitalWilkes-Barre | 104 | $21,489 | $2,409 | $1,909 |
| Indiana Regional Medical CenterIndiana | 103 | $14,468 | $2,582 | $2,049 |
| Geisinger St. Luke's HospitalOrwigsburg | 102 | $19,740 | $2,483 | $1,970 |
| Chestnut Hill HospitalPhiladelphia | 99 | $50,123 | $2,638 | $2,096 |
| Latrobe Area HospitalLatrobe | 98 | $9,329 | $2,425 | $1,925 |
| UPMC LititzLititz | 96 | $15,874 | $2,460 | $1,960 |
| St Luke's Miners Memorial HospitalCoaldale | 95 | $21,701 | $2,480 | $1,967 |
| Northwest Medical CenterOil City | 93 | $17,836 | $2,361 | $1,862 |
| Somerset HospitalSomerset | 84 | $10,410 | $2,596 | $2,061 |
| Wayne Memorial HospitalHonesdale | 83 | $22,960 | $2,576 | $2,040 |
| Conemaugh Valley Memorial HospitalJohnstown | 76 | $18,968 | $2,566 | $2,031 |
| Easton HospitalEaston | 76 | $30,586 | $2,601 | $2,066 |
| Nason HospitalRoaring Spring | 74 | $11,011 | $2,419 | $1,914 |
| Monongahela Valley HospitalMonongahela | 74 | $12,696 | $2,316 | $1,801 |
| UPMC KaneKane | 71 | $9,486 | $2,618 | $2,080 |
| UPMC GreeneWaynesburg | 70 | $9,399 | $2,445 | $1,947 |
| Windber HospitalWindber | 64 | $7,555 | $2,414 | $1,915 |
| Bloomsburg HospitalBloomsburg | 52 | $23,862 | $2,445 | $1,942 |
| Heritage Valley SewickleySewickley | 52 | $9,528 | $2,407 | $1,910 |
| Geisinger Medical Center MuncyMuncy | 49 | $16,123 | $2,405 | $1,905 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson CityDickson City | 49 | $20,676 | $2,445 | $1,936 |
| UPMC McKeesportMcKeesport | 46 | $23,409 | $2,360 | $1,862 |
| Jameson Memorial HospitalNew Castle | 40 | $9,819 | $2,299 | $1,802 |
| Sharon Regional Health SystemSharon | 38 | $13,859 | $2,445 | $1,947 |
| Magee Womens Hospital of UPMC Health SystemPittsburgh | 37 | $24,781 | $2,339 | $1,843 |
| Penn Highlands HuntingdonHuntingdon | 34 | $10,615 | $2,618 | $2,086 |
| UPMC HorizonGreenville | 33 | $18,162 | $2,386 | $1,883 |
| Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson StreetPottsville | 32 | $17,285 | $2,448 | $1,951 |
| Mercy Suburban HospitalNorristown | 32 | $10,797 | $2,568 | $2,045 |
| UPMC BedfordEverett | 30 | $14,568 | $2,618 | $2,080 |
| Millcreek Community HospitalErie | 29 | $12,740 | $2,445 | $1,941 |
| Lower Bucks HospitalBristol | 28 | $14,204 | $2,500 | $1,942 |
| Excela Health Frick HospitalMt Pleasant | 28 | $9,712 | $2,382 | $1,878 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital - MacungieMacungie | 21 | $23,437 | $2,495 | $1,988 |
| Highlands HospitalConnellsville | 13 | $7,930 | $2,445 | $1,924 |
| Fox Chase Cancer CenterPhiladelphia | – | – | – | – |
| Roxborough Memorial HospitalPhiladelphia | – | – | – | – |
| Wellspan Surgery and Rehabilitation HospitalYork | – | – | – | – |
| Children's Hosp of PittsburghPittsburgh | – | – | – | – |
| Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia | – | – | – | – |
Lowest and highest allowed amounts in Pennsylvania
Among hospitals with at least 11 Medicare services. Differences reflect local wage costs, teaching status and how sick patients were, as well as price.
Lowest
| Jameson Memorial HospitalNew Castle, PA | $2,299 |
|---|---|
| Heritage Valley BeaverBeaver, PA | $2,308 |
| Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster, PA | $2,313 |
| Monongahela Valley HospitalMonongahela, PA | $2,316 |
| Magee Womens Hospital of UPMC Health SystemPittsburgh, PA | $2,339 |
Highest
| Saint Vincent Health CenterErie, PA | $2,859 |
|---|---|
| Warren General HospitalWarren, PA | $2,834 |
| Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College, PA | $2,756 |
| Hospital of the Univ of PaPhiladelphia, PA | $2,755 |
| Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia, PA | $2,744 |
Comprehensive Observation Services in other states
Questions
How much does comprehensive observation services cost in Pennsylvania?
In 2024 Medicare data, comprehensive observation services (APC 8011) at 127 hospitals in Pennsylvania was billed at $21,723 on average, while the average medicare-allowed amount was $2,553, of which Medicare paid $2,027. 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 service in Pennsylvania, average charges were 8.5 times the average payment. Uninsured patients can ask the hospital about its financial assistance (charity care) policy and cash prices.
Source: CMS, Medicare Outpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service, 2024. The allowed amount is Medicare's payment plus the patient's coinsurance. CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 services for privacy. About the data.