Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures in Pennsylvania
What 82 hospitals in Pennsylvania charged and were paid for level 2 pacemaker and similar procedures (APC 5222), from 2024 Medicare claims.
Average charge
$54,803
Hospital list price billed
Average allowed
$8,068
Medicare's payment + patient's share
Medicare paid
$6,461
Average per service
State rank
#31 of 48
1 = lowest average payment
Hospitals in Pennsylvania billed an average of $54,803 for level 2 pacemaker and similar procedures, about 6.8 times the average medicare-allowed amount of $8,068. That payment is about the same as the U.S. average of $8,088.
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 $8,068Billed $54,803
About 15¢ was paid for every $1 hospitals in Pennsylvania billed for this service.
Pennsylvania hospitals: level 2 pacemaker and similar procedures
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital of the Univ of PaPhiladelphia | 152 | $118,728 | $8,512 | $6,869 |
| St Luke's Hospital BethlehemBethlehem | 125 | $68,988 | $8,232 | $6,591 |
| Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown | 112 | $78,301 | $8,285 | $6,650 |
| Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia | 111 | $56,485 | $8,557 | $6,921 |
| Reading Hospital and Med CtrWest Reading | 86 | $46,017 | $7,762 | $6,184 |
| Lancaster General HospitalLancaster | 76 | $40,446 | $7,897 | $6,291 |
| Robert Packer HospitalSayre | 74 | $17,653 | $7,804 | $6,216 |
| Pennsylvania Hosp of the Univ of Pa Health SysPhiladelphia | 73 | $55,091 | $8,462 | $6,820 |
| Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood | 67 | $23,707 | $8,195 | $6,562 |
| York HospitalYork | 58 | $30,017 | $7,997 | $6,371 |
| Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia | 54 | $43,840 | $8,102 | $6,468 |
| Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia | 49 | $40,623 | $8,253 | $6,621 |
| UPMC Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg | 46 | $41,953 | $7,613 | $6,062 |
| Doylestown HospitalDoylestown | 46 | $50,704 | $8,195 | $6,553 |
| Hamot Medical CenterErie | 39 | $42,265 | $8,950 | $7,318 |
| Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg | 38 | $40,075 | $8,475 | $6,835 |
| Saint Vincent Health CenterErie | 35 | $85,588 | $8,741 | $7,109 |
| Geisinger Wyoming Vly Med CtrWilkes-Barre | 34 | $48,022 | $7,588 | $6,039 |
| Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia | 32 | $88,872 | $6,311 | $5,089 |
| Excela Health Westmoreland Regional HospitalGreensburg | 30 | $30,146 | $7,588 | $6,039 |
| Good Samaritan HospitalLebanon | 29 | $47,246 | $8,056 | $6,417 |
| Geisinger Medical CenterDanville | 28 | $53,059 | $7,588 | $6,040 |
| Wilkes-Barre General HospitalWilkes-Barre | 28 | $108,101 | $7,588 | $6,035 |
| St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton | 26 | $49,063 | $7,743 | $6,159 |
| Altoona Regional Health SystemAltoona | 25 | $22,453 | $8,127 | $6,478 |
| Butler Health SystemButler | 25 | $26,591 | $7,588 | $6,041 |
| Dubois Regional Medical CenterDubois | 24 | $34,003 | $8,126 | $6,491 |
| Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton | 23 | $52,654 | $7,325 | $5,783 |
| Abington Memorial HospitalAbington | 23 | $42,041 | $7,970 | $6,350 |
| Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh | 22 | $52,809 | $7,588 | $6,046 |
| Mercy Hospital ScrantonScranton | 22 | $80,648 | $7,588 | $6,046 |
| Grand View HospitalSellersville | 21 | $17,845 | $8,195 | $6,563 |
| Gettysburg HospitalGettysburg | 20 | $30,950 | $8,370 | $6,738 |
| Pocono Medical CenterEast Stroudsburg | 20 | $73,471 | $7,953 | $6,311 |
| St Joseph Medical CenterReading | 19 | $67,456 | $7,747 | $6,162 |
| Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College | 18 | $31,892 | $8,571 | $6,937 |
| Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia | 17 | $19,710 | $8,253 | $6,621 |
| Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey | 17 | $72,026 | $7,997 | $6,371 |
| Heritage Valley BeaverBeaver | 16 | $29,706 | $7,225 | $5,663 |
| Phoenixville HospitalPhoenixville | 16 | $48,918 | $8,196 | $6,549 |
| Main Line Hospital Bryn Mawr CampusBryn Mawr | 16 | $20,554 | $8,195 | $6,563 |
| UPMC Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh | 16 | $62,346 | $7,588 | $6,038 |
| Holy Redeemer Hosp and Med CtrJenkintown | 15 | $33,759 | $7,970 | $6,350 |
| Holy Spirit HospitalCamp Hill | 14 | $68,195 | $7,692 | $6,111 |
| Evangelical Community HospitalLewisburg | 14 | $46,310 | $7,588 | $6,046 |
| Washington Hospital, theWashington | 13 | $20,540 | $7,588 | $6,046 |
| Ephrata Community HospitalEphrata | 13 | $27,225 | $7,747 | $6,172 |
| St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne | 12 | $50,163 | $8,442 | $6,810 |
| UPMC PassavantPittsburgh | 11 | $55,671 | $7,588 | $6,046 |
| Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton | 11 | $27,554 | $7,970 | $6,326 |
| St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg | 11 | $67,196 | $7,464 | $5,822 |
| UPMC MercyPittsburgh | – | – | – | – |
| Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson StreetPottsville | – | – | – | – |
| St Luke's Quakertown HospitalQuakertown | – | – | – | – |
| Somerset HospitalSomerset | – | – | – | – |
| Uniontown HospitalUniontown | – | – | – | – |
| Williamsport Hospital & Medical CenterWilliamsport | – | – | – | – |
| Lewistown HospitalLewistown | – | – | – | – |
| Nason HospitalRoaring Spring | – | – | – | – |
| UPMC LititzLititz | – | – | – | – |
| Northwest Medical CenterOil City | – | – | – | – |
| UPMC MemorialYork | – | – | – | – |
| Conemaugh Valley Memorial HospitalJohnstown | – | – | – | – |
| Meadville Medical CenterMeadville | – | – | – | – |
| Albert Einstein Medical CenterPhiladelphia | – | – | – | – |
| Main Line Hospital PaoliPaoli | – | – | – | – |
| Mercy Health SystemConshohocken | – | – | – | – |
| ACMH HospitalKittanning | – | – | – | – |
| Indiana Regional Medical CenterIndiana | – | – | – | – |
| Chester County HospitalWest Chester | – | – | – | – |
| Crozer Chester Medical CenterChester | – | – | – | – |
| Hazleton General HospitalHazleton | – | – | – | – |
| Nazareth HospitalPhiladelphia | – | – | – | – |
| Sharon Regional Health SystemSharon | – | – | – | – |
| St Clair Memorial HospitalPittsburgh | – | – | – | – |
| Hanover HospitalHanover | – | – | – | – |
| Jefferson Regional Medical CenterClairton | – | – | – | – |
| Grove City Medical CenterGrove City | – | – | – | – |
| Western Pennsylvania Hosp Forbes Regional CampusMonroeville | – | – | – | – |
| St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston | – | – | – | – |
| UPMC EastMonroeville | – | – | – | – |
| Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster | – | – | – | – |
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
| Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia, PA | $6,311 |
|---|---|
| Heritage Valley BeaverBeaver, PA | $7,225 |
| Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton, PA | $7,325 |
| St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg, PA | $7,464 |
| Evangelical Community HospitalLewisburg, PA | $7,588 |
Highest
| Hamot Medical CenterErie, PA | $8,950 |
|---|---|
| Saint Vincent Health CenterErie, PA | $8,741 |
| Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College, PA | $8,571 |
| Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia, PA | $8,557 |
| Hospital of the Univ of PaPhiladelphia, PA | $8,512 |
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures in other states
Questions
How much does level 2 pacemaker and similar procedures cost in Pennsylvania?
In 2024 Medicare data, level 2 pacemaker and similar procedures (APC 5222) at 82 hospitals in Pennsylvania was billed at $54,803 on average, while the average medicare-allowed amount was $8,068, of which Medicare paid $6,461. 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 6.8 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.