Level 3 Airway Endoscopy in Pennsylvania
What 89 hospitals in Pennsylvania charged and were paid for level 3 airway endoscopy (APC 5153), from 2024 Medicare claims.
Average charge
$14,039
Hospital list price billed
Average allowed
$1,594
Medicare's payment + patient's share
Medicare paid
$1,267
Average per service
State rank
#32 of 48
1 = lowest average payment
Hospitals in Pennsylvania billed an average of $14,039 for level 3 airway endoscopy, about 8.8 times the average medicare-allowed amount of $1,594. That payment is about the same as the U.S. average of $1,594.
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 $1,594Billed $14,039
About 11¢ was paid for every $1 hospitals in Pennsylvania billed for this service.
Pennsylvania hospitals: level 3 airway endoscopy
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 | 450 | $12,070 | $1,670 | $1,330 |
| Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia | 444 | $4,286 | $1,612 | $1,282 |
| Geisinger Medical CenterDanville | 90 | $19,240 | $1,516 | $1,206 |
| Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey | 73 | $15,435 | $1,563 | $1,237 |
| Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia | 70 | $38,039 | $1,646 | $1,308 |
| York HospitalYork | 68 | $12,184 | $1,560 | $1,233 |
| Pennsylvania Hosp of the Univ of Pa Health SysPhiladelphia | 64 | $10,739 | $1,710 | $1,362 |
| UPMC Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh | 59 | $60,841 | $1,503 | $1,197 |
| Geisinger Wyoming Vly Med CtrWilkes-Barre | 59 | $19,014 | $1,439 | $1,143 |
| Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown | 51 | $15,832 | $1,656 | $1,313 |
| St Luke's Hospital BethlehemBethlehem | 41 | $29,517 | $1,656 | $1,313 |
| Lancaster General HospitalLancaster | 41 | $9,855 | $1,579 | $1,258 |
| UPMC Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg | 38 | $7,396 | $1,521 | $1,207 |
| UPMC MercyPittsburgh | 27 | $13,214 | $1,433 | $1,124 |
| UPMC PassavantPittsburgh | 26 | $21,834 | $1,487 | $1,185 |
| Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood | 26 | $11,679 | $1,637 | $1,305 |
| St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston | 26 | $24,533 | $1,547 | $1,232 |
| Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster | 24 | $11,557 | $1,496 | $1,192 |
| Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia | 23 | $11,674 | $1,710 | $1,362 |
| Crozer Chester Medical CenterChester | 22 | $17,520 | $1,611 | $1,284 |
| Meadville Medical CenterMeadville | 21 | $7,853 | $1,624 | $1,292 |
| St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne | 21 | $8,817 | $1,631 | $1,277 |
| Williamsport Hospital & Medical CenterWilliamsport | 19 | $11,490 | $1,516 | $1,208 |
| Heritage Valley BeaverBeaver | 18 | $4,069 | $1,516 | $1,201 |
| Lewistown HospitalLewistown | 18 | $22,992 | $1,624 | $1,291 |
| Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg | 18 | $15,954 | $1,694 | $1,325 |
| St Clair Memorial HospitalPittsburgh | 17 | $7,913 | $1,516 | $1,202 |
| Penn Highlands HuntingdonHuntingdon | 14 | $4,782 | $606 | $483 |
| Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia | 13 | $12,489 | $1,649 | $1,305 |
| Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton | 12 | $16,082 | $1,188 | $926 |
| Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh | 12 | $11,355 | $1,419 | $1,102 |
| Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia | 12 | $8,232 | $1,649 | $1,314 |
| Holy Spirit HospitalCamp Hill | 11 | $16,569 | $1,537 | $1,224 |
| Dubois Regional Medical CenterDubois | 11 | $6,339 | $1,624 | $1,292 |
| Doylestown HospitalDoylestown | 11 | $14,188 | $1,637 | $1,305 |
| Mercy Hospital ScrantonScranton | 11 | $30,141 | $1,406 | $1,098 |
| Penn State Health Hampden Medical CenterEnola | 11 | $20,725 | $1,521 | $1,212 |
| UPMC McKeesportMcKeesport | – | – | – | – |
| Saint Vincent Health CenterErie | – | – | – | – |
| Evangelical Community HospitalLewisburg | – | – | – | – |
| Chestnut Hill HospitalPhiladelphia | – | – | – | – |
| St Luke's Quakertown HospitalQuakertown | – | – | – | – |
| Heritage Valley SewickleySewickley | – | – | – | – |
| Uniontown HospitalUniontown | – | – | – | – |
| Washington Hospital, theWashington | – | – | – | – |
| Reading Hospital and Med CtrWest Reading | – | – | – | – |
| Grand View HospitalSellersville | – | – | – | – |
| Hamot Medical CenterErie | – | – | – | – |
| Good Samaritan HospitalLebanon | – | – | – | – |
| UPMC LititzLititz | – | – | – | – |
| Altoona Regional Health SystemAltoona | – | – | – | – |
| Robert Packer HospitalSayre | – | – | – | – |
| St Joseph Medical CenterReading | – | – | – | – |
| Holy Redeemer Hosp and Med CtrJenkintown | – | – | – | – |
| UPMC St MargaretPittsburgh | – | – | – | – |
| Conemaugh Valley Memorial HospitalJohnstown | – | – | – | – |
| Phoenixville HospitalPhoenixville | – | – | – | – |
| Wilkes-Barre General HospitalWilkes-Barre | – | – | – | – |
| Main Line Hospital Bryn Mawr CampusBryn Mawr | – | – | – | – |
| Albert Einstein Medical CenterPhiladelphia | – | – | – | – |
| Excela Health Westmoreland Regional HospitalGreensburg | – | – | – | – |
| Monongahela Valley HospitalMonongahela | – | – | – | – |
| Main Line Hospital PaoliPaoli | – | – | – | – |
| Mercy Health SystemConshohocken | – | – | – | – |
| ACMH HospitalKittanning | – | – | – | – |
| Butler Health SystemButler | – | – | – | – |
| Indiana Regional Medical CenterIndiana | – | – | – | – |
| Chester County HospitalWest Chester | – | – | – | – |
| Highlands HospitalConnellsville | – | – | – | – |
| Hazleton General HospitalHazleton | – | – | – | – |
| Fox Chase Cancer CenterPhiladelphia | – | – | – | – |
| Pocono Medical CenterEast Stroudsburg | – | – | – | – |
| Sharon Regional Health SystemSharon | – | – | – | – |
| Latrobe Area HospitalLatrobe | – | – | – | – |
| Ephrata Community HospitalEphrata | – | – | – | – |
| Abington Memorial HospitalAbington | – | – | – | – |
| Hanover HospitalHanover | – | – | – | – |
| Jefferson Regional Medical CenterClairton | – | – | – | – |
| Western Pennsylvania Hosp Forbes Regional CampusMonroeville | – | – | – | – |
| Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College | – | – | – | – |
| Surgical Institute of ReadingWyomissing | – | – | – | – |
| UPMC EastMonroeville | – | – | – | – |
| Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton | – | – | – | – |
| St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg | – | – | – | – |
| Geisinger St. Luke's HospitalOrwigsburg | – | – | – | – |
| AHN Wexford HospitalWexford | – | – | – | – |
| St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton | – | – | – | – |
| 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
| Penn Highlands HuntingdonHuntingdon, PA | $606 |
|---|---|
| Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton, PA | $1,188 |
| Mercy Hospital ScrantonScranton, PA | $1,406 |
| Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh, PA | $1,419 |
| UPMC MercyPittsburgh, PA | $1,433 |
Highest
| Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia, PA | $1,710 |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania Hosp of the Univ of Pa Health SysPhiladelphia, PA | $1,710 |
| Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg, PA | $1,694 |
| Hospital of the Univ of PaPhiladelphia, PA | $1,670 |
| St Luke's Hospital BethlehemBethlehem, PA | $1,656 |
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy in other states
Questions
How much does level 3 airway endoscopy cost in Pennsylvania?
In 2024 Medicare data, level 3 airway endoscopy (APC 5153) at 89 hospitals in Pennsylvania was billed at $14,039 on average, while the average medicare-allowed amount was $1,594, of which Medicare paid $1,267. 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 8.8 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.