Level 4 Airway Endoscopy in Pennsylvania
What 96 hospitals in Pennsylvania charged and were paid for level 4 airway endoscopy (APC 5154), from 2024 Medicare claims.
Average charge
$35,871
Hospital list price billed
Average allowed
$3,531
Medicare's payment + patient's share
Medicare paid
$2,805
Average per service
State rank
#29 of 49
1 = lowest average payment
Hospitals in Pennsylvania billed an average of $35,871 for level 4 airway endoscopy, about 10.2 times the average medicare-allowed amount of $3,531. That payment is 1% below the U.S. average of $3,568.
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 $3,531Billed $35,871
About 10¢ was paid for every $1 hospitals in Pennsylvania billed for this service.
Pennsylvania hospitals: level 4 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 | 318 | $45,312 | $3,739 | $2,971 |
| UPMC Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh | 214 | $51,861 | $3,224 | $2,544 |
| Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia | 179 | $27,843 | $3,540 | $2,813 |
| Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia | 170 | $56,301 | $3,720 | $2,954 |
| Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown | 158 | $58,142 | $3,597 | $2,854 |
| Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood | 137 | $27,618 | $3,592 | $2,857 |
| Geisinger Medical CenterDanville | 109 | $47,207 | $3,298 | $2,616 |
| Pennsylvania Hosp of the Univ of Pa Health SysPhiladelphia | 108 | $25,459 | $3,773 | $3,006 |
| St Luke's Hospital BethlehemBethlehem | 106 | $53,486 | $3,625 | $2,883 |
| Fox Chase Cancer CenterPhiladelphia | 91 | $43,089 | $3,581 | $2,842 |
| Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey | 66 | $38,168 | $3,371 | $2,658 |
| UPMC Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg | 65 | $14,951 | $3,356 | $2,674 |
| Lancaster General HospitalLancaster | 61 | $15,278 | $3,438 | $2,728 |
| York HospitalYork | 54 | $20,613 | $3,525 | $2,808 |
| UPMC PassavantPittsburgh | 53 | $33,204 | $3,345 | $2,665 |
| Dubois Regional Medical CenterDubois | 49 | $17,191 | $3,524 | $2,796 |
| Reading Hospital and Med CtrWest Reading | 48 | $22,232 | $3,421 | $2,726 |
| Doylestown HospitalDoylestown | 46 | $27,614 | $3,613 | $2,878 |
| St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston | 45 | $46,438 | $3,413 | $2,719 |
| Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh | 43 | $31,109 | $3,345 | $2,665 |
| Abington Memorial HospitalAbington | 43 | $29,885 | $3,513 | $2,799 |
| Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton | 43 | $21,719 | $3,513 | $2,799 |
| Robert Packer HospitalSayre | 42 | $21,770 | $3,375 | $2,676 |
| Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton | 38 | $29,495 | $3,345 | $2,665 |
| UPMC MercyPittsburgh | 38 | $28,925 | $3,237 | $2,558 |
| Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia | 33 | $20,578 | $3,638 | $2,899 |
| Altoona Regional Health SystemAltoona | 32 | $18,012 | $3,582 | $2,854 |
| Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia | 30 | $50,944 | $3,700 | $2,933 |
| Hamot Medical CenterErie | 29 | $37,630 | $3,838 | $3,036 |
| Grand View HospitalSellersville | 28 | $18,668 | $3,613 | $2,878 |
| Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia | 27 | $18,081 | $3,638 | $2,899 |
| Latrobe Area HospitalLatrobe | 27 | $19,325 | $3,345 | $2,665 |
| Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg | 24 | $23,408 | $3,736 | $2,977 |
| Geisinger Wyoming Vly Med CtrWilkes-Barre | 24 | $38,833 | $3,345 | $2,663 |
| Main Line Hospital Bryn Mawr CampusBryn Mawr | 22 | $16,780 | $3,613 | $2,878 |
| Albert Einstein Medical CenterPhiladelphia | 22 | $22,714 | $3,638 | $2,897 |
| Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College | 22 | $28,580 | $3,779 | $3,011 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson CityDickson City | 22 | $19,004 | $3,345 | $2,665 |
| Heritage Valley BeaverBeaver | 21 | $12,487 | $3,345 | $2,662 |
| AHN Wexford HospitalWexford | 21 | $32,068 | $3,345 | $2,665 |
| Chester County HospitalWest Chester | 20 | $39,796 | $3,613 | $2,873 |
| Western Pennsylvania Hosp Forbes Regional CampusMonroeville | 20 | $18,324 | $3,345 | $2,665 |
| Saint Vincent Health CenterErie | 19 | $29,073 | $3,947 | $3,145 |
| Hanover HospitalHanover | 18 | $19,310 | $3,525 | $2,808 |
| Pocono Medical CenterEast Stroudsburg | 17 | $27,203 | $3,481 | $2,739 |
| St Clair Memorial HospitalPittsburgh | 17 | $16,603 | $3,345 | $2,665 |
| Meadville Medical CenterMeadville | 16 | $15,091 | $3,582 | $2,854 |
| Ephrata Community HospitalEphrata | 16 | $37,599 | $3,415 | $2,721 |
| Penn State Health Hampden Medical CenterEnola | 16 | $50,336 | $3,356 | $2,674 |
| Lewistown HospitalLewistown | 15 | $28,626 | $3,433 | $2,730 |
| Williamsport Hospital & Medical CenterWilliamsport | 14 | $23,028 | $3,345 | $2,665 |
| Holy Redeemer Hosp and Med CtrJenkintown | 12 | $24,458 | $3,513 | $2,799 |
| Crozer Chester Medical CenterChester | 12 | $36,358 | $3,638 | $2,899 |
| Mercy Hospital ScrantonScranton | 12 | $35,394 | $3,345 | $2,665 |
| St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne | 12 | $20,506 | $3,722 | $2,965 |
| Washington Hospital, theWashington | 11 | $12,785 | $3,345 | $2,665 |
| St Joseph Medical CenterReading | 11 | $33,845 | $3,415 | $2,704 |
| Indiana Regional Medical CenterIndiana | 11 | $12,816 | $3,588 | $2,859 |
| Holy Spirit HospitalCamp Hill | – | – | – | – |
| Jameson Memorial HospitalNew Castle | – | – | – | – |
| Chestnut Hill HospitalPhiladelphia | – | – | – | – |
| Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson StreetPottsville | – | – | – | – |
| St Luke's Quakertown HospitalQuakertown | – | – | – | – |
| Somerset HospitalSomerset | – | – | – | – |
| Uniontown HospitalUniontown | – | – | – | – |
| Nason HospitalRoaring Spring | – | – | – | – |
| Good Samaritan HospitalLebanon | – | – | – | – |
| West Penn HospitalPittsburgh | – | – | – | – |
| Northwest Medical CenterOil City | – | – | – | – |
| UPMC MemorialYork | – | – | – | – |
| UPMC St MargaretPittsburgh | – | – | – | – |
| Conemaugh Valley Memorial HospitalJohnstown | – | – | – | – |
| UPMC BedfordEverett | – | – | – | – |
| Pottstown Memorial Med CenterPottstown | – | – | – | – |
| Wayne Memorial HospitalHonesdale | – | – | – | – |
| Phoenixville HospitalPhoenixville | – | – | – | – |
| Wilkes-Barre General HospitalWilkes-Barre | – | – | – | – |
| Excela Health Westmoreland Regional HospitalGreensburg | – | – | – | – |
| Main Line Hospital PaoliPaoli | – | – | – | – |
| Mercy Health SystemConshohocken | – | – | – | – |
| Canonsburg General HospitalCanonsburg | – | – | – | – |
| Butler Health SystemButler | – | – | – | – |
| Highlands HospitalConnellsville | – | – | – | – |
| Hazleton General HospitalHazleton | – | – | – | – |
| Punxsutawney Area HospitalPunxsutawney | – | – | – | – |
| Nazareth HospitalPhiladelphia | – | – | – | – |
| Jefferson Regional Medical CenterClairton | – | – | – | – |
| Grove City Medical CenterGrove City | – | – | – | – |
| Surgical Institute of ReadingWyomissing | – | – | – | – |
| Physicians Care Surgical HospitalRoyersford | – | – | – | – |
| UPMC EastMonroeville | – | – | – | – |
| St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg | – | – | – | – |
| Geisinger St. Luke's HospitalOrwigsburg | – | – | – | – |
| St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton | – | – | – | – |
| Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster | – | – | – | – |
| 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
| UPMC Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh, PA | $3,224 |
|---|---|
| UPMC MercyPittsburgh, PA | $3,237 |
| Geisinger Medical CenterDanville, PA | $3,298 |
| Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton, PA | $3,345 |
| Washington Hospital, theWashington, PA | $3,345 |
Highest
| Saint Vincent Health CenterErie, PA | $3,947 |
|---|---|
| Hamot Medical CenterErie, PA | $3,838 |
| Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College, PA | $3,779 |
| Pennsylvania Hosp of the Univ of Pa Health SysPhiladelphia, PA | $3,773 |
| Hospital of the Univ of PaPhiladelphia, PA | $3,739 |
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy in other states
Questions
How much does level 4 airway endoscopy cost in Pennsylvania?
In 2024 Medicare data, level 4 airway endoscopy (APC 5154) at 96 hospitals in Pennsylvania was billed at $35,871 on average, while the average medicare-allowed amount was $3,531, of which Medicare paid $2,805. 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 10.2 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.