Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal cost in Philadelphia, PA

MS-DRG 023 · 4 hospitals in Philadelphia

Charges here run from $167,633 to $578,124 — a difference of $410,491 for the same coded procedure, in the same city.

The typical Pennsylvania hospital charges $246,866.

Hospitals in Philadelphia, cheapest first

Hospital	Charged	Actually paid	Patients
B Jefferson Health- Northeast Philadelphia, PA	$167,633 32% below the state average	$43,667	16
C Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Philadelphia, PA	$271,106 10% above the state average	$64,844	46
F Hospital Of Univ Of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$485,074 96% above the state average	$71,600	44
F Temple University Hospital Philadelphia, PA	$578,124 134% above the state average	$67,835	13

These are the averages each hospital reported to Medicare, not a quote for you. Before treatment, ask each hospital for a written good-faith estimate — you are entitled to one if you are uninsured or paying yourself.