10/100
#2,388 nationally
Geisinger Medical Center
100 North Academy Avenue, Danville, PA 17822 · (570) 271-6211
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Geisinger Medical Center billed $8.38 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 8.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 207
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #113
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 14% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 8% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 9% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 7% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
617 | $6,565 | $608 | +109% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
595 | $44,758 | $2,079 | +281% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
522 | $143,518 | $20,353 | +120% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
378 | $23,397 | $1,436 | +132% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
375 | $16,447 | $1,820 | +27% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
302 | $52,559 | $2,901 | +108% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
275 | $37,717 | $2,830 | +97% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
251 | $25,625 | $1,682 | +118% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
230 | $40,016 | $2,529 | +126% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
195 | $95,248 | $14,194 | +119% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$584,607 | $52,276 | +773% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,758 | $2,079 | +281% |
|
Complications of Treatment with Major Complications
MS-DRG 919 · Inpatient stay |
$283,304 | $30,216 | +279% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Major Complications
MS-DRG 091 · Inpatient stay |
$264,251 | $37,160 | +272% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture with Major Complications
MS-DRG 521 · Inpatient stay |
$382,587 | $32,660 | +240% |
|
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay |
$161,155 | $11,342 | +203% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$58,222 | $2,392 | +200% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$60,355 | $3,631 | +192% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 673 · Inpatient stay |
$136,312 | $35,164 | -11% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications
MS-DRG 243 · Inpatient stay |
$92,280 | $23,932 | about average |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$94,410 | $17,366 | about average |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$160,310 | $29,297 | +8% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications
MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay |
$169,115 | $35,342 | +22% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,447 | $1,820 | +27% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$67,042 | $9,531 | +30% |
|
Endocrine Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 644 · Inpatient stay |
$50,474 | $10,939 | +31% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.