38/100
#1,650 nationally
Main Line Hospital Lankenau
100 Lancaster Ave, Wynnewood, PA 19096 · (610) 645-2000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Main Line Hospital Lankenau billed $5.43 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
- 5.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 156
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #73
- 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 24% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 31% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 20% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
520 | $113,263 | $17,951 | +74% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
455 | $22,473 | $3,134 | -11% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
357 | $93,251 | $12,360 | +115% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
306 | $11,403 | $1,826 | about average |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
244 | $21,706 | $2,607 | +12% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
186 | $50,426 | $10,506 | -25% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
180 | $39,772 | $12,678 | -36% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
174 | $82,929 | $22,620 | -37% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
161 | $7,195 | $1,538 | -29% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
144 | $14,111 | $3,059 | -26% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 390 · Inpatient stay |
$55,406 | $5,741 | +131% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$93,251 | $12,360 | +115% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$99,965 | $11,429 | +111% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$63,038 | $7,611 | +101% |
|
Malignancy of Hepatobiliary System or Pancreas with Major Complications
MS-DRG 435 · Inpatient stay |
$164,029 | $16,896 | +101% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$65,902 | $8,229 | +100% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$63,924 | $8,088 | +98% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$77,616 | $10,009 | +98% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$74,987 | $31,642 | -50% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,895 | $18,754 | -47% |
|
Level 1 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5231 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$56,874 | $21,216 | -40% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$137,161 | $52,820 | -38% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$90,293 | $31,783 | -38% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$82,929 | $22,620 | -37% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,707 | $8,195 | -37% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,711 | $10,292 | -36% |
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.