32/100
#1,822 nationally
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center
2160 State Road, Lancaster, PA 17601 · (223) 287-9000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center billed $6.00 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
- 6.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 63
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #78
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 47% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 18% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
171 | $44,124 | $4,502 | +61% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
162 | $114,650 | $11,524 | +84% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
134 | $16,893 | $2,313 | -13% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
82 | $33,108 | $3,015 | +60% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
77 | $53,820 | $12,911 | +24% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
61 | $18,201 | $1,795 | +41% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
59 | $78,260 | $18,363 | +20% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
48 | $50,975 | $11,788 | +5% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
45 | $30,672 | $8,074 | -5% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
45 | $55,047 | $4,998 | +57% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$306,674 | $27,289 | +172% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,522 | $602 | +140% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$166,751 | $16,391 | +101% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,698 | $2,445 | +100% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,204 | $1,677 | +89% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$74,696 | $6,087 | +87% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$82,847 | $8,119 | +86% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$114,650 | $11,524 | +84% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Dysequilibrium
MS-DRG 149 · Inpatient stay |
$24,382 | $5,616 | -38% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$32,950 | $11,025 | -36% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$50,491 | $16,137 | -34% |
|
Transient Ischemia without Thrombolytic
MS-DRG 069 · Inpatient stay |
$28,197 | $9,494 | -32% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$28,380 | $7,066 | -18% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$33,118 | $9,352 | -15% |
|
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without
MS-DRG 563 · Inpatient stay |
$31,406 | $9,634 | -15% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$152,028 | $44,656 | -15% |
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.