Updated April 2026

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with MCC in Pennsylvania

104 Pennsylvania hospitals report Medicare totals for this DRG, averaging $17,888 (close to the $17,212 national mean), with a 3× spread from $7,989 to $26,486. 7 carry an A grade, 0 carry an F.

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with MCC (DRG 065) is a Neurological procedure tracked in CMS Inpatient Payment files. Across Pennsylvania, 2,743 hospitals report payment data for 565,218 total discharges, with an average Medicare payment of $17,212 (median $16,772). A $35,289 maximum and $5,455 minimum on the same DRG procedure is normal for the Medicare payment system — DRG codes bundle cases that may differ in complexity, and hospital wage-index adjustments alone can move payments by 30% across regions.

Within Pennsylvania, the 2,743 hospitals reporting this procedure span the full range of ownership types and hospital sizes. The state-specific average ($17,212) is shaped by which hospitals in the state see enough volume to report the DRG code at all. For patients with elective scheduling on Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with MCC, the cost-comparison logic is straightforward: the per-procedure payment range is meaningfully wide, so the hospital chosen affects total cost. For patients in an emergency, the choice is functionally fixed — but the listed prices still matter for insurance-coverage and out-of-pocket planning.

About This Procedure

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Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with MCC is Medicare DRG 065 in the Neurological category. National Medicare average for this DRG is $17,212 across 2,743 reporting hospitals. The state-level view here filters that universe down to Pennsylvania only.

Cost Picture in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania's average for this DRG sits close to the national Medicare mean. State-level differences are explained primarily by the regional Medicare wage index — the multiplier CMS applies to standardize DRG payments to local labor costs — alongside hospital case mix and the concentration of academic referral centers in the state's larger metros.

Within the state, the 3× spread between the lowest- and highest-reporting facility usually reflects length-of-stay differences, complication adjustments for sicker patients, teaching-status add-ons, and outlier payments for unusually long stays. Two hospitals reporting the same DRG can post meaningfully different totals without anything “wrong” happening at either site. For non-Medicare patients, the more relevant figure is the negotiated commercial rate published in each hospital's machine-readable file under the CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule.

Quality Alongside Price

For a planned admission, the most useful complement to the cost view is the hospital-specific quality data on CMS Care Compare. The site publishes risk-adjusted measures of mortality, readmission, complication, infection, and patient experience for every Medicare-participating hospital. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicators feed many of these CMS measures.

For complex procedures, hospital-level case volume correlates with outcomes in published research, even after risk adjustment. CMS publishes case counts on Care Compare alongside outcome measures.

Hospitals in Pennsylvania Reporting Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with MCC

Sorted lowest to highest Medicare total payment. Pricing is informational and should be considered alongside CMS quality measures.

#	Hospital	City	Payment	Quality	Grade
1	Penn Highlands Elk Saint Marys	Saint Marys	$7,989	★★★☆☆	C
2	Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital Orwigsburg	Orwigsburg	$10,376	★★★★☆	B
3	Allegheny Valley Hospital Natrona	Natrona	$10,398	★★★★☆	B
4	Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital Bloomsburg	Bloomsburg	$10,412	★★★★☆	B
5	Robert Packer Hospital Sayre	Sayre	$10,437	★★☆☆☆	C
6	Foundations Behavioral Health Doylestown	Doylestown	$10,849	Not Rated	C
7	Heritage Valley Beaver Beaver	Beaver	$11,498	★★★☆☆	C
8	Nazareth Hospital Philadelphia	Philadelphia	$11,663	★★☆☆☆	C
9	Excela Health Latrobe Hospital Latrobe	Latrobe	$11,714	★★★★☆	C
10	Jefferson Lansdale Hospital Lansdale	Lansdale	$11,917	★★☆☆☆	C
11	Paoli Hospital Paoli	Paoli	$11,983	★★★★★	A
12	Chester County Hospital West Chester	West Chester	$12,052	★★★★☆	B
13	Main Line Hospital Lankenau Wynnewood	Wynnewood	$12,105	★★★★☆	B
14	Troy Community Hospital Troy	Troy	$12,761	★★★☆☆	B
15	Norristown State Hospital Norristown	Norristown	$12,983	Not Rated	C
16	Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center Wilkes Barre	Wilkes Barre	$13,397	★★★★☆	B
17	Upmc Kane Kane	Kane	$13,466	Not Rated	C
18	St Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus Stroudsburg	Stroudsburg	$13,884	★★★★☆	B
19	Upmc Wellsboro Wellsboro	Wellsboro	$13,976	★★★☆☆	C
20	Wellspan Good Samaritan Hospital Lebanon	Lebanon	$14,316	★★★★★	A
21	Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital Lewistown	Lewistown	$14,701	★★★★★	B
22	Upmc Passavant Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	$14,797	★★★★☆	B
23	Acmh Hospital Kittanning	Kittanning	$14,819	★★☆☆☆	C
24	Coatesville Va Medical Center Coatesville	Coatesville	$14,825	Not Rated	C
25	Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy Fitzgerald Darby	Darby	$14,958	★★☆☆☆	D
26	Endless Mountains Health Systems Montrose	Montrose	$15,018	★★★☆☆	C
27	Upmc Williamsport Williamsport	Williamsport	$15,107	★★★☆☆	C
28	Warren State Hospital North Warren	North Warren	$15,671	Not Rated	C
29	Penn Highlands Dubois Dubois	Dubois	$15,679	★☆☆☆☆	D
30	Upmc Carlisle Carlisle	Carlisle	$15,776	★★★☆☆	C
31	Jefferson Hospital Jefferson Hills	Jefferson Hills	$15,919	★★★☆☆	B
32	Crozer Chester Medical Center Upland	Upland	$16,086	★★☆☆☆	C
33	Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia Philadelphia	Philadelphia	$16,517	Not Rated	C
34	Bucktail Medical Center Renovo	Renovo	$16,587	Not Rated	C
35	Pottstown Hospital Pottstown	Pottstown	$16,613	★★☆☆☆	D
36	Wayne Memorial Hospital Honesdale	Honesdale	$16,695	★★☆☆☆	C
37	Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute Harrisburg	Harrisburg	$16,984	Not Rated	D
38	Lebanon Va Medical Center Lebanon	Lebanon	$17,213	★★★★★	A
39	Children's Home Of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	$17,358	Not Rated	C
40	Upmc Northwest Seneca	Seneca	$17,495	★★★★☆	C
41	Malvern Behavioral Health Philadelphia	Philadelphia	$17,518	Not Rated	C
42	Independence Health System Butler Memorial Hospita Butler	Butler	$17,628	★★☆☆☆	C
43	Lecom Health Corry Memorial Hospital Corry	Corry	$17,687	Not Rated	C
44	Geisinger Medical Center Muncy Muncy	Muncy	$17,834	Not Rated	C
45	Punxsutawney Area Hospital Punxsutawney	Punxsutawney	$17,888	Not Rated	C
46	Geisinger Medical Center Danville	Danville	$17,954	★★★★☆	B
47	Heritage Valley Sewickley Sewickley	Sewickley	$17,978	★★★★☆	B
48	Magee Womens Hospital Of Upmc Health System Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	$17,989	★★★☆☆	C
49	Riddle Memorial Hospital Media	Media	$18,087	★★★☆☆	B
50	St Luke's Hospital - Anderson Campus Easton	Easton	$18,102	★★★★★	B
51	Indiana Regional Medical Center Indiana	Indiana	$18,105	★★★☆☆	C
52	Upmc Jameson New Castle	New Castle	$18,163	★★★☆☆	C
53	Upmc Memorial York	York	$18,342	★★★☆☆	C
54	Upmc Mckeesport Hospital Mc Keesport	Mc Keesport	$18,440	★★★☆☆	B
55	Penn Highlands Tyrone Tyrone	Tyrone	$18,460	Not Rated	C
56	Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster	Lancaster	$18,523	★★★☆☆	C
57	Va Pittsburgh Healthcare System - Univ Dr Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	$18,618	★★★☆☆	D
58	Upmc St Margaret Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	$18,677	★★★☆☆	C
59	Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital Philadelphia	Philadelphia	$18,691	★★☆☆☆	D
60	Titusville Area Hospital Titusville	Titusville	$18,733	Not Rated	C
61	Shriners Hospitals For Children - Philadelphia Philadelphia	Philadelphia	$18,792	Not Rated	C
62	St Clair Hospital Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	$18,871	★★★★☆	B
63	Warren General Hospital Warren	Warren	$18,966	★★☆☆☆	D
64	Conemaugh Nason Medical Center Roaring Spring	Roaring Spring	$19,300	★★★☆☆	C
65	Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital East Norriton	East Norriton	$19,317	★★★★☆	B
66	Roxbury Treatment Center Shippensburg	Shippensburg	$19,374	Not Rated	D
67	Hospital Of Univ Of Pennsylvania Philadelphia	Philadelphia	$19,405	★★★★★	A
68	Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton Hazleton	Hazleton	$19,451	★☆☆☆☆	D
69	Meadville Medical Center Meadville	Meadville	$19,460	★★★☆☆	C
70	Upmc Altoona Altoona	Altoona	$19,555	★★☆☆☆	C
71	Washington Hospital, The Washington	Washington	$19,593	★★★☆☆	C
72	James E. Van Zandt Va Medical Center (altoona) Altoona	Altoona	$19,686	★★★★☆	B
73	Bryn Mawr Hospital Bryn Mawr	Bryn Mawr	$19,756	★★★★☆	C
74	Haven Behavioral Hospital Of Philadelphia Philadelphia	Philadelphia	$19,798	Not Rated	C
75	Wilkes Barre Va Medical Center Wilkes-Barre	Wilkes-Barre	$19,932	★★★★★	B
76	Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Philadelphia	Philadelphia	$20,044	★★★☆☆	B
77	Lehigh Valley Hospital - Macungie Macungie	Macungie	$20,134	Not Rated	C
78	Fairmount Behavioral Health System Philadelphia	Philadelphia	$20,181	Not Rated	C
79	Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital Bensalem	Bensalem	$20,294	Not Rated	D
80	Penn Highlands Brookville Brookville	Brookville	$20,376	Not Rated	C
81	Ahn Emerus Westmoreland, Llc Greensburg	Greensburg	$20,480	Not Rated	C
82	Roxborough Memorial Hospital Philadelphia	Philadelphia	$20,542	Not Rated	C
83	Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center Camp Hill	Camp Hill	$20,973	★★☆☆☆	C
84	Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson Street Pottsville	Pottsville	$21,100	★★★☆☆	C
85	Belmont Behavioral Hospital Philadelphia	Philadelphia	$21,181	Not Rated	C
86	Edgewood Surgical Hospital Transfer	Transfer	$21,412	Not Rated	C
87	St Lukes Hospital Bethlehem Bethlehem	Bethlehem	$21,458	★★★★★	A
88	Philadelphia Va Medical Center Philadelphia	Philadelphia	$22,044	★★★★★	A
89	Friends Hospital Philadelphia	Philadelphia	$22,219	Not Rated	D
90	Surgical Institute Of Reading Wyomissing	Wyomissing	$22,366	Not Rated	D
91	West Penn Hospital Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	$22,400	★★★☆☆	C
92	Advanced Surgical Hospital Washington	Washington	$22,608	Not Rated	C
93	Haven Behavioral Hospital Of Eastern Pennsylvania Reading	Reading	$22,699	Not Rated	C
94	Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center Meyersdale	Meyersdale	$22,788	Not Rated	C
95	Gettysburg Hospital Gettysburg	Gettysburg	$22,996	★★★★☆	B
96	Penn Highlands Huntingdon Huntingdon	Huntingdon	$23,246	★★☆☆☆	C
97	Penn State Health St. Joseph Reading	Reading	$23,303	★★★★☆	B
98	Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital Jersey Shore	Jersey Shore	$23,489	★★★★☆	B
99	St Christopher's Hospital For Children Philadelphia	Philadelphia	$24,035	Not Rated	C
100	Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Philadelphia	Philadelphia	$24,065	★★★★★	A
101	Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono East Stroudsburg	East Stroudsburg	$25,142	★★★☆☆	C
102	St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus Quakertown	Quakertown	$25,196	★★★★☆	B
103	Upmc East Monroeville	Monroeville	$25,460	★★★★☆	B
104	Tower Behavioral Health Reading	Reading	$26,486	Not Rated	C

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with mcc cost in Pennsylvania?

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with MCC (DRG 065) averages $17,888 in total Medicare payment across 104 Pennsylvania hospitals reporting this code. Within the state, payments span $7,989 to $26,486 — about 3× from cheapest to most expensive.

Is Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with MCC more or less expensive in Pennsylvania than nationally?

Pennsylvania's state-level average of $17,888 sits close to the national Medicare average of $17,212 for this DRG. State differences are driven primarily by the regional Medicare wage index, case mix, and the share of high-acuity referral hospitals.

Why is the spread between hospitals so wide?

Variation within a state runs 3× because the same DRG can come with different lengths of stay, complication adjustments, teaching-status add-ons, and outlier payments. The CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule publishes machine-readable rate files that allow direct comparisons against negotiated commercial rates, which often differ from Medicare totals.

Are these the prices a privately insured patient would pay?

No. Figures here are Medicare DRG payments. Privately insured patients are billed under their plan's negotiated network rate, published in each hospital's price-transparency file. Uninsured patients should ask the hospital for the cash-pay rate, also disclosed under federal price-transparency rules.

Should I choose a hospital based only on price?

No. HospitalCostData is informational. Surgeon experience, hospital volume for the procedure, complication rates, and your specific clinical situation matter at least as much as price. Always discuss options with your physician and review CMS Care Compare quality data alongside any pricing benchmark.

See the methodology page for DRG sourcing and Medicare wage-index context.

Sources & Citations

CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospital Payments (IPPS). DRG-level average covered charges, total payments, and Medicare payments per facility. data.cms.gov
CMS Hospital Compare (Care Compare). Star ratings, mortality, readmission, safety-of-care, and patient-experience measures. medicare.gov/care-compare
CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Standard charge files required from every Medicare-participating hospital. cms.gov/hospital-price-transparency
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). National benchmarks, quality indicators, and clinical context for hospital outcome measures. ahrq.gov

Dataset last refreshed: April 2026. Underlying CMS files are public domain. Suggested citation: “HospitalCostData, hospitalcostdata.com, accessed May 24, 2026.”

This page is informational only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Care decisions should be made with a licensed physician.

Source: CMS Hospital Price Transparency, 2026.