Hospital prices in Pennsylvania

127 Pennsylvania hospitals reported 223,776 Medicare inpatient stays in 2024. The median hospital charged 4.27 times what it was paid — above the national median of 4.15×, number 11 of 51. The widest gap was at Temple Health - Chestnut Hill Hospital (10.49×), the narrowest at Clarion Hospital (1.29×). CMS's price-transparency list records 474 enforcement actions involving 199 Pennsylvania hospitals.

1Median charge ÷ paid 4.27×
2Hospitals reporting 137
3Medicare inpatient stays 223,776
4Price-transparency actions 474

Inpatient charge-to-payment ratio, the 15 Pennsylvania hospitals with the widest gap (100+ Medicare stays), bars to scale. Source: CMS DY2024.

Most common stays in Pennsylvania

DRG	Stays	PA avg charge	US avg charge	PA avg paid
871 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with...	23,264	$88,167	$90,297	$16,881
291 Heart Failure and Shock with MCC	15,656	$57,362	$56,380	$11,112
177 Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with MCC	5,907	$72,025	$70,592	$14,034
193 Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with MCC	5,303	$59,404	$59,757	$11,319
872 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours without...	4,680	$49,758	$49,049	$9,077
392 Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis and Miscellaneous Digestive...	4,540	$40,091	$40,165	$7,126
690 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC	4,341	$36,664	$37,821	$7,034
189 Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure	4,123	$65,329	$57,570	$11,268
683 Renal Failure with CC	4,042	$42,240	$40,705	$7,926
378 Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage with CC	3,626	$52,595	$48,550	$8,780

Every hospital

Hospital	Stays	Ratio	Actions
Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown	15,219	7.04×	–
Jefferson Abington Hospital Abington	7,942	4.02×	4
Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania Philadelphia	7,272	7.08×	–
Reading Hospital West Reading	7,009	4.42×	6
St Luke's Hospital Bethlehem Bethlehem	6,633	7.86×	–
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Philadelphia	6,544	4.13×	5
Lancaster General Hospital Lancaster	6,326	3.84×	3
UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Pittsburgh	6,147	9.72×	–
Wellspan York Hospital York	6,098	4.05×	–
UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals Harrisburg	5,957	4.13×	–
Geisinger Medical Center Danville	4,806	7.16×	3
Chester County Hospital West Chester	4,611	5.03×	1
Paoli Hospital Paoli	4,539	7.32×	2
Jefferson Health-Northeast Philadelphia	4,485	3.7×	1
Lankenau Medical Center Wynnewood	4,399	5.65×	4
St Mary Medical Center Langhorne	4,214	3.64×	2
Doylestown Hospital Doylestown	4,194	3.89×	2
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center Wilkes Barre	4,094	8.28×	1
Milton S Hershey Medical Center Hershey	3,875	4.42×	1
Geisinger Community Medical Center Scranton	3,861	8.82×	2
Bryn Mawr Hospital, the Bryn Mawr	3,849	6.29×	–
Temple University Hospital Philadelphia	3,609	9.34×	6
St Luke's Hospital - Anderson Campus Easton	3,446	5.99×	1
Wellspan Chambersburg Hospital Chambersburg	3,240	3.37×	–
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Philadelphia	2,931	6.75×	4
Riddle Memorial Hospital Media	2,847	7.11×	–
Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh	2,843	4.44×	7
Robert Packer Hospital Sayre	2,764	3.42×	2
UPMC Hamot Erie	2,718	7.13×	3
Grand View Health Sellersville	2,265	4.51×	–
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital East Norriton	2,214	3.58×	–
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Wilkes-Barre	2,120	7.52×	3
UPMC Passavant Pittsburgh	2,073	7.35×	2
Pennsylvania Hospital Philadelphia	1,935	6.38×	13
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport	1,889	5.09×	–
Regional Hospital of Scranton Scranton	1,880	7.43×	4
UPMC Altoona Altoona	1,819	4.07×	1
St Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus Stroudsburg	1,746	9.04×	–
Saint Vincent Hospital Erie	1,734	6.09×	1
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center Meadowbrook	1,721	3.5×	–
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center Camp Hill	1,700	5.87×	–
Mount Nittany Medical Center State College	1,635	3.13×	2
Temple Health - Chestnut Hill Hospital Philadelphia	1,595	10.49×	4
Penn Highlands Dubois Dubois	1,540	2.61×	3
Forbes Hospital Monroeville	1,443	4.82×	2
Jefferson Lansdale Hospital Lansdale	1,438	3.82×	–
Phoenixville Hospital Phoenixville	1,413	5.82×	5
UPMC Hanover Hanover	1,401	3.93×	1
Albert Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia	1,393	3.45×	–
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono East Stroudsburg	1,359	6.68×	2
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center Johnstown	1,311	3.12×	4
Penn State Health St. Joseph Reading	1,281	4.96×	–
Pottstown Hospital Pottstown	1,263	6.99×	3
Independence Health System Westmoreland Hospital Greensburg	1,259	2.94×	–
Crozer Chester Medical Center Upland	1,250	8.09×	2
Wellspan Good Samaritan Hospital Lebanon	1,224	3.24×	–
Gettysburg Hospital Gettysburg	1,189	3.66×	–
St Clair Hospital Pittsburgh	1,143	3.68×	4
Jefferson Hospital Jefferson Hills	1,124	5.32×	–
St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus Quakertown	1,113	8.76×	–
Nazareth Hospital Philadelphia	1,067	3.36×	4
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown	998	2.52×	–
UPMC Memorial York	997	4.71×	3
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton Hazleton	970	6.02×	1
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh	933	5.72×	1
Wellspan Ephrata Community Hospital Ephrata	876	4.92×	–
UPMC Washington Washington	867	1.92×	–
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster	853	4.15×	1
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle	839	4.53×	2
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus Lehighton	830	8.26×	–
Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital Lewistown	823	3.91×	1
Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy Fitzgerald Darby	820	3.57×	–
UPMC St Margaret Pittsburgh	817	5.94×	1
Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital Orwigsburg	806	5.36×	–
Meadville Medical Center Meadville	788	2.9×	2
Independence Health System Butler Memorial Hospita Butler	779	3.57×	–
Wellspan Evangelical Community Hospital Lewisburg	759	6.19×	–
Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill Pottsville	723	5.36×	1
UPMC East Monroeville	691	6.9×	1
Heritage Valley Beaver Beaver	679	2.09×	–
Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center Enola	666	3.59×	–
Wayne Memorial Hospital Honesdale	657	3.75×	3
Ahn Wexford Hospital Wexford	655	4.27×	–
UPMC Northwest Seneca	552	3.7×	–
Independence Health System Latrobe Hospital Latrobe	521	2.23×	–
UPMC Jameson New Castle	515	2.83×	3
Heritage Valley Sewickley Sewickley	484	2.03×	–
Wellspan Waynesboro Hospital Waynesboro	465	2.59×	–
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson City Dickson City	445	6.49×	1
West Penn Hospital Pittsburgh	415	5.55×	–
Indiana Regional Medical Center Indiana	406	2.98×	1
St Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital Coaldale	397	4.84×	2
Warren General Hospital Warren	345	1.43×	1
Sharon Regional Health System Sharon	304	4.07×	–
Roxborough Memorial Hospital Philadelphia	293	4.64×	1
UPMC Horizon Greenville	292	4.42×	1
Penn Highlands Mon Valley Monongahela	288	3.37×	–
Oss Orthopaedic Hospital York	278	3.39×	–
Allegheny Valley Hospital Natrona	266	4.1×	–
Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital Bloomsburg	260	3.88×	1
Lower Bucks Hospital Bristol	252	4.18×	1
UPMC Lititz Lititz	242	3.6×	1
St Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus Easton	229	6.66×	–
UPMC Mckeesport Mc Keesport	224	4.83×	1
Magee Womens Hospital of UPMC Health System Pittsburgh	221	5.65×	–
Valley Forge Medical Center Norristown	200	3.94×	–
Independence Health System Frick Hospital Mount Pleasant	194	2.51×	–
Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital LLC Bensalem	170	4.22×	–
Advanced Surgical Hospital Washington	164	3.49×	2
UPMC Somerset Somerset	156	1.94×	2
Canonsburg General Hospital Canonsburg	143	5.3×	–
Surgical Institute of Reading Wyomissing	141	4.99×	1
Acmh Hospital Kittanning	133	2.45×	2
Penn Highlands Huntingdon Huntingdon	130	1.73×	3
Clarion Hospital Clarion	115	1.29×	1
UPMC Bedford Memorial Everett	115	2.37×	–
Conemaugh Nason Medical Center Roaring Spring	107	2.51×	2
Suburban Community Hospital Norristown	78	4.15×	2
Grove City Hospital Grove City	77	2.97×	–
Geisinger Medical Center Muncy Muncy	76	3.34×	2
Millcreek Community Hospital Erie	73	1.8×	–
Penn Highlands Connellsville Connellsville	48	1.28×	–
Physician's Care Surgical Hospital Royersford	42	4.56×	4
UPMC Kane Kane	26	1.4×	2
Punxsutawney Area Hospital Punxsutawney	24	1.11×	–
Chan Soon- Shiong Medical Center at Windber Windber	19	1.76×	3
Ahn Emerus Westmoreland, LLC Greensburg	16	2.02×	–
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia	0	–	4
Delaware County Memorial Hospital Drexel Hill	0	–	–
Edgewood Surgical Hospital Transfer	0	–	–
Hospital of the Fox Chase Cancer Center Philadelphia	0	–	–
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Macungie Macungie	0	–	2
St Christopher's Hospital for Children Philadelphia	0	–	5
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh	0	–	4
UPMC Greene Waynesburg	0	–	–
Wellspan Surgery and Rehabilitation Hospital York	0	–	1
Wills Eye Hospital Philadelphia	0	–	3

Price-transparency enforcement in Pennsylvania

139 closure notices, 137 warning notices, 125 “met requirements” findings, 70 corrective-action-plan requests, 2 administrative closures, 1 civil-penalty notice — CMS's actions under the hospital price-transparency rule since 2021. See the enforcement page for what each step means.

Sources: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes, July 2026. Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.