Emergency department visit cost in Pennsylvania

Prices at 67 hospitals in Pennsylvania, from their machine-readable files.

Cash / self-pay (median)
$510
Chargemaster (median)
$1,393
Insurer-negotiated (median)
$380
Medicare pays
$69
$242$1,581
Median cash $510  ·  Medicare $69  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Typical cash range: $242 – $1,581. The median cash price is about 7.3× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Punxsutawney Area Hospital Punxsutawney, PA $109 $126 ★ 2/5 136 min 15.5%
Jefferson Health- Northeast Philadelphia, PA $157 $134 ★ 2/5 290 min 15.4%
Chan Soon- Shiong Medical Center At Windber Windber, PA $165 $131 ★ 2/5 133 min 15.5%
Upmc Kane Kane, PA $184 $161 95 min
Heritage Valley Beaver Beaver, PA $237 $283 ★ 3/5 185 min 14.5%
Heritage Valley Sewickley Sewickley, PA $237 $283 ★ 4/5 132 min 15.1%
Pottstown Hospital Pottstown, PA $242 $123 ★ 2/5 200 min 15.4%
Phoenixville Hospital Phoenixville, PA $242 $126 ★ 3/5 178 min 15.5%
Acmh Hospital Kittanning, PA $243 $262 ★ 3/5 198 min 15.0%
Nazareth Hospital Philadelphia, PA $250 $95 ★ 2/5 216 min 14.5%
Lower Bucks Hospital Bristol, PA $268 $371 ★ 3/5 154 min 15.2%
Upmc Cole Coudersport, PA $274 $167 ★ 4/5 151 min 14.9%
Roxborough Memorial Hospital Philadelphia, PA $279 $380 ★ 2/5 182 min 15.5%
St Mary Medical Center Langhorne, PA $311 $95 ★ 2/5 229 min 16.6%
Jefferson Lansdale Hospital Lansdale, PA $315 $668 ★ 3/5 216 min 15.9%
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Philadelphia, PA $323 $1,308 ★ 3/5 253 min 16.2%
Robert Packer Hospital Sayre, PA $324 $360 ★ 2/5 166 min 15.7%
Troy Community Hospital Troy, PA $330 $214 ★ 4/5 133 min 15.6%
Conemaugh Nason Medical Center Roaring Spring, PA $359 $164 ★ 5/5 145 min 14.6%
Conemaugh Miners Medical Center Hastings, PA $359 $164 114 min 15.3%
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center Johnstown, PA $359 $164 ★ 2/5 173 min 15.3%
Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center Meyersdale, PA $359 $164 86 min
Clarion Hospital Clarion, PA $364 $279 ★ 2/5 158 min 15.6%
Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy Fitzgerald Darby, PA $371 $104 ★ 2/5 213 min 15.0%
Upmc Jameson New Castle, PA $386 $163 ★ 3/5 172 min 15.4%

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

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