Compare: Acmh Hospital vs Forbes Hospital

Comparing cash prices at two hospitals on the 68 procedures both publish. Start over ·

Forbes Hospital is cheaper overall — its cash prices run about 373% lower than Acmh Hospital (median across 68 shared procedures), winning on 67 of them.
Acmh Hospital
Kittanning, PA
CMS rating ★★★☆☆
61% recommend · ER wait 198 min · readmit 15.0%
🍼 Birthing-Friendly
cheaper on 1
Forbes Hospital
Monroeville, PA
CMS rating ★★★☆☆
69% recommend · ER wait 252 min · readmit 16.5%
🍼 Birthing-Friendly
cheaper on 67
ProcedureAcmh HospitalForbes HospitalMedicare
3D mammogram (tomosynthesis)$23$38$51
Abscess drainage (complex or multiple)$337$113$220
Abscess drainage (simple)$193$66$129
Abscess incision and drainage$193$90$174
Aldosterone test$104$27$41
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) test$60$11$17
Ammonia blood test$41$10$15
Anoscopy$125$26$129
Antinuclear antibody (ANA) test$44$8$12
Arterial blood gas (ABG)$65$17$26
Bartholin cyst removal$173$68$182
BNP (heart failure) test$163$26$39
Botox for migraine$316$76$157
Breathing tube insertion (intubation)$224$88$133
Burn dressing and debridement (medium)$173$68$166
Burn dressing and debridement (small)$173$34$93
Burn treatment$173$51$129
CA 19-9 tumor marker test$100$14$21
CA-125 ovarian marker test$93$14$21
CEA tumor marker test$74$12$19
Copper blood test$45$8$12
Cortisol test$58$11$16
COVID-19 PCR test$46$34$51
DHEA-sulfate test$79$15$22
Drug screen (urine)$69$11$17
Electromyography (EMG)$120$40$141
Estradiol (estrogen) test$96$18$28
Fecal occult blood (stool) test$12$7$10
Fecal occult blood (stool) test (guaiac, gFOBT)$7$3$4
Fecal occult blood (stool) test (immunochemical, FIT)$16$11$16
Ferritin (iron) test$48$9$14
Flu test$51$11$17
Folate (folic acid) test$38$10$15
Foreign body removal (skin)$323$65$157
FSH hormone test$57$12$19
H. pylori test$208$44$67
HDL cholesterol test$27$5$8
Hemoglobin A1c (diabetes test)$30$7$10
Hepatitis B test$46$7$10
Hepatitis C test$63$9$14
HIV test$61$13$19
HIV test (antibody)$91$9$14
HIV test (antigen/antibody combo)$31$16$24
IUD removal$296$41$112
Laryngoscopy$338$71$189
LDL cholesterol test$27$7$11
LH hormone test$50$12$19
Pap smear (cervical screening)$61$13$20
Parathyroid hormone (PTH) test$106$27$41
Physical therapy evaluation$87$62$98
Physical therapy evaluation (moderate complexity)$87$62$98
Procalcitonin test$26$18$27
Prolactin test$48$13$19
Prostate test (PSA)$65$12$18
Semen analysis$78$8$12
Sex hormone binding globulin test$74$15$22
Shingles vaccine$338$70—
Simple wound stitches$173$32$127
Swallow study$199$44$85
T3 thyroid test$51$9$14
Testosterone test$90$17$26
Thyroid test (TSH)$53$11$17
Total IgE allergy test$59$11$16
Vaccine administration$59$11$19
Vaccine administration (each additional)$25$9$16
Vitamin B12 test$38$10$15
Vitamin D test$105$19$30
Zinc blood test$42$7$11

Green = lower cash price. Source: hospitals' machine-readable files (45 CFR §180). Estimates — confirm with the hospital.