Compare: Acmh Hospital vs West Penn Hospital

Comparing cash prices at two hospitals on the 98 procedures both publish. Start over ·

West Penn Hospital is cheaper overall — its cash prices run about 304% lower than Acmh Hospital (median across 98 shared procedures), winning on 97 of them.
Acmh Hospital
Kittanning, PA
CMS rating ★★★☆☆
61% recommend · ER wait 198 min · readmit 15.0%
🍼 Birthing-Friendly
cheaper on 1
West Penn Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
CMS rating ★★★☆☆
75% recommend · ER wait 203 min · readmit 16.3%
🍼 Birthing-Friendly
cheaper on 97
ProcedureAcmh HospitalWest Penn HospitalMedicare
3D mammogram (tomosynthesis)$23$47$51
Abscess drainage (complex or multiple)$337$139$220
Abscess drainage (simple)$193$81$129
Abscess incision and drainage$193$110$174
Albumin blood test$13$4$5
Aldosterone test$104$33$41
Alkaline phosphatase test$19$4$5
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) test$60$14$17
ALT liver enzyme test$15$4$5
Ammonia blood test$41$12$15
Anoscopy$125$31$129
Antinuclear antibody (ANA) test$44$10$12
Arterial blood gas (ABG)$65$21$26
AST liver enzyme test$15$4$5
Bartholin cyst removal$173$83$182
Bilirubin blood test$25$4$5
Blood glucose test$17$4$5
BNP (heart failure) test$163$32$39
Botox for migraine$316$93$157
Breathing tube insertion (intubation)$224$107$133
Burn dressing and debridement (medium)$173$84$166
Burn dressing and debridement (small)$173$42$93
Burn treatment$173$63$129
CA 19-9 tumor marker test$100$17$21
CA-125 ovarian marker test$93$17$21
Calcium blood test$17$4$5
CEA tumor marker test$74$15$19
CK-MB heart enzyme test$31$9$12
Complete blood count (CBC)$23$6$7
Complete blood count (CBC) (complete)$26$6$8
Copper blood test$45$10$12
Cortisol test$58$13$16
COVID-19 PCR test$46$42$51
Creatine kinase (CK) test$23$5$7
DHEA-sulfate test$79$18$22
Drug screen (urine)$69$14$17
Electromyography (EMG)$120$49$141
Estradiol (estrogen) test$96$23$28
Fecal occult blood (stool) test$12$8$10
Fecal occult blood (stool) test (guaiac, gFOBT)$7$4$4
Fecal occult blood (stool) test (immunochemical, FIT)$16$13$16
Ferritin (iron) test$48$11$14
Fibrinogen test$35$8$10
Flu test$51$14$17
Folate (folic acid) test$38$12$15
Foreign body removal (skin)$323$80$157
Free T4 thyroid test$44$8$9
FSH hormone test$57$15$19
GGT liver test$26$6$7
Glucose tolerance test$30$7$8
H. pylori test$208$55$67
HDL cholesterol test$27$6$8
Hemoglobin A1c (diabetes test)$30$8$10
Hepatitis B test$46$8$10
Hepatitis C test$63$11$14
HIV test$61$15$19
HIV test (antibody)$91$11$14
HIV test (antigen/antibody combo)$31$19$24
Iron blood test$83$5$6
IUD removal$296$50$112
IV infusion therapy$143$29$44
IV infusion therapy (each additional)$101$15$21
IV infusion therapy (initial)$186$44$67
Lactate test$49$9$12
Laryngoscopy$338$87$189
LDH test$21$5$6
LDL cholesterol test$27$9$11
LH hormone test$50$15$19
Lipid (cholesterol) panel$27$11$13
Magnesium blood test$26$5$7
Nerve conduction study$271$49$118
Pap smear (cervical screening)$61$16$20
Parathyroid hormone (PTH) test$106$33$41
Physical therapy evaluation$87$76$98
Physical therapy evaluation (moderate complexity)$87$76$98
Platelet count$11$4$4
Procalcitonin test$26$22$27
Prolactin test$48$16$19
Prostate test (PSA)$65$15$18
Semen analysis$78$10$12
Sex hormone binding globulin test$74$18$22
Shingles vaccine$338$85—
Simple laceration repair (small, up to 2.5 cm)$173$34$114
Simple wound stitches$173$39$127
Swallow study$199$54$85
T3 thyroid test$51$11$14
Testosterone test$90$21$26
Thyroid test (TSH)$53$14$17
Total IgE allergy test$59$14$16
Triglycerides test$50$5$6
Troponin (heart) test$23$10$12
Urine microalbumin test$25$5$5
Vaccine administration$59$13$19
Vaccine administration (each additional)$25$11$16
Vitamin B12 test$38$12$15
Vitamin D test$105$24$30
Wound debridement$644$81$186
Zinc blood test$42$9$11

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