Appendectomy Cost in Pennsylvania — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to remove the appendix, usually because of appendicitis, an inflamed or ruptured appendix. The stay includes the operation, antibiotics, and recovery.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital (Acute Care)
Darby, PA
Gross charge $57,799Cash pay $37,569 - 2
Nazareth Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $57,799Cash pay $37,569 - 3
St. Mary Medical Center
Langhorne, PA
Gross charge $57,799Cash pay $37,569 - 4
Heritage Valley Beaver
Beaver, PA
Gross charge $66,179Cash pay $17,971 - 5
Heritage Valley Sewickley
Sewickley, PA
Gross charge $66,179Cash pay $17,971 - 6
Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital
Sayre, PA
Gross charge $84,031Cash pay $67,225 - 7
Guthrie Troy Community Hospital
Troy, PA
Gross charge $84,031Cash pay $67,225 - 8
Wayne Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Honesdale, PA
Gross charge $106,791Cash pay $85,433 - 9
Geisinger-Community Medical Center
Scranton, PA
Gross charge $212,905Cash pay $132,001 - 10
Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital
Bloomsburg, PA
Gross charge $212,905Cash pay $132,001 - 11
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA
Gross charge $212,905Cash pay $132,001 - 12
Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital
Lewistown, PA
Gross charge $212,905Cash pay $132,001 - 13
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Wilkes Barre, PA
Gross charge $212,905Cash pay $132,001 - 14
Geisinger Medical Center Muncy
Muncy, PA
Gross charge $212,905Cash pay $132,001 - 15
Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital
Jersey Shore, PA
Gross charge $212,905Cash pay $132,001 - 16
Temple University Hospital - Main Campus
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $242,120Cash pay $27,293 - 17
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $251,364Cash pay $27,293 - 18
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center
Camp Hill, PA
Gross charge — - 19
Jefferson Lansdale Hospital
Lansdale, PA
Gross charge — - 20
St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus
Quakertown, PA
Gross charge — - 21
Wellspan York Hospital
York, PA
Gross charge — - 22
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Bethlehem, PA
Gross charge — - 23
St. Luke's Grand View Hospital - Sellersville
Sellersville, PA
Gross charge — - 24
WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital
Gettysburg, PA
Gross charge — - 25
WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital
Lebanon, PA
Gross charge — - 26
Clarion Hospital
Clarion, PA
Gross charge — - 27
Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center
Reading, PA
Gross charge — - 28
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center
Meadowbrook, PA
Gross charge — - 29
Lancaster General Hospital
Lancaster, PA
Gross charge — - 30
Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 31
Chan Soon- Shiong Medical Center at Windber
Windber, PA
Gross charge — - 32
Meadville Medical Center (Acute Care)
Meadville, PA
Gross charge — - 33
Jefferson Health- Northeast
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 34
Wellspan Waynesboro Hospital
Waynesboro, PA
Gross charge — - 35
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $32,212 - 36
Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital
Greensburg, PA
Gross charge — - 37
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
Chambersburg, PA
Gross charge — - 38
St. Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus
Easton, PA
Gross charge — - 39
Acmh Hospital
Kittanning, PA
Gross charge — - 40Gross charge —
- 41
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 42
Chester County Hospital
West Chester, PA
Gross charge — - 43
Crozer Chester Medical Center
Upland, PA
Gross charge — - 44
St. Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus
Coaldale, PA
Gross charge — - 45
Independence Health Frick Hospital
Mount Pleasant, PA
Gross charge — - 46
IHS Latrobe Hospital
Latrobe, PA
Gross charge — - 47
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 48
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
Ephrata, PA
Gross charge — - 49
Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 50
St. Clair Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $17,905 - 51
Jefferson Abington Hospital
Abington, PA
Gross charge — - 52
Commonwealth Health Regional Hospital of Scranton
Scranton, PA
Gross charge — - 53Gross charge —
- 54
Surgical Institute of Reading
Wyomissing, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $21,984 - 55Gross charge —
- 56
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital
East Norriton, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $32,212 - 57
St. Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus
Stroudsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 58
Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital
Orwigsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 59
St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
Lehighton, PA
Gross charge — - 60
Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center
Enola, PA
Gross charge — - 61
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center
Lancaster, PA
Gross charge — - 62
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Macungie
Macungie, PA
Gross charge — - 63
Titusville Area Hospital
Titusville, PA
Gross charge — - 64
UPMC McKeesport
Mc Keesport, PA
Gross charge — - 65
UPMC Jameson (Acute Care)
New Castle, PA
Gross charge — - 66
UPMC Somerset
Somerset, PA
Gross charge — - 67
Reading Hospital
West Reading, PA
Gross charge — - 68
UPMC Williamsport
Williamsport, PA
Gross charge — - 69
UPMC Hamot
Erie, PA
Gross charge — - 70
UPMC Altoona
Altoona, PA
Gross charge — - 71
UPMC Northwest (Acute Care)
Seneca, PA
Gross charge — - 72
UPMC St. Margaret (Acute Care)
Pittsburgh, PA
Gross charge — - 73
UPMC Bedford
Everett, PA
Gross charge — - 74
Pottstown Hospital
Pottstown, PA
Gross charge — - 75
Phoenixville Hospital
Phoenixville, PA
Gross charge — - 76
Lehigh Valley Hospital (Acute Care)
Allentown, PA
Gross charge — - 77
Bryn Mawr Hospital
Bryn Mawr, PA
Gross charge — - 78
Paoli Hospital
Paoli, PA
Gross charge — - 79
UPMC Horizon - Greenville
Greenville, PA
Gross charge — - 80
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Hazleton
Hazleton, PA
Gross charge — - 81
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono (Acute Care)
East Stroudsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 82
UPMC Hanover
Hanover, PA
Gross charge — - 83
UPMC East (Acute Care)
Monroeville, PA
Gross charge — - 84
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City
Dickson City, PA
Gross charge — - 85
UPMC Muncy
Muncy, PA
Gross charge — - 86
UPMC Cole
Coudersport, PA
Gross charge — - 87
UPMC Wellsboro
Wellsboro, PA
Gross charge —
17 Pennsylvania hospitals publish gross charges for appendectomy (DRG 397). Prices range from $57,799 to $251,364 — roughly 4×. The cheapest is Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital (Acute Care) in Darby; the most expensive is Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia. The state average sits at $150,849.
These numbers are list prices — what the hospital bills before any insurance adjustment. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists appendectomy at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent appendectomy admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Pennsylvania hospitals missing from the list either don't perform appendectomy in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 397 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.