DRG 539 · Musculoskeletal

Bone Infection Cost in Pennsylvania — Compare All Hospitals

An infection inside a bone (osteomyelitis), which requires long courses of IV antibiotics and sometimes procedures to remove infected tissue. The stay involves antibiotics, imaging, and close monitoring.

State average
$76,160
gross charge · DRG 539
Hospitals
22
with published pricing
Price range
$37,945 – $118,591
low to high
Lowest $37,945 Highest $118,591

22 Pennsylvania hospitals publish gross charges for bone infection (DRG 539). Prices range from $37,945 to $118,591 — roughly $80,646 apart. The cheapest is St. Clair Hospital in Pittsburgh; the most expensive is Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia. The state average sits at $76,160.

The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of bone infection. 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 bone infection at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling bone infection in Pennsylvania, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.

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 bone infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 539 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    St. Clair Hospital

    Pittsburgh, PA

    Gross charge $37,945
    Cash pay $14,614
  2. 2

    Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital

    Sayre, PA

    Gross charge $45,071
    Cash pay $36,056
  3. 3

    Guthrie Troy Community Hospital

    Troy, PA

    Gross charge $45,071
    Cash pay $36,056
  4. 4

    Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital (Acute Care)

    Darby, PA

    Gross charge $50,539
    Cash pay $32,850
  5. 5

    Nazareth Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge $50,539
    Cash pay $32,850
  6. 6

    St. Mary Medical Center

    Langhorne, PA

    Gross charge $50,539
    Cash pay $32,850
  7. 7

    Conemaugh Nason Medical Center

    Roaring Spring, PA

    Gross charge $54,560
    Cash pay $21,824
  8. 8

    Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center - Main Campus

    Johnstown, PA

    Gross charge $54,560
    Cash pay $21,824
  9. 9
    Gross charge $54,560
    Cash pay $21,824
  10. 10
    Gross charge $54,560
    Cash pay $21,824
  11. 11

    Wayne Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Honesdale, PA

    Gross charge $60,432
    Cash pay $48,346
  12. 12

    Heritage Valley Beaver

    Beaver, PA

    Gross charge $77,251
    Cash pay $14,831
  13. 13

    Heritage Valley Sewickley

    Sewickley, PA

    Gross charge $77,251
    Cash pay $14,831
  14. 14

    Geisinger-Community Medical Center

    Scranton, PA

    Gross charge $104,198
    Cash pay $64,602
  15. 15

    Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital

    Bloomsburg, PA

    Gross charge $104,198
    Cash pay $64,602
  16. 16

    Geisinger Medical Center

    Danville, PA

    Gross charge $104,198
    Cash pay $64,602
  17. 17

    Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital

    Lewistown, PA

    Gross charge $104,198
    Cash pay $64,602
  18. 18

    Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center

    Wilkes Barre, PA

    Gross charge $104,198
    Cash pay $64,602
  19. 19

    Geisinger Medical Center Muncy

    Muncy, PA

    Gross charge $104,198
    Cash pay $64,602
  20. 20

    Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital

    Jersey Shore, PA

    Gross charge $104,198
    Cash pay $64,602
  21. 21

    Temple University Hospital - Main Campus

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge $114,664
    Cash pay $22,403
  22. 22

    Chestnut Hill Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge $118,591
    Cash pay $22,403
  23. 23

    Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center

    Camp Hill, PA

    Gross charge
  24. 24

    Jefferson Lansdale Hospital

    Lansdale, PA

    Gross charge
  25. 25

    St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus

    Quakertown, PA

    Gross charge
  26. 26

    St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)

    Bethlehem, PA

    Gross charge
  27. 27

    St. Luke's Grand View Hospital - Sellersville

    Sellersville, PA

    Gross charge
  28. 28

    Clarion Hospital

    Clarion, PA

    Gross charge
  29. 29

    Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center

    Reading, PA

    Gross charge
  30. 30

    Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center

    Meadowbrook, PA

    Gross charge
  31. 31

    Lancaster General Hospital

    Lancaster, PA

    Gross charge
  32. 32

    Hospital of University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge
  33. 33

    Chan Soon- Shiong Medical Center at Windber

    Windber, PA

    Gross charge
  34. 34

    Meadville Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Meadville, PA

    Gross charge
  35. 35

    Jefferson Health- Northeast

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge
  36. 36

    Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $26,629
  37. 37

    Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital

    Greensburg, PA

    Gross charge
  38. 38

    St. Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus

    Easton, PA

    Gross charge
  39. 39

    Acmh Hospital

    Kittanning, PA

    Gross charge
  40. 40
    Gross charge
  41. 41

    Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge
  42. 42

    Chester County Hospital

    West Chester, PA

    Gross charge
  43. 43

    Crozer Chester Medical Center

    Upland, PA

    Gross charge
  44. 44

    St. Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus

    Coaldale, PA

    Gross charge
  45. 45

    Independence Health Frick Hospital

    Mount Pleasant, PA

    Gross charge
  46. 46

    IHS Latrobe Hospital

    Latrobe, PA

    Gross charge
  47. 47

    Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge
  48. 48

    Pennsylvania Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge
  49. 49

    Jefferson Abington Hospital

    Abington, PA

    Gross charge
  50. 50
    Gross charge
  51. 51
    Gross charge
  52. 52
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $19,418
  53. 53

    Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital

    East Norriton, PA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $26,629
  54. 54

    St. Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus

    Stroudsburg, PA

    Gross charge
  55. 55

    Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital

    Orwigsburg, PA

    Gross charge
  56. 56

    St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus

    Lehighton, PA

    Gross charge
  57. 57

    Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center

    Enola, PA

    Gross charge
  58. 58

    Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center

    Lancaster, PA

    Gross charge
  59. 59
    Gross charge
  60. 60

    Titusville Area Hospital

    Titusville, PA

    Gross charge
  61. 61

    UPMC McKeesport

    Mc Keesport, PA

    Gross charge
  62. 62

    UPMC Jameson (Acute Care)

    New Castle, PA

    Gross charge
  63. 63

    UPMC Somerset

    Somerset, PA

    Gross charge
  64. 64

    Reading Hospital

    West Reading, PA

    Gross charge
  65. 65

    UPMC Williamsport

    Williamsport, PA

    Gross charge
  66. 66

    UPMC Hamot

    Erie, PA

    Gross charge
  67. 67

    UPMC Altoona

    Altoona, PA

    Gross charge
  68. 68

    UPMC Northwest (Acute Care)

    Seneca, PA

    Gross charge
  69. 69

    UPMC St. Margaret (Acute Care)

    Pittsburgh, PA

    Gross charge
  70. 70

    UPMC Bedford

    Everett, PA

    Gross charge
  71. 71

    Pottstown Hospital

    Pottstown, PA

    Gross charge
  72. 72

    Phoenixville Hospital

    Phoenixville, PA

    Gross charge
  73. 73

    Lehigh Valley Hospital (Acute Care)

    Allentown, PA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,901
  74. 74

    Bryn Mawr Hospital

    Bryn Mawr, PA

    Gross charge
  75. 75

    Paoli Hospital

    Paoli, PA

    Gross charge
  76. 76

    UPMC Horizon - Greenville

    Greenville, PA

    Gross charge
  77. 77

    Lehigh Valley Hospital–Hazleton

    Hazleton, PA

    Gross charge
  78. 78

    Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono (Acute Care)

    East Stroudsburg, PA

    Gross charge
  79. 79

    UPMC Hanover

    Hanover, PA

    Gross charge
  80. 80

    UPMC East (Acute Care)

    Monroeville, PA

    Gross charge
  81. 81

    Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City

    Dickson City, PA

    Gross charge
  82. 82

    UPMC Muncy

    Muncy, PA

    Gross charge
  83. 83

    UPMC Cole

    Coudersport, PA

    Gross charge
  84. 84

    UPMC Wellsboro

    Wellsboro, PA

    Gross charge

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