DRG 055 · Nervous System

Brain & Nervous System Tumors Cost in Pennsylvania — Compare All Hospitals

A hospital stay for a tumor of the brain, spinal cord, or nerves that is managed with medicine and monitoring rather than surgery. Care typically includes imaging, controlling symptoms like swelling or seizures, and planning next steps in treatment.

State average
$35,235
gross charge · DRG 055
Hospitals
18
with published pricing
Price range
$26,396 – $51,590
low to high
Lowest $26,396 Highest $51,590

18 Pennsylvania hospitals publish gross charges for brain & nervous system tumors (DRG 055). Prices range from $26,396 to $51,590 — roughly $25,194 apart. The cheapest is Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre; the most expensive is Temple University Hospital - Main Campus in Philadelphia. The state average sits at $35,235.

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 brain & nervous system tumors 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 brain & nervous system tumors 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 brain & nervous system tumors in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 055 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

    Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital

    Sayre, PA

    Gross charge $26,396
    Cash pay $21,117
  2. 2

    Guthrie Troy Community Hospital

    Troy, PA

    Gross charge $26,396
    Cash pay $21,117
  3. 3

    Conemaugh Nason Medical Center

    Roaring Spring, PA

    Gross charge $26,772
    Cash pay $10,709
  4. 4

    Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center - Main Campus

    Johnstown, PA

    Gross charge $26,772
    Cash pay $10,709
  5. 5
    Gross charge $26,772
    Cash pay $10,709
  6. 6
    Gross charge $26,772
    Cash pay $10,709
  7. 7

    Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital (Acute Care)

    Darby, PA

    Gross charge $30,927
    Cash pay $20,102
  8. 8

    Nazareth Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge $30,927
    Cash pay $20,102
  9. 9

    St. Mary Medical Center

    Langhorne, PA

    Gross charge $30,927
    Cash pay $20,102
  10. 10

    Geisinger-Community Medical Center

    Scranton, PA

    Gross charge $41,057
    Cash pay $25,455
  11. 11

    Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital

    Bloomsburg, PA

    Gross charge $41,057
    Cash pay $25,455
  12. 12

    Geisinger Medical Center

    Danville, PA

    Gross charge $41,057
    Cash pay $25,455
  13. 13

    Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital

    Lewistown, PA

    Gross charge $41,057
    Cash pay $25,455
  14. 14

    Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center

    Wilkes Barre, PA

    Gross charge $41,057
    Cash pay $25,455
  15. 15

    Geisinger Medical Center Muncy

    Muncy, PA

    Gross charge $41,057
    Cash pay $25,455
  16. 16

    Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital

    Jersey Shore, PA

    Gross charge $41,057
    Cash pay $25,455
  17. 17

    Chestnut Hill Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge $42,584
    Cash pay $12,402
  18. 18

    Temple University Hospital - Main Campus

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge $51,590
    Cash pay $12,402
  19. 19

    Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center

    Camp Hill, PA

    Gross charge
  20. 20

    Jefferson Lansdale Hospital

    Lansdale, PA

    Gross charge
  21. 21

    St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus

    Quakertown, PA

    Gross charge
  22. 22

    Wellspan York Hospital

    York, PA

    Gross charge
  23. 23

    St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)

    Bethlehem, PA

    Gross charge
  24. 24

    St. Luke's Grand View Hospital - Sellersville

    Sellersville, PA

    Gross charge
  25. 25

    WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital

    Gettysburg, PA

    Gross charge
  26. 26

    WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital

    Lebanon, PA

    Gross charge
  27. 27

    Clarion Hospital

    Clarion, PA

    Gross charge
  28. 28

    Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center

    Reading, PA

    Gross charge
  29. 29

    Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center

    Meadowbrook, PA

    Gross charge
  30. 30

    Lancaster General Hospital

    Lancaster, PA

    Gross charge
  31. 31

    Hospital of University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, PA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,364
  32. 32

    Chan Soon- Shiong Medical Center at Windber

    Windber, PA

    Gross charge
  33. 33

    Meadville Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Meadville, PA

    Gross charge
  34. 34

    Jefferson Health- Northeast

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge
  35. 35

    Wellspan Waynesboro Hospital

    Waynesboro, PA

    Gross charge
  36. 36

    Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $14,153
  37. 37

    Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital

    Greensburg, PA

    Gross charge
  38. 38

    WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital

    Chambersburg, PA

    Gross charge
  39. 39

    St. Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus

    Easton, PA

    Gross charge
  40. 40

    Acmh Hospital

    Kittanning, PA

    Gross charge
  41. 41
    Gross charge
  42. 42

    Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge
  43. 43

    Chester County Hospital

    West Chester, PA

    Gross charge
  44. 44

    Crozer Chester Medical Center

    Upland, PA

    Gross charge
  45. 45

    St. Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus

    Coaldale, PA

    Gross charge
  46. 46

    Independence Health Frick Hospital

    Mount Pleasant, PA

    Gross charge
  47. 47

    IHS Latrobe Hospital

    Latrobe, PA

    Gross charge
  48. 48

    Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge
  49. 49

    WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital

    Ephrata, PA

    Gross charge
  50. 50

    Pennsylvania Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge
  51. 51

    St. Clair Hospital

    Pittsburgh, PA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $7,884
  52. 52

    Jefferson Abington Hospital

    Abington, PA

    Gross charge
  53. 53
    Gross charge
  54. 54
    Gross charge
  55. 55
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $10,502
  56. 56
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  57. 57

    Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital

    East Norriton, PA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $14,153
  58. 58

    St. Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus

    Stroudsburg, PA

    Gross charge
  59. 59

    Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital

    Orwigsburg, PA

    Gross charge
  60. 60

    St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus

    Lehighton, PA

    Gross charge
  61. 61

    Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center

    Enola, PA

    Gross charge
  62. 62

    Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center

    Lancaster, PA

    Gross charge
  63. 63
    Gross charge
  64. 64

    Titusville Area Hospital

    Titusville, PA

    Gross charge
  65. 65

    UPMC McKeesport

    Mc Keesport, PA

    Gross charge
  66. 66

    UPMC Jameson (Acute Care)

    New Castle, PA

    Gross charge
  67. 67

    UPMC Somerset

    Somerset, PA

    Gross charge
  68. 68

    Reading Hospital

    West Reading, PA

    Gross charge
  69. 69

    UPMC Williamsport

    Williamsport, PA

    Gross charge
  70. 70

    UPMC Hamot

    Erie, PA

    Gross charge
  71. 71

    UPMC Altoona

    Altoona, PA

    Gross charge
  72. 72

    UPMC Northwest (Acute Care)

    Seneca, PA

    Gross charge
  73. 73

    UPMC St. Margaret (Acute Care)

    Pittsburgh, PA

    Gross charge
  74. 74

    UPMC Bedford

    Everett, PA

    Gross charge
  75. 75

    Pottstown Hospital

    Pottstown, PA

    Gross charge
  76. 76

    Phoenixville Hospital

    Phoenixville, PA

    Gross charge
  77. 77

    Lehigh Valley Hospital (Acute Care)

    Allentown, PA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,335
  78. 78

    Bryn Mawr Hospital

    Bryn Mawr, PA

    Gross charge
  79. 79

    Paoli Hospital

    Paoli, PA

    Gross charge
  80. 80

    UPMC Horizon - Greenville

    Greenville, PA

    Gross charge
  81. 81

    Lehigh Valley Hospital–Hazleton

    Hazleton, PA

    Gross charge
  82. 82

    Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono (Acute Care)

    East Stroudsburg, PA

    Gross charge
  83. 83

    UPMC Hanover

    Hanover, PA

    Gross charge
  84. 84

    UPMC East (Acute Care)

    Monroeville, PA

    Gross charge
  85. 85

    Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City

    Dickson City, PA

    Gross charge
  86. 86

    UPMC Muncy

    Muncy, PA

    Gross charge
  87. 87

    UPMC Cole

    Coudersport, PA

    Gross charge
  88. 88

    UPMC Wellsboro

    Wellsboro, PA

    Gross charge

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