C-Section Cost in Pennsylvania — Compare All Hospitals
Delivery of a baby through a surgical incision in the abdomen. The stay includes the operation and a few days of recovery care for mother and baby.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
St. Clair Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
Gross charge $21,471Cash pay $6,537 - 2
Wayne Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Honesdale, PA
Gross charge $21,622Cash pay $17,298 - 3
Conemaugh Nason Medical Center
Roaring Spring, PA
Gross charge $24,931Cash pay $9,972 - 4
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center - Main Campus
Johnstown, PA
Gross charge $24,931Cash pay $9,972 - 5
Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center
Meyersdale, PA
Gross charge $24,931Cash pay $9,972 - 6
Conemaugh Miners Medical Center
Hastings, PA
Gross charge $24,931Cash pay $9,972 - 7
Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital
Sayre, PA
Gross charge $31,991Cash pay $25,593 - 8
Guthrie Troy Community Hospital
Troy, PA
Gross charge $31,991Cash pay $25,593 - 9
Temple University Hospital - Main Campus
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $88,934Cash pay $10,402 - 10
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $89,344Cash pay $10,402 - 11
Geisinger-Community Medical Center
Scranton, PA
Gross charge $104,919Cash pay $65,049 - 12
Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital
Bloomsburg, PA
Gross charge $104,919Cash pay $65,049 - 13
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA
Gross charge $104,919Cash pay $65,049 - 14
Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital
Lewistown, PA
Gross charge $104,919Cash pay $65,049 - 15
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Wilkes Barre, PA
Gross charge $104,919Cash pay $65,049 - 16
Geisinger Medical Center Muncy
Muncy, PA
Gross charge $104,919Cash pay $65,049 - 17
Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital
Jersey Shore, PA
Gross charge $104,919Cash pay $65,049 - 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 $13,354 - 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
Jefferson Abington Hospital
Abington, PA
Gross charge — - 51
Commonwealth Health Regional Hospital of Scranton
Scranton, PA
Gross charge — - 52Gross charge —
- 53
Surgical Institute of Reading
Wyomissing, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,367 - 54Gross charge —
- 55
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital
East Norriton, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,354 - 56
St. Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus
Stroudsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 57
Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital
Orwigsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 58
St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
Lehighton, PA
Gross charge — - 59
Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center
Enola, PA
Gross charge — - 60
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center
Lancaster, PA
Gross charge — - 61
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Macungie
Macungie, PA
Gross charge — - 62
Titusville Area Hospital
Titusville, PA
Gross charge — - 63
UPMC McKeesport
Mc Keesport, PA
Gross charge — - 64
UPMC Jameson (Acute Care)
New Castle, PA
Gross charge — - 65
UPMC Somerset
Somerset, PA
Gross charge — - 66
Reading Hospital
West Reading, PA
Gross charge — - 67
UPMC Williamsport
Williamsport, PA
Gross charge — - 68
UPMC Hamot
Erie, PA
Gross charge — - 69
UPMC Altoona
Altoona, PA
Gross charge — - 70
UPMC Northwest (Acute Care)
Seneca, PA
Gross charge — - 71
UPMC St. Margaret (Acute Care)
Pittsburgh, PA
Gross charge — - 72
UPMC Bedford
Everett, PA
Gross charge — - 73
Pottstown Hospital
Pottstown, PA
Gross charge — - 74
Phoenixville Hospital
Phoenixville, PA
Gross charge — - 75
Lehigh Valley Hospital (Acute Care)
Allentown, PA
Gross charge — - 76
Bryn Mawr Hospital
Bryn Mawr, PA
Gross charge — - 77
Paoli Hospital
Paoli, PA
Gross charge — - 78
UPMC Horizon - Greenville
Greenville, PA
Gross charge — - 79
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Hazleton
Hazleton, PA
Gross charge — - 80
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono (Acute Care)
East Stroudsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 81
UPMC Hanover
Hanover, PA
Gross charge — - 82
UPMC East (Acute Care)
Monroeville, PA
Gross charge — - 83
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City
Dickson City, PA
Gross charge — - 84
UPMC Muncy
Muncy, PA
Gross charge — - 85
UPMC Cole
Coudersport, PA
Gross charge — - 86
UPMC Wellsboro
Wellsboro, PA
Gross charge —
17 Pennsylvania hospitals publish gross charges for c-section (DRG 788). Prices range from $21,471 to $104,919 — roughly $83,448 apart. The cheapest is St. Clair Hospital in Pittsburgh; the most expensive is Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital in Jersey Shore. The state average sits at $65,853.
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 c-section at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For c-section in Pennsylvania, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
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 c-section in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 788 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.