C-Section Cost in Pennsylvania — Compare All Hospitals
A cesarean birth, without tubal ligation, for a mother with serious health complications. The stay covers the surgery, close monitoring of mother and baby, and recovery.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Conemaugh Nason Medical Center
Roaring Spring, PA
Gross charge $24,108Cash pay $9,643 - 2
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center - Main Campus
Johnstown, PA
Gross charge $24,108Cash pay $9,643 - 3
Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center
Meyersdale, PA
Gross charge $24,108Cash pay $9,643 - 4
Conemaugh Miners Medical Center
Hastings, PA
Gross charge $24,108Cash pay $9,643 - 5
Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital
Sayre, PA
Gross charge $25,237Cash pay $20,190 - 6
Guthrie Troy Community Hospital
Troy, PA
Gross charge $25,237Cash pay $20,190 - 7
St. Clair Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
Gross charge $29,440Cash pay $11,677 - 8
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $109,243Cash pay $18,038 - 9
Temple University Hospital - Main Campus
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $112,048Cash pay $18,038 - 10
Geisinger-Community Medical Center
Scranton, PA
Gross charge $155,753Cash pay $96,567 - 11
Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital
Bloomsburg, PA
Gross charge $155,753Cash pay $96,567 - 12
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA
Gross charge $155,753Cash pay $96,567 - 13
Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital
Lewistown, PA
Gross charge $155,753Cash pay $96,567 - 14
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Wilkes Barre, PA
Gross charge $155,753Cash pay $96,567 - 15
Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital
Jersey Shore, PA
Gross charge $155,753Cash pay $96,567 - 16
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center
Camp Hill, PA
Gross charge — - 17
Jefferson Lansdale Hospital
Lansdale, PA
Gross charge — - 18
St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus
Quakertown, PA
Gross charge — - 19
Wellspan York Hospital
York, PA
Gross charge — - 20
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Bethlehem, PA
Gross charge — - 21
St. Luke's Grand View Hospital - Sellersville
Sellersville, PA
Gross charge — - 22
WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital
Gettysburg, PA
Gross charge — - 23
WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital
Lebanon, PA
Gross charge — - 24
Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center
Reading, PA
Gross charge — - 25
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center
Meadowbrook, PA
Gross charge — - 26
Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 27
Chan Soon- Shiong Medical Center at Windber
Windber, PA
Gross charge — - 28
Meadville Medical Center (Acute Care)
Meadville, PA
Gross charge — - 29
Jefferson Health- Northeast
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 30
Wellspan Waynesboro Hospital
Waynesboro, PA
Gross charge — - 31
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $22,424 - 32
Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital
Greensburg, PA
Gross charge — - 33
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
Chambersburg, PA
Gross charge — - 34
St. Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus
Easton, PA
Gross charge — - 35
Acmh Hospital
Kittanning, PA
Gross charge — - 36
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 37
Crozer Chester Medical Center
Upland, PA
Gross charge — - 38
St. Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus
Coaldale, PA
Gross charge — - 39
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
Ephrata, PA
Gross charge — - 40
Jefferson Abington Hospital
Abington, PA
Gross charge — - 41
Commonwealth Health Regional Hospital of Scranton
Scranton, PA
Gross charge — - 42
Surgical Institute of Reading
Wyomissing, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $17,120 - 43Gross charge —
- 44
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital
East Norriton, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $22,424 - 45
St. Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus
Stroudsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 46
Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital
Orwigsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 47
St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
Lehighton, PA
Gross charge — - 48
Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center
Enola, PA
Gross charge — - 49
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center
Lancaster, PA
Gross charge — - 50
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Macungie
Macungie, PA
Gross charge — - 51
Titusville Area Hospital
Titusville, PA
Gross charge — - 52
UPMC McKeesport
Mc Keesport, PA
Gross charge — - 53
UPMC Jameson (Acute Care)
New Castle, PA
Gross charge — - 54
UPMC Somerset
Somerset, PA
Gross charge — - 55
Reading Hospital
West Reading, PA
Gross charge — - 56
UPMC Williamsport
Williamsport, PA
Gross charge — - 57
UPMC Hamot
Erie, PA
Gross charge — - 58
UPMC Altoona
Altoona, PA
Gross charge — - 59
UPMC Northwest (Acute Care)
Seneca, PA
Gross charge — - 60
UPMC St. Margaret (Acute Care)
Pittsburgh, PA
Gross charge — - 61
UPMC Bedford
Everett, PA
Gross charge — - 62
Pottstown Hospital
Pottstown, PA
Gross charge — - 63
Phoenixville Hospital
Phoenixville, PA
Gross charge — - 64
Lehigh Valley Hospital (Acute Care)
Allentown, PA
Gross charge — - 65
Bryn Mawr Hospital
Bryn Mawr, PA
Gross charge — - 66
Paoli Hospital
Paoli, PA
Gross charge — - 67
UPMC Horizon - Greenville
Greenville, PA
Gross charge — - 68
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Hazleton
Hazleton, PA
Gross charge — - 69
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono (Acute Care)
East Stroudsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 70
UPMC Hanover
Hanover, PA
Gross charge — - 71
UPMC East (Acute Care)
Monroeville, PA
Gross charge — - 72
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City
Dickson City, PA
Gross charge — - 73
UPMC Muncy
Muncy, PA
Gross charge — - 74
UPMC Cole
Coudersport, PA
Gross charge — - 75
UPMC Wellsboro
Wellsboro, PA
Gross charge — - 76
Clarion Hospital
Clarion, PA
Gross charge — - 77
Lancaster General Hospital
Lancaster, PA
Gross charge — - 78Gross charge —
- 79
Independence Health Frick Hospital
Mount Pleasant, PA
Gross charge — - 80
IHS Latrobe Hospital
Latrobe, PA
Gross charge — - 81
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 82
Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 83Gross charge —
15 Pennsylvania hospitals publish gross charges for c-section (DRG 786). Prices range from $24,108 to $155,753 — roughly 6×. The cheapest is Conemaugh Nason Medical Center in Roaring Spring; the most expensive is Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital in Jersey Shore. The state average sits at $88,810.
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 786 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.