Connective Tissue Disorders Cost in Pennsylvania — Compare All Hospitals
Diseases of the body's connective tissue, such as lupus or rheumatoid arthritis, when a flare-up needs hospital care. The stay usually involves medicines to calm inflammation and monitoring of affected joints and organs.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
St. Clair Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
Gross charge $15,229Cash pay $5,392 - 2
Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital
Sayre, PA
Gross charge $22,344Cash pay $17,875 - 3
Guthrie Troy Community Hospital
Troy, PA
Gross charge $22,344Cash pay $17,875 - 4
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital (Acute Care)
Darby, PA
Gross charge $23,560Cash pay $15,314 - 5
Nazareth Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $23,560Cash pay $15,314 - 6
St. Mary Medical Center
Langhorne, PA
Gross charge $23,560Cash pay $15,314 - 7
Temple University Hospital - Main Campus
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $84,126Cash pay $8,700 - 8
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $84,948Cash pay $8,700 - 9
Geisinger-Community Medical Center
Scranton, PA
Gross charge $111,376Cash pay $69,053 - 10
Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital
Bloomsburg, PA
Gross charge $111,376Cash pay $69,053 - 11
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA
Gross charge $111,376Cash pay $69,053 - 12
Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital
Lewistown, PA
Gross charge $111,376Cash pay $69,053 - 13
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Wilkes Barre, PA
Gross charge $111,376Cash pay $69,053 - 14
Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital
Jersey Shore, PA
Gross charge $111,376Cash pay $69,053 - 15
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center
Camp Hill, PA
Gross charge — - 16
Jefferson Lansdale Hospital
Lansdale, PA
Gross charge — - 17
St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus
Quakertown, PA
Gross charge — - 18
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Bethlehem, PA
Gross charge — - 19
St. Luke's Grand View Hospital - Sellersville
Sellersville, PA
Gross charge — - 20
Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center
Reading, PA
Gross charge — - 21
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center
Meadowbrook, PA
Gross charge — - 22
Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 23
Chan Soon- Shiong Medical Center at Windber
Windber, PA
Gross charge — - 24
Meadville Medical Center (Acute Care)
Meadville, PA
Gross charge — - 25
Jefferson Health- Northeast
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 26
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $11,745 - 27
Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital
Greensburg, PA
Gross charge — - 28
St. Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus
Easton, PA
Gross charge — - 29
Acmh Hospital
Kittanning, PA
Gross charge — - 30
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 31
Crozer Chester Medical Center
Upland, PA
Gross charge — - 32
St. Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus
Coaldale, PA
Gross charge — - 33
Jefferson Abington Hospital
Abington, PA
Gross charge — - 34
Commonwealth Health Regional Hospital of Scranton
Scranton, PA
Gross charge — - 35
Surgical Institute of Reading
Wyomissing, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,959 - 36
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital
East Norriton, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $11,745 - 37
St. Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus
Stroudsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 38
Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital
Orwigsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 39
St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
Lehighton, PA
Gross charge — - 40
Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center
Enola, PA
Gross charge — - 41
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center
Lancaster, PA
Gross charge — - 42
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Macungie
Macungie, PA
Gross charge — - 43
Titusville Area Hospital
Titusville, PA
Gross charge — - 44
UPMC McKeesport
Mc Keesport, PA
Gross charge — - 45
UPMC Jameson (Acute Care)
New Castle, PA
Gross charge — - 46
UPMC Somerset
Somerset, PA
Gross charge — - 47
Reading Hospital
West Reading, PA
Gross charge — - 48
UPMC Williamsport
Williamsport, PA
Gross charge — - 49
UPMC Hamot
Erie, PA
Gross charge — - 50
UPMC Altoona
Altoona, PA
Gross charge — - 51
UPMC Northwest (Acute Care)
Seneca, PA
Gross charge — - 52
UPMC St. Margaret (Acute Care)
Pittsburgh, PA
Gross charge — - 53
UPMC Bedford
Everett, PA
Gross charge — - 54
Pottstown Hospital
Pottstown, PA
Gross charge — - 55
Phoenixville Hospital
Phoenixville, PA
Gross charge — - 56
Lehigh Valley Hospital (Acute Care)
Allentown, PA
Gross charge — - 57
Bryn Mawr Hospital
Bryn Mawr, PA
Gross charge — - 58
Paoli Hospital
Paoli, PA
Gross charge — - 59
UPMC Horizon - Greenville
Greenville, PA
Gross charge — - 60
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Hazleton
Hazleton, PA
Gross charge — - 61
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono (Acute Care)
East Stroudsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 62
UPMC Hanover
Hanover, PA
Gross charge — - 63
UPMC East (Acute Care)
Monroeville, PA
Gross charge — - 64
Ahn Emerus Westmoreland, Llc
Greensburg, PA
Gross charge — - 65
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City
Dickson City, PA
Gross charge — - 66
UPMC Muncy
Muncy, PA
Gross charge — - 67
UPMC Cole
Coudersport, PA
Gross charge — - 68
UPMC Wellsboro
Wellsboro, PA
Gross charge — - 69
Clarion Hospital
Clarion, PA
Gross charge — - 70
Lancaster General Hospital
Lancaster, PA
Gross charge — - 71Gross charge —
- 72
Independence Health Frick Hospital
Mount Pleasant, PA
Gross charge — - 73
IHS Latrobe Hospital
Latrobe, PA
Gross charge — - 74
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 75
Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 76Gross charge —
14 Pennsylvania hospitals publish gross charges for connective tissue disorders (DRG 547). Prices range from $15,229 to $111,376 — roughly $96,147 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 $69,138.
The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of connective tissue disorders. 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 connective tissue disorders at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling connective tissue disorders 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 connective tissue disorders in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 547 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.