Fainting (Syncope) Cost in Pennsylvania — Compare All Hospitals
A fainting spell or sudden collapse. The hospital stay centers on heart monitoring and tests to find the cause, such as a heart rhythm problem or a drop in blood pressure.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Heritage Valley Beaver
Beaver, PA
Gross charge $15,359Cash pay $6,894Medicare pays (avg) $6,132 - 2
Heritage Valley Sewickley
Sewickley, PA
Gross charge $15,359Cash pay $6,894 - 3
Conemaugh Nason Medical Center
Roaring Spring, PA
Gross charge $20,010Cash pay $8,004 - 4
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center - Main Campus
Johnstown, PA
Gross charge $20,010Cash pay $8,004Medicare pays (avg) $6,470 - 5
Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center
Meyersdale, PA
Gross charge $20,010Cash pay $8,004 - 6
Conemaugh Miners Medical Center
Hastings, PA
Gross charge $20,010Cash pay $8,004 - 7
St. Clair Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
Gross charge $25,336Cash pay $6,296 - 8
Wayne Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Honesdale, PA
Gross charge $31,189Cash pay $24,951 - 9
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital (Acute Care)
Darby, PA
Gross charge $33,972Cash pay $22,082Medicare pays (avg) $8,303 - 10
Nazareth Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $33,972Cash pay $22,082Medicare pays (avg) $7,172 - 11
St. Mary Medical Center
Langhorne, PA
Gross charge $33,972Cash pay $22,082Medicare pays (avg) $5,448 - 12
Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital
Sayre, PA
Gross charge $39,019Cash pay $31,215Medicare pays (avg) $6,137 - 13
Guthrie Troy Community Hospital
Troy, PA
Gross charge $39,019Cash pay $31,215 - 14
Geisinger-Community Medical Center
Scranton, PA
Gross charge $49,104Cash pay $30,445Medicare pays (avg) $5,701 - 15
Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital
Bloomsburg, PA
Gross charge $49,104Cash pay $30,445 - 16
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA
Gross charge $49,104Cash pay $30,445Medicare pays (avg) $7,674 - 17
Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital
Lewistown, PA
Gross charge $49,104Cash pay $30,445Medicare pays (avg) $5,397 - 18
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Wilkes Barre, PA
Gross charge $49,104Cash pay $30,445Medicare pays (avg) $5,766 - 19
Geisinger Medical Center Muncy
Muncy, PA
Gross charge $49,104Cash pay $30,445 - 20
Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital
Jersey Shore, PA
Gross charge $49,104Cash pay $30,445 - 21
Temple University Hospital - Main Campus
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $78,938Cash pay $10,043Medicare pays (avg) $8,518 - 22
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $88,380Cash pay $10,043Medicare pays (avg) $6,516 - 23
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center
Camp Hill, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,067 - 24
St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus
Quakertown, PA
Gross charge — - 25
Wellspan York Hospital
York, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,178 - 26
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Bethlehem, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,673 - 27
St. Luke's Grand View Hospital - Sellersville
Sellersville, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,759 - 28
WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital
Gettysburg, PA
Gross charge — - 29
WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital
Lebanon, PA
Gross charge — - 30
Clarion Hospital
Clarion, PA
Gross charge — - 31
Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center
Reading, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,542 - 32
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center
Meadowbrook, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,248 - 33
Lancaster General Hospital
Lancaster, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,812 - 34
Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,582 - 35
Chan Soon- Shiong Medical Center at Windber
Windber, PA
Gross charge — - 36
Meadville Medical Center (Acute Care)
Meadville, PA
Gross charge — - 37
Jefferson Health- Northeast
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,843 - 38
Wellspan Waynesboro Hospital
Waynesboro, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,656 - 39
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $12,209Medicare pays (avg) $8,202 - 40
Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital
Greensburg, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,919 - 41
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
Chambersburg, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,649 - 42
St. Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus
Easton, PA
Gross charge — - 43
Acmh Hospital
Kittanning, PA
Gross charge — - 44Gross charge —
- 45
Chester County Hospital
West Chester, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,298 - 46
Crozer Chester Medical Center
Upland, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,168 - 47
St. Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus
Coaldale, PA
Gross charge — - 48
Independence Health Frick Hospital
Mount Pleasant, PA
Gross charge — - 49
IHS Latrobe Hospital
Latrobe, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,275 - 50
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,044 - 51
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
Ephrata, PA
Gross charge — - 52
Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,156 - 53
Commonwealth Health Regional Hospital of Scranton
Scranton, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,134 - 54Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,360
- 55
Surgical Institute of Reading
Wyomissing, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,450 - 56Gross charge —
- 57
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital
East Norriton, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $12,209Medicare pays (avg) $6,295 - 58
St. Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus
Stroudsburg, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,049 - 59
Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital
Orwigsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 60
St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
Lehighton, PA
Gross charge — - 61
Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center
Enola, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,182 - 62
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center
Lancaster, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,260 - 63
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Macungie
Macungie, PA
Gross charge — - 64
Titusville Area Hospital
Titusville, PA
Gross charge — - 65
UPMC McKeesport
Mc Keesport, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,942 - 66
UPMC Jameson (Acute Care)
New Castle, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,216 - 67
UPMC Somerset
Somerset, PA
Gross charge — - 68
Reading Hospital
West Reading, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,197 - 69
UPMC Williamsport
Williamsport, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,323 - 70
UPMC Hamot
Erie, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,764 - 71
UPMC Altoona
Altoona, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,481 - 72
UPMC Northwest (Acute Care)
Seneca, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,881 - 73
UPMC St. Margaret (Acute Care)
Pittsburgh, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,623 - 74
UPMC Bedford
Everett, PA
Gross charge — - 75
Pottstown Hospital
Pottstown, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,047 - 76
Phoenixville Hospital
Phoenixville, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,943 - 77
Lehigh Valley Hospital (Acute Care)
Allentown, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,198 - 78
Bryn Mawr Hospital
Bryn Mawr, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,429 - 79
Paoli Hospital
Paoli, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,828 - 80
UPMC Horizon - Greenville
Greenville, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,380 - 81
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Hazleton
Hazleton, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,002 - 82
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono (Acute Care)
East Stroudsburg, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,314 - 83
UPMC Hanover
Hanover, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,347 - 84
UPMC East (Acute Care)
Monroeville, PA
Gross charge — - 85
Ahn Emerus Westmoreland, Llc
Greensburg, PA
Gross charge — - 86
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City
Dickson City, PA
Gross charge — - 87
UPMC Muncy
Muncy, PA
Gross charge — - 88
UPMC Cole
Coudersport, PA
Gross charge — - 89
Penn Highlands Elk
Saint Marys, PA
Gross charge — - 90
UPMC Wellsboro
Wellsboro, PA
Gross charge —
22 Pennsylvania hospitals publish gross charges for fainting (syncope) (DRG 312). Prices range from $15,359 to $88,380 — roughly $73,020 apart. The cheapest is Heritage Valley Beaver in Beaver; the most expensive is Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia. The state average sits at $39,013.
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 fainting (syncope) 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 fainting (syncope) 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 fainting (syncope) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 312 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.