DRG 856 · Infection & Sepsis

Infection After Surgery or Injury Cost in Pennsylvania — Compare All Hospitals

An infection that developed after an operation or an injury and requires surgery to clean out infected tissue. The stay includes the operation and IV antibiotics.

State average
$182,284
gross charge · DRG 856
Hospitals
19
with published pricing
Price range
$30,653 – $491,676
low to high
Lowest $30,653 Highest $491,676

19 Pennsylvania hospitals publish gross charges for infection after surgery or injury (DRG 856). Prices range from $30,653 to $491,676 — roughly 16×. The cheapest is Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital (Acute Care) in Darby; the most expensive is Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia. The state average sits at $182,284.

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 infection after surgery or injury 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 infection after surgery or injury 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 infection after surgery or injury in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 856 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

    Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital (Acute Care)

    Darby, PA

    Gross charge $30,653
    Cash pay $19,924
  2. 2

    Nazareth Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge $30,653
    Cash pay $19,924
  3. 3

    St. Mary Medical Center

    Langhorne, PA

    Gross charge $30,653
    Cash pay $19,924
  4. 4

    St. Clair Hospital

    Pittsburgh, PA

    Gross charge $61,579
    Cash pay $32,601
  5. 5

    Conemaugh Nason Medical Center

    Roaring Spring, PA

    Gross charge $67,871
    Cash pay $27,148
  6. 6

    Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center - Main Campus

    Johnstown, PA

    Gross charge $67,871
    Cash pay $27,148
  7. 7
    Gross charge $67,871
    Cash pay $27,148
  8. 8
    Gross charge $67,871
    Cash pay $27,148
  9. 9

    Wayne Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Honesdale, PA

    Gross charge $73,071
    Cash pay $58,457
  10. 10

    Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital

    Sayre, PA

    Gross charge $113,780
    Cash pay $91,024
  11. 11

    Guthrie Troy Community Hospital

    Troy, PA

    Gross charge $113,780
    Cash pay $91,024
  12. 12

    Geisinger-Community Medical Center

    Scranton, PA

    Gross charge $292,699
    Cash pay $181,474
  13. 13

    Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital

    Bloomsburg, PA

    Gross charge $292,699
    Cash pay $181,474
  14. 14

    Geisinger Medical Center

    Danville, PA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $292,699
    Cash pay $181,474
    Medicare pays (avg) $42,080
  15. 15

    Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital

    Lewistown, PA

    Gross charge $292,699
    Cash pay $181,474
  16. 16

    Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center

    Wilkes Barre, PA

    Gross charge $292,699
    Cash pay $181,474
  17. 17

    Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital

    Jersey Shore, PA

    Gross charge $292,699
    Cash pay $181,474
  18. 18

    Temple University Hospital - Main Campus

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge $489,874
    Cash pay $49,132
  19. 19

    Chestnut Hill Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge $491,676
    Cash pay $49,132
  20. 20

    Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center

    Camp Hill, PA

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  21. 21

    Jefferson Lansdale Hospital

    Lansdale, PA

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  22. 22

    St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus

    Quakertown, PA

    Gross charge —
  23. 23

    Wellspan York Hospital

    York, PA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $39,949
  24. 24

    St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)

    Bethlehem, PA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $34,701
  25. 25

    St. Luke's Grand View Hospital - Sellersville

    Sellersville, PA

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  26. 26

    WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital

    Gettysburg, PA

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  27. 27

    WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital

    Lebanon, PA

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  28. 28

    Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center

    Reading, PA

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  29. 29

    Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center

    Meadowbrook, PA

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  30. 30

    Hospital of University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, PA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $86,797
  31. 31

    Chan Soon- Shiong Medical Center at Windber

    Windber, PA

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  32. 32

    Meadville Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Meadville, PA

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  33. 33

    Jefferson Health- Northeast

    Philadelphia, PA

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  34. 34

    Wellspan Waynesboro Hospital

    Waynesboro, PA

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  35. 35

    Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $60,494
  36. 36

    Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital

    Greensburg, PA

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  37. 37

    WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital

    Chambersburg, PA

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  38. 38

    St. Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus

    Easton, PA

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  39. 39

    Acmh Hospital

    Kittanning, PA

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  40. 40

    Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    23 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $41,958
  41. 41

    Crozer Chester Medical Center

    Upland, PA

    Gross charge —
  42. 42

    St. Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus

    Coaldale, PA

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  43. 43

    WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital

    Ephrata, PA

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  44. 44

    Jefferson Abington Hospital

    Abington, PA

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  45. 45
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  46. 46
    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $43,334
  47. 47
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  48. 48

    Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital

    East Norriton, PA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $60,494
  49. 49

    St. Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus

    Stroudsburg, PA

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  50. 50

    Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital

    Orwigsburg, PA

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  51. 51

    St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus

    Lehighton, PA

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  52. 52

    Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center

    Enola, PA

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  53. 53

    Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center

    Lancaster, PA

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  54. 54
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  55. 55

    Titusville Area Hospital

    Titusville, PA

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  56. 56

    UPMC McKeesport

    Mc Keesport, PA

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  57. 57

    UPMC Jameson (Acute Care)

    New Castle, PA

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  58. 58

    UPMC Somerset

    Somerset, PA

    Gross charge —
  59. 59

    Reading Hospital

    West Reading, PA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $29,815
  60. 60

    UPMC Williamsport

    Williamsport, PA

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  61. 61

    UPMC Hamot

    Erie, PA

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  62. 62

    UPMC Altoona

    Altoona, PA

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  63. 63

    UPMC Northwest (Acute Care)

    Seneca, PA

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  64. 64

    UPMC St. Margaret (Acute Care)

    Pittsburgh, PA

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  65. 65

    UPMC Bedford

    Everett, PA

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  66. 66

    Pottstown Hospital

    Pottstown, PA

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  67. 67

    Phoenixville Hospital

    Phoenixville, PA

    Gross charge —
  68. 68

    Lehigh Valley Hospital (Acute Care)

    Allentown, PA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $29,398
  69. 69

    Bryn Mawr Hospital

    Bryn Mawr, PA

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  70. 70

    Paoli Hospital

    Paoli, PA

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  71. 71

    UPMC Horizon - Greenville

    Greenville, PA

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  72. 72

    Lehigh Valley Hospital–Hazleton

    Hazleton, PA

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  73. 73

    Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono (Acute Care)

    East Stroudsburg, PA

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  74. 74

    UPMC Hanover

    Hanover, PA

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  75. 75

    UPMC East (Acute Care)

    Monroeville, PA

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  76. 76

    Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City

    Dickson City, PA

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  77. 77

    UPMC Muncy

    Muncy, PA

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  78. 78

    UPMC Cole

    Coudersport, PA

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  79. 79

    UPMC Wellsboro

    Wellsboro, PA

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  80. 80

    Clarion Hospital

    Clarion, PA

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  81. 81

    Lancaster General Hospital

    Lancaster, PA

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  82. 82
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  83. 83

    Independence Health Frick Hospital

    Mount Pleasant, PA

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  84. 84

    IHS Latrobe Hospital

    Latrobe, PA

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  85. 85

    Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

    Philadelphia, PA

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  86. 86

    Pennsylvania Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge —
  87. 87

    Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

    Hershey, PA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $50,087

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