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
$187,805
gross charge · DRG 856
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$30,653 – $491,676
low to high
Lowest $30,653 Highest $491,676

20 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 $187,805.

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 Medical Center Muncy

    Muncy, PA

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

    Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital

    Jersey Shore, PA

    Gross charge $292,699
    Cash pay $181,474
  19. 19

    Temple University Hospital - Main Campus

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge $489,874
    Cash pay $49,132
  20. 20

    Chestnut Hill Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge $491,676
    Cash pay $49,132
  21. 21

    Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center

    Camp Hill, PA

    Gross charge
  22. 22

    Jefferson Lansdale Hospital

    Lansdale, PA

    Gross charge
  23. 23

    St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus

    Quakertown, PA

    Gross charge
  24. 24

    Wellspan York Hospital

    York, PA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $39,949
  25. 25

    St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)

    Bethlehem, PA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $34,701
  26. 26

    St. Luke's Grand View Hospital - Sellersville

    Sellersville, PA

    Gross charge
  27. 27

    WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital

    Gettysburg, PA

    Gross charge
  28. 28

    WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital

    Lebanon, PA

    Gross charge
  29. 29

    Clarion Hospital

    Clarion, PA

    Gross charge
  30. 30

    Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center

    Reading, PA

    Gross charge
  31. 31

    Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center

    Meadowbrook, PA

    Gross charge
  32. 32

    Lancaster General Hospital

    Lancaster, PA

    Gross charge
  33. 33

    Hospital of University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, PA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $86,797
  34. 34

    Chan Soon- Shiong Medical Center at Windber

    Windber, PA

    Gross charge
  35. 35

    Meadville Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Meadville, PA

    Gross charge
  36. 36

    Jefferson Health- Northeast

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge
  37. 37

    Wellspan Waynesboro Hospital

    Waynesboro, PA

    Gross charge
  38. 38

    Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $60,494
  39. 39

    Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital

    Greensburg, PA

    Gross charge
  40. 40

    WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital

    Chambersburg, PA

    Gross charge
  41. 41

    St. Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus

    Easton, PA

    Gross charge
  42. 42

    Acmh Hospital

    Kittanning, PA

    Gross charge
  43. 43
    Gross charge
  44. 44

    Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $41,958
  45. 45

    Chester County Hospital

    West Chester, PA

    Gross charge
  46. 46

    Crozer Chester Medical Center

    Upland, PA

    Gross charge
  47. 47

    St. Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus

    Coaldale, PA

    Gross charge
  48. 48

    Independence Health Frick Hospital

    Mount Pleasant, PA

    Gross charge
  49. 49

    IHS Latrobe Hospital

    Latrobe, PA

    Gross charge
  50. 50

    Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge
  51. 51

    WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital

    Ephrata, PA

    Gross charge
  52. 52

    Pennsylvania Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge
  53. 53

    Jefferson Abington Hospital

    Abington, PA

    Gross charge
  54. 54
    Gross charge
  55. 55

    Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

    Hershey, PA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $50,087
  56. 56
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $43,334
  57. 57
    Gross charge
  58. 58

    Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital

    East Norriton, PA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $60,494
  59. 59

    St. Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus

    Stroudsburg, PA

    Gross charge
  60. 60

    Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital

    Orwigsburg, PA

    Gross charge
  61. 61

    St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus

    Lehighton, PA

    Gross charge
  62. 62

    Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center

    Enola, PA

    Gross charge
  63. 63

    Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center

    Lancaster, PA

    Gross charge
  64. 64
    Gross charge
  65. 65

    Titusville Area Hospital

    Titusville, PA

    Gross charge
  66. 66

    UPMC McKeesport

    Mc Keesport, PA

    Gross charge
  67. 67

    UPMC Jameson (Acute Care)

    New Castle, PA

    Gross charge
  68. 68

    UPMC Somerset

    Somerset, PA

    Gross charge
  69. 69

    Reading Hospital

    West Reading, PA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $29,815
  70. 70

    UPMC Williamsport

    Williamsport, PA

    Gross charge
  71. 71

    UPMC Hamot

    Erie, PA

    Gross charge
  72. 72

    UPMC Altoona

    Altoona, PA

    Gross charge
  73. 73

    UPMC Northwest (Acute Care)

    Seneca, PA

    Gross charge
  74. 74

    UPMC St. Margaret (Acute Care)

    Pittsburgh, PA

    Gross charge
  75. 75

    UPMC Bedford

    Everett, PA

    Gross charge
  76. 76

    Pottstown Hospital

    Pottstown, PA

    Gross charge
  77. 77

    Phoenixville Hospital

    Phoenixville, PA

    Gross charge
  78. 78

    Lehigh Valley Hospital (Acute Care)

    Allentown, PA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $29,398
  79. 79

    Bryn Mawr Hospital

    Bryn Mawr, PA

    Gross charge
  80. 80

    Paoli Hospital

    Paoli, PA

    Gross charge
  81. 81

    UPMC Horizon - Greenville

    Greenville, PA

    Gross charge
  82. 82

    Lehigh Valley Hospital–Hazleton

    Hazleton, PA

    Gross charge
  83. 83

    Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono (Acute Care)

    East Stroudsburg, PA

    Gross charge
  84. 84

    UPMC Hanover

    Hanover, PA

    Gross charge
  85. 85

    UPMC East (Acute Care)

    Monroeville, PA

    Gross charge
  86. 86

    Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City

    Dickson City, PA

    Gross charge
  87. 87

    UPMC Muncy

    Muncy, PA

    Gross charge
  88. 88

    UPMC Cole

    Coudersport, PA

    Gross charge
  89. 89

    UPMC Wellsboro

    Wellsboro, PA

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