Joint Infection Cost in Pennsylvania — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for a bacterial infection inside a joint, such as the knee or hip, which causes severe pain and swelling. Treatment typically combines IV antibiotics with a procedure to drain or wash out the joint.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
St. Clair Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
Gross charge $14,795Cash pay $8,708 - 2
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital (Acute Care)
Darby, PA
Gross charge $32,693Cash pay $21,250 - 3
Nazareth Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $32,693Cash pay $21,250 - 4
St. Mary Medical Center
Langhorne, PA
Gross charge $32,693Cash pay $21,250 - 5
Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital
Sayre, PA
Gross charge $48,687Cash pay $38,950 - 6
Guthrie Troy Community Hospital
Troy, PA
Gross charge $48,687Cash pay $38,950 - 7
Geisinger-Community Medical Center
Scranton, PA
Gross charge $96,476Cash pay $59,815 - 8
Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital
Bloomsburg, PA
Gross charge $96,476Cash pay $59,815 - 9
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA
Gross charge $96,476Cash pay $59,815 - 10
Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital
Lewistown, PA
Gross charge $96,476Cash pay $59,815 - 11
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Wilkes Barre, PA
Gross charge $96,476Cash pay $59,815 - 12
Geisinger Medical Center Muncy
Muncy, PA
Gross charge $96,476Cash pay $59,815 - 13
Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital
Jersey Shore, PA
Gross charge $96,476Cash pay $59,815 - 14
Temple University Hospital - Main Campus
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $99,864Cash pay $13,627 - 15
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $130,041Cash pay $13,627 - 16
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center
Camp Hill, PA
Gross charge — - 17
St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus
Quakertown, PA
Gross charge — - 18
Wellspan York Hospital
York, PA
Gross charge — - 19
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Bethlehem, PA
Gross charge — - 20
St. Luke's Grand View Hospital - Sellersville
Sellersville, PA
Gross charge — - 21
WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital
Gettysburg, PA
Gross charge — - 22
WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital
Lebanon, PA
Gross charge — - 23
Clarion Hospital
Clarion, 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
Lancaster General Hospital
Lancaster, PA
Gross charge — - 27
Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 28
Chan Soon- Shiong Medical Center at Windber
Windber, PA
Gross charge — - 29
Meadville Medical Center (Acute Care)
Meadville, PA
Gross charge — - 30
Jefferson Health- Northeast
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 31
Wellspan Waynesboro Hospital
Waynesboro, PA
Gross charge — - 32
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $16,616 - 33
Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital
Greensburg, PA
Gross charge — - 34
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
Chambersburg, PA
Gross charge — - 35
St. Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus
Easton, PA
Gross charge — - 36
Acmh Hospital
Kittanning, PA
Gross charge — - 37Gross charge —
- 38
Chester County Hospital
West Chester, PA
Gross charge — - 39
Crozer Chester Medical Center
Upland, PA
Gross charge — - 40
St. Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus
Coaldale, PA
Gross charge — - 41
Independence Health Frick Hospital
Mount Pleasant, PA
Gross charge — - 42
IHS Latrobe Hospital
Latrobe, PA
Gross charge — - 43
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 44
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
Ephrata, PA
Gross charge — - 45
Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 46
Commonwealth Health Regional Hospital of Scranton
Scranton, PA
Gross charge — - 47Gross charge —
- 48
Surgical Institute of Reading
Wyomissing, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $11,803 - 49Gross charge —
- 50
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital
East Norriton, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $16,616 - 51
St. Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus
Stroudsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 52
Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital
Orwigsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 53
St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
Lehighton, PA
Gross charge — - 54
Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center
Enola, PA
Gross charge — - 55
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center
Lancaster, PA
Gross charge — - 56
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Macungie
Macungie, PA
Gross charge — - 57
Titusville Area Hospital
Titusville, PA
Gross charge — - 58
UPMC McKeesport
Mc Keesport, PA
Gross charge — - 59
UPMC Jameson (Acute Care)
New Castle, PA
Gross charge — - 60
UPMC Somerset
Somerset, PA
Gross charge — - 61
Reading Hospital
West Reading, PA
Gross charge — - 62
UPMC Williamsport
Williamsport, PA
Gross charge — - 63
UPMC Hamot
Erie, PA
Gross charge — - 64
UPMC Altoona
Altoona, PA
Gross charge — - 65
UPMC Northwest (Acute Care)
Seneca, PA
Gross charge — - 66
UPMC St. Margaret (Acute Care)
Pittsburgh, PA
Gross charge — - 67
UPMC Bedford
Everett, PA
Gross charge — - 68
Pottstown Hospital
Pottstown, PA
Gross charge — - 69
Phoenixville Hospital
Phoenixville, PA
Gross charge — - 70
Lehigh Valley Hospital (Acute Care)
Allentown, PA
Gross charge — - 71
UPMC Horizon - Greenville
Greenville, PA
Gross charge — - 72
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Hazleton
Hazleton, PA
Gross charge — - 73
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono (Acute Care)
East Stroudsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 74
UPMC Hanover
Hanover, PA
Gross charge — - 75
UPMC East (Acute Care)
Monroeville, PA
Gross charge — - 76
Ahn Emerus Westmoreland, Llc
Greensburg, PA
Gross charge — - 77
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City
Dickson City, PA
Gross charge — - 78
UPMC Muncy
Muncy, PA
Gross charge — - 79
UPMC Cole
Coudersport, PA
Gross charge — - 80
UPMC Wellsboro
Wellsboro, PA
Gross charge —
15 Pennsylvania hospitals publish gross charges for joint infection (DRG 549). Prices range from $14,795 to $130,041 — roughly 9×. The cheapest is St. Clair Hospital in Pittsburgh; the most expensive is Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia. The state average sits at $74,366.
The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of joint infection. 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 joint infection at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling joint infection 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 joint infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 549 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.