DRG 184 · Respiratory

Major Chest Injury Cost in Pennsylvania — Compare All Hospitals

A serious injury to the chest, such as multiple broken ribs or a bruised lung. Hospital care focuses on pain control, breathing support, and monitoring for internal injuries.

State average
$53,604
gross charge · DRG 184
Hospitals
19
with published pricing
Price range
$14,362 – $147,782
low to high
Lowest $14,362 Highest $147,782

19 Pennsylvania hospitals publish gross charges for major chest injury (DRG 184). Prices range from $14,362 to $147,782 — roughly 10×. The cheapest is Heritage Valley Beaver in Beaver; the most expensive is Temple University Hospital - Main Campus in Philadelphia. The state average sits at $53,604.

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 major chest 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 major chest 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 major chest injury in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 184 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

    Heritage Valley Beaver

    Beaver, PA

    Gross charge $14,362
    Cash pay $8,251
  2. 2

    Heritage Valley Sewickley

    Sewickley, PA

    Gross charge $14,362
    Cash pay $8,251
  3. 3

    St. Clair Hospital

    Pittsburgh, PA

    Gross charge $14,832
    Cash pay $7,718
  4. 4

    Conemaugh Nason Medical Center

    Roaring Spring, PA

    Gross charge $27,435
    Cash pay $10,974
  5. 5

    Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center - Main Campus

    Johnstown, PA

    Gross charge $27,435
    Cash pay $10,974
  6. 6
    Gross charge $27,435
    Cash pay $10,974
  7. 7
    Gross charge $27,435
    Cash pay $10,974
  8. 8

    Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital

    Sayre, PA

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $39,226
    Cash pay $31,381
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,704
  9. 9

    Guthrie Troy Community Hospital

    Troy, PA

    Gross charge $39,226
    Cash pay $31,381
  10. 10

    Geisinger-Community Medical Center

    Scranton, PA

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $63,116
    Cash pay $39,132
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,154
  11. 11

    Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital

    Bloomsburg, PA

    Gross charge $63,116
    Cash pay $39,132
  12. 12

    Geisinger Medical Center

    Danville, PA

    29 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $63,116
    Cash pay $39,132
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,089
  13. 13

    Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital

    Lewistown, PA

    Gross charge $63,116
    Cash pay $39,132
  14. 14

    Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center

    Wilkes Barre, PA

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $63,116
    Cash pay $39,132
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,801
  15. 15

    Geisinger Medical Center Muncy

    Muncy, PA

    Gross charge $63,116
    Cash pay $39,132
  16. 16

    Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital

    Jersey Shore, PA

    Gross charge $63,116
    Cash pay $39,132
  17. 17

    Wayne Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Honesdale, PA

    Gross charge $69,653
    Cash pay $55,722
  18. 18

    Chestnut Hill Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge $127,480
    Cash pay $12,156
  19. 19

    Temple University Hospital - Main Campus

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge $147,782
    Cash pay $12,156
  20. 20

    Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center

    Camp Hill, PA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,750
  21. 21

    Jefferson Lansdale Hospital

    Lansdale, PA

    Gross charge
  22. 22

    St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus

    Quakertown, PA

    Gross charge
  23. 23

    Wellspan York Hospital

    York, PA

    41 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,625
  24. 24

    St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)

    Bethlehem, PA

    42 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,956
  25. 25

    St. Luke's Grand View Hospital - Sellersville

    Sellersville, PA

    27 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,014
  26. 26

    WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital

    Gettysburg, PA

    Gross charge
  27. 27

    WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital

    Lebanon, PA

    Gross charge
  28. 28

    Clarion Hospital

    Clarion, PA

    Gross charge
  29. 29

    Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center

    Reading, PA

    Gross charge
  30. 30

    Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center

    Meadowbrook, PA

    Gross charge
  31. 31

    Lancaster General Hospital

    Lancaster, PA

    35 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,690
  32. 32

    Hospital of University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge
  33. 33

    Chan Soon- Shiong Medical Center at Windber

    Windber, PA

    Gross charge
  34. 34

    Meadville Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Meadville, PA

    Gross charge
  35. 35

    Jefferson Health- Northeast

    Philadelphia, PA

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,423
  36. 36

    Wellspan Waynesboro Hospital

    Waynesboro, PA

    Gross charge
  37. 37

    Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $14,737
  38. 38

    Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital

    Greensburg, PA

    Gross charge
  39. 39

    WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital

    Chambersburg, PA

    Gross charge
  40. 40

    St. Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus

    Easton, PA

    Gross charge
  41. 41

    Acmh Hospital

    Kittanning, PA

    Gross charge
  42. 42
    Gross charge
  43. 43

    Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,458
  44. 44

    Chester County Hospital

    West Chester, PA

    Gross charge
  45. 45

    Crozer Chester Medical Center

    Upland, PA

    Gross charge
  46. 46

    St. Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus

    Coaldale, PA

    Gross charge
  47. 47

    Independence Health Frick Hospital

    Mount Pleasant, PA

    Gross charge
  48. 48

    IHS Latrobe Hospital

    Latrobe, PA

    Gross charge
  49. 49

    Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

    Philadelphia, PA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,503
  50. 50

    WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital

    Ephrata, PA

    Gross charge
  51. 51

    Pennsylvania Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge
  52. 52

    Jefferson Abington Hospital

    Abington, PA

    30 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,969
  53. 53
    Gross charge
  54. 54

    Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

    Hershey, PA

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,914
  55. 55
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $10,293
  56. 56
    Gross charge
  57. 57

    Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital

    East Norriton, PA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $14,737
  58. 58

    St. Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus

    Stroudsburg, PA

    Gross charge
  59. 59

    Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital

    Orwigsburg, PA

    Gross charge
  60. 60

    St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus

    Lehighton, PA

    Gross charge
  61. 61

    Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center

    Enola, PA

    Gross charge
  62. 62

    Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center

    Lancaster, PA

    Gross charge
  63. 63
    Gross charge
  64. 64

    Titusville Area Hospital

    Titusville, PA

    Gross charge
  65. 65

    UPMC McKeesport

    Mc Keesport, PA

    Gross charge
  66. 66

    UPMC Jameson (Acute Care)

    New Castle, PA

    Gross charge
  67. 67

    UPMC Somerset

    Somerset, PA

    Gross charge
  68. 68

    Reading Hospital

    West Reading, PA

    32 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,607
  69. 69

    UPMC Williamsport

    Williamsport, PA

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,031
  70. 70

    UPMC Hamot

    Erie, PA

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,080
  71. 71

    UPMC Altoona

    Altoona, PA

    Gross charge
  72. 72

    UPMC Northwest (Acute Care)

    Seneca, PA

    Gross charge
  73. 73

    UPMC St. Margaret (Acute Care)

    Pittsburgh, PA

    Gross charge
  74. 74

    UPMC Bedford

    Everett, PA

    Gross charge
  75. 75

    Pottstown Hospital

    Pottstown, PA

    Gross charge
  76. 76

    Phoenixville Hospital

    Phoenixville, PA

    Gross charge
  77. 77

    Lehigh Valley Hospital (Acute Care)

    Allentown, PA

    42 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,951
  78. 78

    Paoli Hospital

    Paoli, PA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,796
  79. 79

    UPMC Horizon - Greenville

    Greenville, PA

    Gross charge
  80. 80

    Lehigh Valley Hospital–Hazleton

    Hazleton, PA

    Gross charge
  81. 81

    Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono (Acute Care)

    East Stroudsburg, PA

    Gross charge
  82. 82

    UPMC Hanover

    Hanover, PA

    Gross charge
  83. 83

    UPMC East (Acute Care)

    Monroeville, PA

    Gross charge
  84. 84
    Gross charge
  85. 85

    Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City

    Dickson City, PA

    Gross charge
  86. 86

    UPMC Muncy

    Muncy, PA

    Gross charge
  87. 87

    UPMC Cole

    Coudersport, PA

    Gross charge
  88. 88

    Penn Highlands Elk

    Saint Marys, PA

    Gross charge
  89. 89

    UPMC Wellsboro

    Wellsboro, PA

    Gross charge

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