DRG 271 · Cardiovascular

Major Heart & Blood Vessel Surgery Cost in Pennsylvania — Compare All Hospitals

Major surgery on the heart or blood vessels, such as repairing an aneurysm or implanting a device, that does not fall into a more specific category. The stay includes the operation and closely monitored recovery.

State average
$192,673
gross charge · DRG 271
Hospitals
18
with published pricing
Price range
$72,043 – $501,679
low to high
Lowest $72,043 Highest $501,679

18 Pennsylvania hospitals publish gross charges for major heart & blood vessel surgery (DRG 271). Prices range from $72,043 to $501,679 — roughly 7×. The cheapest is St. Clair Hospital in Pittsburgh; the most expensive is Temple University Hospital - Main Campus in Philadelphia. The state average sits at $192,673.

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 heart & blood vessel surgery 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 heart & blood vessel surgery 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 heart & blood vessel surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 271 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

    St. Clair Hospital

    Pittsburgh, PA

    Gross charge $72,043
    Cash pay $24,889
  2. 2

    Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital (Acute Care)

    Darby, PA

    Gross charge $85,817
    Cash pay $55,781
  3. 3

    Nazareth Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge $85,817
    Cash pay $55,781
  4. 4

    St. Mary Medical Center

    Langhorne, PA

    Gross charge $85,817
    Cash pay $55,781
  5. 5

    Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital

    Sayre, PA

    Gross charge $120,268
    Cash pay $96,215
  6. 6

    Guthrie Troy Community Hospital

    Troy, PA

    Gross charge $120,268
    Cash pay $96,215
  7. 7

    Conemaugh Nason Medical Center

    Roaring Spring, PA

    Gross charge $145,626
    Cash pay $58,250
  8. 8

    Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center - Main Campus

    Johnstown, PA

    Gross charge $145,626
    Cash pay $58,250
  9. 9
    Gross charge $145,626
    Cash pay $58,250
  10. 10
    Gross charge $145,626
    Cash pay $58,250
  11. 11

    Geisinger-Community Medical Center

    Scranton, PA

    Gross charge $237,980
    Cash pay $147,547
  12. 12

    Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital

    Bloomsburg, PA

    Gross charge $237,980
    Cash pay $147,547
  13. 13

    Geisinger Medical Center

    Danville, PA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $237,980
    Cash pay $147,547
    Medicare pays (avg) $26,528
  14. 14

    Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital

    Lewistown, PA

    Gross charge $237,980
    Cash pay $147,547
  15. 15

    Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center

    Wilkes Barre, PA

    Gross charge $237,980
    Cash pay $147,547
  16. 16

    Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital

    Jersey Shore, PA

    Gross charge $237,980
    Cash pay $147,547
  17. 17

    Chestnut Hill Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge $386,030
    Cash pay $37,672
  18. 18

    Temple University Hospital - Main Campus

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge $501,679
    Cash pay $37,672
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    Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center

    Camp Hill, PA

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    Jefferson Lansdale Hospital

    Lansdale, PA

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  21. 21

    St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus

    Quakertown, PA

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  22. 22

    St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)

    Bethlehem, PA

    31 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $29,651
  23. 23

    St. Luke's Grand View Hospital - Sellersville

    Sellersville, PA

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  24. 24

    Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center

    Reading, PA

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    Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center

    Meadowbrook, PA

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  26. 26

    Hospital of University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, PA

    26 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $37,019
  27. 27

    Chan Soon- Shiong Medical Center at Windber

    Windber, PA

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  28. 28

    Meadville Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Meadville, PA

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  29. 29

    Jefferson Health- Northeast

    Philadelphia, PA

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  30. 30

    Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $47,463
  31. 31

    Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital

    Greensburg, PA

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  32. 32

    St. Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus

    Easton, PA

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  33. 33

    Acmh Hospital

    Kittanning, PA

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  34. 34

    Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    17 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $24,821
  35. 35

    Crozer Chester Medical Center

    Upland, PA

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  36. 36

    St. Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus

    Coaldale, PA

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  37. 37

    Jefferson Abington Hospital

    Abington, PA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $26,239
  38. 38
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  39. 39
    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $33,820
  40. 40

    Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital

    East Norriton, PA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $47,463
  41. 41

    St. Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus

    Stroudsburg, PA

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  42. 42

    Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital

    Orwigsburg, PA

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  43. 43

    St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus

    Lehighton, PA

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  44. 44

    Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center

    Enola, PA

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    Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center

    Lancaster, PA

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  47. 47

    Titusville Area Hospital

    Titusville, PA

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  48. 48

    UPMC McKeesport

    Mc Keesport, PA

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  49. 49

    UPMC Jameson (Acute Care)

    New Castle, PA

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  50. 50

    UPMC Somerset

    Somerset, PA

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  51. 51

    Reading Hospital

    West Reading, PA

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  52. 52

    UPMC Williamsport

    Williamsport, PA

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  53. 53

    UPMC Hamot

    Erie, PA

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  54. 54

    UPMC Altoona

    Altoona, PA

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  55. 55

    UPMC Northwest (Acute Care)

    Seneca, PA

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  56. 56

    UPMC St. Margaret (Acute Care)

    Pittsburgh, PA

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  57. 57

    UPMC Bedford

    Everett, PA

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  58. 58

    Pottstown Hospital

    Pottstown, PA

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  59. 59

    Phoenixville Hospital

    Phoenixville, PA

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  60. 60

    Lehigh Valley Hospital (Acute Care)

    Allentown, PA

    29 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $24,898
  61. 61

    Bryn Mawr Hospital

    Bryn Mawr, PA

    15 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $22,778
  62. 62

    Paoli Hospital

    Paoli, PA

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  63. 63

    UPMC Horizon - Greenville

    Greenville, PA

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  64. 64

    Lehigh Valley Hospital–Hazleton

    Hazleton, PA

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  65. 65

    Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono (Acute Care)

    East Stroudsburg, PA

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  66. 66

    UPMC Hanover

    Hanover, PA

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  67. 67

    UPMC East (Acute Care)

    Monroeville, PA

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  68. 68

    Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City

    Dickson City, PA

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  69. 69

    UPMC Muncy

    Muncy, PA

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  70. 70

    UPMC Cole

    Coudersport, PA

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  71. 71

    UPMC Wellsboro

    Wellsboro, PA

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  72. 72

    Clarion Hospital

    Clarion, PA

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  73. 73

    Lancaster General Hospital

    Lancaster, PA

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  74. 74
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  75. 75

    Independence Health Frick Hospital

    Mount Pleasant, PA

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  76. 76

    IHS Latrobe Hospital

    Latrobe, PA

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  77. 77

    Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

    Philadelphia, PA

    17 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $34,061
  78. 78

    Pennsylvania Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

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  79. 79

    Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

    Hershey, PA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $32,698

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