DRG 242 · Cardiovascular

Pacemaker Implant Cost in Pennsylvania — Compare All Hospitals

Placement of a small device under the skin of the chest that keeps the heartbeat steady, in patients who also have serious complicating conditions. The stay includes the procedure plus closer monitoring and treatment of those other problems.

State average
$125,827
gross charge · DRG 242
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$35,623 – $220,676
low to high
Lowest $35,623 Highest $220,676

20 Pennsylvania hospitals publish gross charges for pacemaker implant (DRG 242). Prices range from $35,623 to $220,676 — roughly 6×. The cheapest is Heritage Valley Beaver in Beaver; the most expensive is Temple University Hospital - Main Campus in Philadelphia. The state average sits at $125,827.

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 pacemaker implant 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 pacemaker implant 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 pacemaker implant in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 242 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 $35,623
    Cash pay $24,275
  2. 2

    Heritage Valley Sewickley

    Sewickley, PA

    Gross charge $35,623
    Cash pay $24,275
  3. 3

    St. Clair Hospital

    Pittsburgh, PA

    Gross charge $78,416
    Cash pay $24,511
  4. 4

    Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital

    Sayre, PA

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $84,472
    Cash pay $67,577
    Medicare pays (avg) $25,676
  5. 5

    Guthrie Troy Community Hospital

    Troy, PA

    Gross charge $84,472
    Cash pay $67,577
  6. 6

    Conemaugh Nason Medical Center

    Roaring Spring, PA

    Gross charge $108,910
    Cash pay $43,564
  7. 7

    Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center - Main Campus

    Johnstown, PA

    Gross charge $108,910
    Cash pay $43,564
  8. 8
    Gross charge $108,910
    Cash pay $43,564
  9. 9
    Gross charge $108,910
    Cash pay $43,564
  10. 10

    Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital (Acute Care)

    Darby, PA

    Gross charge $128,650
    Cash pay $83,622
  11. 11

    Nazareth Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge $128,650
    Cash pay $83,622
  12. 12

    St. Mary Medical Center

    Langhorne, PA

    Gross charge $128,650
    Cash pay $83,622
  13. 13

    Geisinger-Community Medical Center

    Scranton, PA

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $159,109
    Cash pay $98,647
    Medicare pays (avg) $24,617
  14. 14

    Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital

    Bloomsburg, PA

    Gross charge $159,109
    Cash pay $98,647
  15. 15

    Geisinger Medical Center

    Danville, PA

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $159,109
    Cash pay $98,647
    Medicare pays (avg) $27,625
  16. 16

    Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital

    Lewistown, PA

    Gross charge $159,109
    Cash pay $98,647
  17. 17

    Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center

    Wilkes Barre, PA

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $159,109
    Cash pay $98,647
    Medicare pays (avg) $23,805
  18. 18

    Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital

    Jersey Shore, PA

    Gross charge $159,109
    Cash pay $98,647
  19. 19

    Chestnut Hill Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge $201,025
    Cash pay $37,110
  20. 20

    Temple University Hospital - Main Campus

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge $220,676
    Cash pay $37,110
  21. 21

    Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center

    Camp Hill, PA

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  22. 22

    Jefferson Lansdale Hospital

    Lansdale, PA

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  23. 23

    St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus

    Quakertown, PA

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  24. 24

    Wellspan York Hospital

    York, PA

    31 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $27,201
  25. 25

    St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)

    Bethlehem, PA

    34 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $28,308
  26. 26

    St. Luke's Grand View Hospital - Sellersville

    Sellersville, PA

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  27. 27

    WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital

    Gettysburg, PA

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  28. 28

    WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital

    Lebanon, PA

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  29. 29

    Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center

    Reading, PA

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  30. 30

    Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center

    Meadowbrook, PA

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  31. 31

    Hospital of University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, PA

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $53,188
  32. 32

    Chan Soon- Shiong Medical Center at Windber

    Windber, PA

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  33. 33

    Meadville Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Meadville, PA

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  34. 34

    Jefferson Health- Northeast

    Philadelphia, PA

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $24,624
  35. 35

    Wellspan Waynesboro Hospital

    Waynesboro, PA

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  36. 36

    Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $42,690
  37. 37

    Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital

    Greensburg, PA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $20,729
  38. 38

    WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital

    Chambersburg, PA

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $24,418
  39. 39

    St. Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus

    Easton, PA

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  40. 40

    Acmh Hospital

    Kittanning, PA

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  41. 41

    Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $28,511
  42. 42

    Crozer Chester Medical Center

    Upland, PA

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  43. 43

    St. Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus

    Coaldale, PA

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  44. 44

    WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital

    Ephrata, PA

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  45. 45

    Jefferson Abington Hospital

    Abington, PA

    31 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $25,399
  46. 46

    Commonwealth Health Regional Hospital of Scranton

    Scranton, PA

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $22,560
  47. 47
    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $33,810
  48. 48
    Gross charge —
  49. 49

    Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital

    East Norriton, PA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $42,690
  50. 50

    St. Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus

    Stroudsburg, PA

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  51. 51

    Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital

    Orwigsburg, PA

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  52. 52

    St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus

    Lehighton, PA

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  53. 53

    Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center

    Enola, PA

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  54. 54

    Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center

    Lancaster, PA

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  55. 55
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  56. 56

    Titusville Area Hospital

    Titusville, PA

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  57. 57

    UPMC McKeesport

    Mc Keesport, PA

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  58. 58

    UPMC Jameson (Acute Care)

    New Castle, PA

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  59. 59

    UPMC Somerset

    Somerset, PA

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  60. 60

    Reading Hospital

    West Reading, PA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $27,338
  61. 61

    UPMC Williamsport

    Williamsport, PA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $23,369
  62. 62

    UPMC Hamot

    Erie, PA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $27,240
  63. 63

    UPMC Altoona

    Altoona, PA

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  64. 64

    UPMC Northwest (Acute Care)

    Seneca, PA

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  65. 65

    UPMC St. Margaret (Acute Care)

    Pittsburgh, PA

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  66. 66

    UPMC Bedford

    Everett, PA

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  67. 67

    Pottstown Hospital

    Pottstown, PA

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  68. 68

    Phoenixville Hospital

    Phoenixville, PA

    Gross charge —
  69. 69

    Lehigh Valley Hospital (Acute Care)

    Allentown, PA

    46 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $27,960
  70. 70

    Bryn Mawr Hospital

    Bryn Mawr, PA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $21,217
  71. 71

    Paoli Hospital

    Paoli, PA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $22,877
  72. 72

    UPMC Horizon - Greenville

    Greenville, PA

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  73. 73

    Lehigh Valley Hospital–Hazleton

    Hazleton, PA

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  74. 74

    Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono (Acute Care)

    East Stroudsburg, PA

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  75. 75

    UPMC Hanover

    Hanover, PA

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  76. 76

    UPMC East (Acute Care)

    Monroeville, PA

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  77. 77

    Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City

    Dickson City, PA

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  78. 78

    UPMC Muncy

    Muncy, PA

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  79. 79

    UPMC Cole

    Coudersport, PA

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  80. 80

    UPMC Wellsboro

    Wellsboro, PA

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  81. 81

    Clarion Hospital

    Clarion, PA

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  82. 82

    Lancaster General Hospital

    Lancaster, PA

    40 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $23,428
  83. 83
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  84. 84

    Independence Health Frick Hospital

    Mount Pleasant, PA

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  85. 85

    IHS Latrobe Hospital

    Latrobe, PA

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  86. 86

    Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

    Philadelphia, PA

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  87. 87

    Pennsylvania Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

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  88. 88
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