Shoulder & Arm Joint Replacement Cost in Pennsylvania — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to replace a major joint in the shoulder, elbow, or wrist — most often a total shoulder replacement — or to reattach part of an arm. The hospital stay covers the operation, pain control, and early physical therapy.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Physicians Care Surgical Hospital
Royersford, PA
Gross charge $20,000 - 2
Heritage Valley Beaver
Beaver, PA
Gross charge $42,878Cash pay $18,457 - 3
Heritage Valley Sewickley
Sewickley, PA
Gross charge $42,878Cash pay $18,457 - 4
Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital
Sayre, PA
Gross charge $58,762Cash pay $47,010 - 5
Guthrie Troy Community Hospital
Troy, PA
Gross charge $67,083Cash pay $53,667 - 6
Wayne Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Honesdale, PA
Gross charge $68,825Cash pay $55,060 - 7
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital (Acute Care)
Darby, PA
Gross charge $74,137Cash pay $48,189 - 8
Nazareth Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $74,137Cash pay $48,189 - 9
St. Mary Medical Center
Langhorne, PA
Gross charge $74,137Cash pay $48,189 - 10
St. Clair Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
Gross charge $98,308Cash pay $18,413 - 11
Conemaugh Nason Medical Center
Roaring Spring, PA
Gross charge $143,105Cash pay $57,242 - 12
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center - Main Campus
Johnstown, PA
Gross charge $143,105Cash pay $57,242 - 13
Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center
Meyersdale, PA
Gross charge $143,105Cash pay $57,242 - 14
Conemaugh Miners Medical Center
Hastings, PA
Gross charge $143,105Cash pay $57,242 - 15
Geisinger-Community Medical Center
Scranton, PA
Gross charge $238,243Cash pay $147,711 - 16
Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital
Bloomsburg, PA
Gross charge $238,243Cash pay $147,711 - 17
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA
Gross charge $238,243Cash pay $147,711 - 18
Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital
Lewistown, PA
Gross charge $238,243Cash pay $147,711 - 19
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Wilkes Barre, PA
Gross charge $238,243Cash pay $147,711 - 20
Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital
Jersey Shore, PA
Gross charge $238,243Cash pay $147,711 - 21
Temple University Hospital - Main Campus
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $242,057Cash pay $28,049 - 22
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $252,126Cash pay $28,049 - 23
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center
Camp Hill, PA
Gross charge — - 24
Jefferson Lansdale Hospital
Lansdale, PA
Gross charge — - 25
St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus
Quakertown, PA
Gross charge — - 26
Wellspan York Hospital
York, PA
Gross charge — - 27
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Bethlehem, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $18,305 - 28
St. Luke's Grand View Hospital - Sellersville
Sellersville, PA
Gross charge — - 29
WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital
Gettysburg, PA
Gross charge — - 30
WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital
Lebanon, PA
Gross charge — - 31
Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center
Reading, PA
Gross charge — - 32
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center
Meadowbrook, PA
Gross charge — - 33
Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 34
Chan Soon- Shiong Medical Center at Windber
Windber, PA
Gross charge — - 35
Meadville Medical Center (Acute Care)
Meadville, PA
Gross charge — - 36
Jefferson Health- Northeast
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 37
Wellspan Waynesboro Hospital
Waynesboro, PA
Gross charge — - 38
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $37,163 - 39
Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital
Greensburg, PA
Gross charge — - 40
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
Chambersburg, PA
Gross charge — - 41
St. Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus
Easton, PA
Gross charge — - 42
Acmh Hospital
Kittanning, PA
Gross charge — - 43
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,663 - 44
Crozer Chester Medical Center
Upland, PA
Gross charge — - 45
St. Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus
Coaldale, PA
Gross charge — - 46
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
Ephrata, PA
Gross charge — - 47
Jefferson Abington Hospital
Abington, PA
Gross charge — - 48
Commonwealth Health Regional Hospital of Scranton
Scranton, PA
Gross charge — - 49
Surgical Institute of Reading
Wyomissing, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $24,309 - 50Gross charge —
- 51
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital
East Norriton, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $37,163 - 52
St. Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus
Stroudsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 53
Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital
Orwigsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 54
St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
Lehighton, PA
Gross charge — - 55
Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center
Enola, PA
Gross charge — - 56
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center
Lancaster, PA
Gross charge — - 57
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Macungie
Macungie, PA
Gross charge — - 58
Titusville Area Hospital
Titusville, PA
Gross charge — - 59
UPMC McKeesport
Mc Keesport, PA
Gross charge — - 60
UPMC Jameson (Acute Care)
New Castle, PA
Gross charge — - 61
UPMC Somerset
Somerset, PA
Gross charge — - 62
Reading Hospital
West Reading, PA
Gross charge — - 63
UPMC Williamsport
Williamsport, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,580 - 64
UPMC Hamot
Erie, PA
Gross charge — - 65
UPMC Altoona
Altoona, PA
Gross charge — - 66
UPMC Northwest (Acute Care)
Seneca, PA
Gross charge — - 67
UPMC St. Margaret (Acute Care)
Pittsburgh, PA
Gross charge — - 68
UPMC Bedford
Everett, PA
Gross charge — - 69
Pottstown Hospital
Pottstown, PA
Gross charge — - 70
Phoenixville Hospital
Phoenixville, PA
Gross charge — - 71
Lehigh Valley Hospital (Acute Care)
Allentown, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $18,720 - 72
Bryn Mawr Hospital
Bryn Mawr, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,610 - 73
Paoli Hospital
Paoli, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,044 - 74
UPMC Horizon - Greenville
Greenville, PA
Gross charge — - 75
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Hazleton
Hazleton, PA
Gross charge — - 76
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono (Acute Care)
East Stroudsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 77
UPMC Hanover
Hanover, PA
Gross charge — - 78
UPMC East (Acute Care)
Monroeville, PA
Gross charge — - 79
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City
Dickson City, PA
Gross charge — - 80
UPMC Muncy
Muncy, PA
Gross charge — - 81
UPMC Cole
Coudersport, PA
Gross charge — - 82
UPMC Wellsboro
Wellsboro, PA
Gross charge — - 83
Clarion Hospital
Clarion, PA
Gross charge — - 84
Lancaster General Hospital
Lancaster, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,578 - 85Gross charge —
- 86
Independence Health Frick Hospital
Mount Pleasant, PA
Gross charge — - 87
IHS Latrobe Hospital
Latrobe, PA
Gross charge — - 88
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $24,380 - 89
Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 90Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $22,361
22 Pennsylvania hospitals publish gross charges for shoulder & arm joint replacement (DRG 483). Prices range from $20,000 to $252,126 — roughly 13×. The cheapest is Physicians Care Surgical Hospital in Royersford; the most expensive is Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia. The state average sits at $141,691.
The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of shoulder & arm joint replacement. 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 shoulder & arm joint replacement at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling shoulder & arm joint replacement 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 shoulder & arm joint replacement in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 483 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.