Substance Use Cost in Pennsylvania — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for alcohol or drug dependence, often to manage withdrawal, without a formal rehabilitation program during the stay. Care typically involves medications to ease withdrawal safely, monitoring, and treatment of related medical problems.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Heritage Valley Beaver
Beaver, PA
Gross charge $27,903Cash pay $13,165 - 2
Heritage Valley Sewickley
Sewickley, PA
Gross charge $27,903Cash pay $13,165 - 3
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital (Acute Care)
Darby, PA
Gross charge $37,020Cash pay $24,063 - 4
Nazareth Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $37,020Cash pay $24,063 - 5
St. Mary Medical Center
Langhorne, PA
Gross charge $37,020Cash pay $24,063 - 6
St. Clair Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
Gross charge $38,232 - 7
Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital
Sayre, PA
Gross charge $53,712Cash pay $42,969 - 8
Guthrie Troy Community Hospital
Troy, PA
Gross charge $53,712Cash pay $42,969 - 9
Conemaugh Nason Medical Center
Roaring Spring, PA
Gross charge $86,288Cash pay $34,515 - 10
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center - Main Campus
Johnstown, PA
Gross charge $86,288Cash pay $34,515 - 11
Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center
Meyersdale, PA
Gross charge $86,288Cash pay $34,515 - 12
Conemaugh Miners Medical Center
Hastings, PA
Gross charge $86,288Cash pay $34,515 - 13
Wayne Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Honesdale, PA
Gross charge $103,136Cash pay $82,509 - 14
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $110,843Cash pay $19,809 - 15
Geisinger-Community Medical Center
Scranton, PA
Gross charge $126,326Cash pay $78,322 - 16
Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital
Bloomsburg, PA
Gross charge $126,326Cash pay $78,322 - 17
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA
Gross charge $126,326Cash pay $78,322 - 18
Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital
Lewistown, PA
Gross charge $126,326Cash pay $78,322 - 19
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Wilkes Barre, PA
Gross charge $126,326Cash pay $78,322 - 20
Geisinger Medical Center Muncy
Muncy, PA
Gross charge $126,326Cash pay $78,322 - 21
Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital
Jersey Shore, PA
Gross charge $126,326Cash pay $78,322 - 22
Temple University Hospital - Main Campus
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $143,420Cash pay $19,809 - 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 — - 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
Clarion Hospital
Clarion, PA
Gross charge — - 32
Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center
Reading, PA
Gross charge — - 33
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center
Meadowbrook, PA
Gross charge — - 34
Lancaster General Hospital
Lancaster, PA
Gross charge — - 35
Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 36
Chan Soon- Shiong Medical Center at Windber
Windber, PA
Gross charge — - 37
Meadville Medical Center (Acute Care)
Meadville, PA
Gross charge — - 38
Jefferson Health- Northeast
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,890 - 39
Wellspan Waynesboro Hospital
Waynesboro, PA
Gross charge — - 40
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $23,680 - 41
Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital
Greensburg, PA
Gross charge — - 42
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
Chambersburg, PA
Gross charge — - 43
St. Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus
Easton, PA
Gross charge — - 44
Acmh Hospital
Kittanning, PA
Gross charge — - 45Gross charge —
- 46
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,661 - 47
Chester County Hospital
West Chester, PA
Gross charge — - 48
Crozer Chester Medical Center
Upland, PA
Gross charge — - 49
St. Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus
Coaldale, PA
Gross charge — - 50
Independence Health Frick Hospital
Mount Pleasant, PA
Gross charge — - 51
IHS Latrobe Hospital
Latrobe, PA
Gross charge — - 52
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 53
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
Ephrata, PA
Gross charge — - 54
Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 55
Jefferson Abington Hospital
Abington, PA
Gross charge — - 56
Commonwealth Health Regional Hospital of Scranton
Scranton, PA
Gross charge — - 57Gross charge —
- 58
Surgical Institute of Reading
Wyomissing, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $17,399 - 59Gross charge —
- 60
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital
East Norriton, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $23,680 - 61
St. Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus
Stroudsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 62
Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital
Orwigsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 63
St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
Lehighton, PA
Gross charge — - 64
Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center
Enola, PA
Gross charge — - 65
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center
Lancaster, PA
Gross charge — - 66
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Macungie
Macungie, PA
Gross charge — - 67
Titusville Area Hospital
Titusville, PA
Gross charge — - 68
UPMC McKeesport
Mc Keesport, PA
Gross charge — - 69
UPMC Jameson (Acute Care)
New Castle, PA
Gross charge — - 70
UPMC Somerset
Somerset, PA
Gross charge — - 71
Reading Hospital
West Reading, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,048 - 72
UPMC Williamsport
Williamsport, PA
Gross charge — - 73
UPMC Hamot
Erie, PA
Gross charge — - 74
UPMC Altoona
Altoona, PA
Gross charge — - 75
UPMC Northwest (Acute Care)
Seneca, PA
Gross charge — - 76
UPMC St. Margaret (Acute Care)
Pittsburgh, PA
Gross charge — - 77
UPMC Bedford
Everett, PA
Gross charge — - 78
Pottstown Hospital
Pottstown, PA
Gross charge — - 79
Phoenixville Hospital
Phoenixville, PA
Gross charge — - 80
Lehigh Valley Hospital (Acute Care)
Allentown, PA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,966 - 81
Bryn Mawr Hospital
Bryn Mawr, PA
Gross charge — - 82
Paoli Hospital
Paoli, PA
Gross charge — - 83
UPMC Horizon - Greenville
Greenville, PA
Gross charge — - 84
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Hazleton
Hazleton, PA
Gross charge — - 85
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono (Acute Care)
East Stroudsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 86
UPMC Hanover
Hanover, PA
Gross charge — - 87
UPMC East (Acute Care)
Monroeville, PA
Gross charge — - 88
Ahn Emerus Westmoreland, Llc
Greensburg, PA
Gross charge — - 89
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City
Dickson City, PA
Gross charge — - 90
UPMC Muncy
Muncy, PA
Gross charge — - 91
UPMC Cole
Coudersport, PA
Gross charge — - 92
UPMC Wellsboro
Wellsboro, PA
Gross charge —
22 Pennsylvania hospitals publish gross charges for substance use (DRG 896). Prices range from $27,903 to $143,420 — roughly 5×. The cheapest is Heritage Valley Beaver in Beaver; the most expensive is Temple University Hospital - Main Campus in Philadelphia. The state average sits at $86,334.
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 substance use 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 substance use 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 substance use in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 896 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.