Medical Back Problems Cost in Pennsylvania — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for medical (non-surgical) back conditions including herniated discs, severe radiculopathy, and chronic pain crises.
State average
$46,763
gross charge · DRG 552
Hospitals
18
with published pricing
Price range
$15,174 – $129,027
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Wayne Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Honesdale, PA
Gross charge $15,174Cash pay $12,139 - 2
St. Clair Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
Gross charge $19,624Cash pay $6,964 - 3
Conemaugh Nason Medical Center
Roaring Spring, PA
Gross charge $23,602Cash pay $9,441 - 4
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center - Main Campus
Johnstown, PA
Gross charge $23,602Cash pay $9,441 - 5
Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center
Meyersdale, PA
Gross charge $23,602Cash pay $9,441 - 6
Conemaugh Miners Medical Center
Hastings, PA
Gross charge $23,602Cash pay $9,441 - 7
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital (Acute Care)
Darby, PA
Gross charge $29,423Cash pay $19,125 - 8
Nazareth Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $29,423Cash pay $19,125 - 9
St. Mary Medical Center
Langhorne, PA
Gross charge $29,423Cash pay $19,125 - 10
Geisinger-Community Medical Center
Scranton, PA
Gross charge $59,445Cash pay $36,856 - 11
Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital
Bloomsburg, PA
Gross charge $59,445Cash pay $36,856 - 12
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA
Gross charge $59,445Cash pay $36,856 - 13
Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital
Lewistown, PA
Gross charge $59,445Cash pay $36,856 - 14
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Wilkes Barre, PA
Gross charge $59,445Cash pay $36,856 - 15
Geisinger Medical Center Muncy
Muncy, PA
Gross charge $59,445Cash pay $36,856 - 16
Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital
Jersey Shore, PA
Gross charge $59,445Cash pay $36,856 - 17
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $79,124Cash pay $11,036 - 18
Temple University Hospital - Main Campus
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $129,027Cash pay $11,036 - 19
Jefferson Lansdale Hospital
Lansdale, PA
Gross charge — - 20
St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus
Quakertown, PA
Gross charge — - 21
Wellspan York Hospital
York, PA
Gross charge — - 22
St Lukes Hospital Bethlehem
Bethlehem, PA
Gross charge — - 23
St. Luke's Grand View Hospital - Sellersville
Sellersville, PA
Gross charge — - 24
WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital
Gettysburg, PA
Gross charge — - 25
WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital
Lebanon, PA
Gross charge — - 26
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center
Meadowbrook, PA
Gross charge — - 27
Meadville Medical Center (Acute Care)
Meadville, PA
Gross charge — - 28
Jefferson Health- Northeast
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 29
Wellspan Waynesboro Hospital
Waynesboro, PA
Gross charge — - 30
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,387 - 31
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
Chambersburg, PA
Gross charge — - 32
St. Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus
Easton, PA
Gross charge — - 33
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 34
Crozer Chester Medical Center
Upland, PA
Gross charge — - 35
St. Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus
Coaldale, PA
Gross charge — - 36
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
Ephrata, PA
Gross charge — - 37
Jefferson Abington Hospital
Abington, PA
Gross charge — - 38
Surgical Institute of Reading
Wyomissing, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $9,456 - 39
St. Luke's Hospital - Anderson Campus
Easton, PA
Gross charge — - 40Gross charge —
- 41
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital
East Norriton, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,387 - 42
St. Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus
Stroudsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 43
Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital
Orwigsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 44
St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
Lehighton, PA
Gross charge — - 45
Titusville Area Hospital
Titusville, PA
Gross charge —
18 Pennsylvania hospitals publish gross charges for medical back problems (DRG 552). Prices range from $15,174 to $129,027 — roughly 9×. The cheapest is Wayne Memorial Hospital (Acute Care) in Honesdale; the most expensive is Temple University Hospital - Main Campus in Philadelphia. The state average sits at $46,763.
The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of medical back problems. 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 medical back problems at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling medical back problems 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 medical back problems in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 552 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.