COPD Cost in Pennsylvania — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation with major comorbidities.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for copd. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 4–7 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Inpatient room and respiratory monitoring
- Oxygen therapy and (if needed) BiPAP or ventilator support
- IV steroids, antibiotics, and nebulizer treatments
- Chest imaging and routine labs during admission
Usually billed separately
- Pulmonologist and hospitalist professional fees
- Outpatient pulmonary rehab program
- Home oxygen equipment after discharge
- Long-term inhaler maintenance medications
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does copd best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
COPD Mortality (30-day)
How often patients hospitalized for COPD exacerbation survive 30 days.
COPD Readmissions
COPD is among the most-readmitted conditions. Strong discharge planning and pulmonary rehab referral lower this.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For copd, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- For advanced COPD with frequent exacerbations, a hospital with a strong outpatient pulmonary program may be worth paying more for.
- For patients being considered for lung volume reduction surgery or transplant, an academic medical center is typically the right setting.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Is home oxygen prescribed, and is the supplier in my insurance network?
- Is there a pulmonary rehab program available after discharge?
- Will any of my physicians be out-of-network?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Fulton County Medical Center
Mcconnellsburg, PA
Gross charge $21,645Cash pay $15,151 - 2
Conemaugh Nason Medical Center
Roaring Spring, PA
Gross charge $22,381Cash pay $8,953 - 3
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center - Main Campus
Johnstown, PA
Gross charge $22,381Cash pay $8,953 - 4
Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center
Meyersdale, PA
Gross charge $22,381Cash pay $8,953 - 5
Conemaugh Miners Medical Center
Hastings, PA
Gross charge $22,381Cash pay $8,953 - 6
St. Clair Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
Gross charge $23,662Cash pay $8,115 - 7
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital (Acute Care)
Darby, PA
Gross charge $28,267Cash pay $18,374 - 8
Nazareth Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $28,267Cash pay $18,374 - 9
St. Mary Medical Center
Langhorne, PA
Gross charge $28,267Cash pay $18,374 - 10
Wayne Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Honesdale, PA
Gross charge $34,496Cash pay $27,597 - 11
Geisinger-Community Medical Center
Scranton, PA
Gross charge $56,690Cash pay $35,148 - 12
Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital
Bloomsburg, PA
Gross charge $56,690Cash pay $35,148 - 13
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA
Gross charge $56,690Cash pay $35,148 - 14
Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital
Lewistown, PA
Gross charge $56,690Cash pay $35,148 - 15
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Wilkes Barre, PA
Gross charge $56,690Cash pay $35,148 - 16
Geisinger Medical Center Muncy
Muncy, PA
Gross charge $56,690Cash pay $35,148 - 17
Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital
Jersey Shore, PA
Gross charge $56,690Cash pay $35,148 - 18
Temple University Hospital - Main Campus
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $100,437Cash pay $12,746 - 19
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $112,695Cash pay $12,746 - 20
Jefferson Lansdale Hospital
Lansdale, PA
Gross charge — - 21
St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus
Quakertown, PA
Gross charge — - 22
Wellspan York Hospital
York, PA
Gross charge — - 23
St Lukes Hospital Bethlehem
Bethlehem, PA
Gross charge — - 24
St. Luke's Grand View Hospital - Sellersville
Sellersville, PA
Gross charge — - 25
WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital
Gettysburg, PA
Gross charge — - 26
WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital
Lebanon, PA
Gross charge — - 27
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center
Meadowbrook, PA
Gross charge — - 28
Meadville Medical Center (Acute Care)
Meadville, PA
Gross charge — - 29
Jefferson Health- Northeast
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 30
Wellspan Waynesboro Hospital
Waynesboro, PA
Gross charge — - 31
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $15,310 - 32
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
Chambersburg, PA
Gross charge — - 33
St. Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus
Easton, PA
Gross charge — - 34
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 35
Crozer Chester Medical Center
Upland, PA
Gross charge — - 36
St. Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus
Coaldale, PA
Gross charge — - 37
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
Ephrata, PA
Gross charge — - 38
Jefferson Abington Hospital
Abington, PA
Gross charge — - 39
Surgical Institute of Reading
Wyomissing, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $10,784 - 40
St. Luke's Hospital - Anderson Campus
Easton, PA
Gross charge — - 41Gross charge —
- 42
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital
East Norriton, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $15,310 - 43
St. Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus
Stroudsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 44
Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital
Orwigsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 45
St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
Lehighton, PA
Gross charge — - 46
Titusville Area Hospital
Titusville, PA
Gross charge —
19 Pennsylvania hospitals publish gross charges for copd (DRG 190). Prices range from $21,645 to $112,695 — roughly $91,050 apart. The cheapest is Fulton County Medical Center in Mcconnellsburg; the most expensive is Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia. The state average sits at $45,478.
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 copd 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 copd 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 copd in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 190 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.