Pneumonia Cost in Pennsylvania — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for simple pneumonia and pleurisy with complications — one of the most common medical admissions.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for pneumonia. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 3–5 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Inpatient room and respiratory monitoring
- IV antibiotics and oxygen therapy
- Chest imaging, blood cultures, and routine labs
- Respiratory treatments (nebulizers, etc.) during the stay
Usually billed separately
- Hospitalist and infectious-disease consultant professional fees
- Pulmonologist consultation if required
- Outpatient antibiotics after discharge
- Follow-up chest imaging
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does pneumonia 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:
Pneumonia Mortality (30-day)
How often patients hospitalized for pneumonia survive 30 days. The headline pneumonia outcome.
Pneumonia Readmissions
Strong discharge planning, the right outpatient antibiotic, and follow-up reduce returns to the hospital.
Sepsis Care Bundle
Severe pneumonia can become sepsis. Hospitals with strong sepsis-bundle compliance catch and treat it early.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For pneumonia, 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 patients with weakened immunity (chemotherapy, transplant, HIV), a hospital with infectious-disease specialists on staff may handle complex cases better.
- For severe pneumonia that may require ICU care, a hospital with a closed-staffed ICU is generally better equipped.
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:
- Will any of my physicians be out-of-network?
- What outpatient antibiotic is prescribed, and is it covered?
- When is the follow-up chest X-ray, and where will it be done?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Fulton County Medical Center
Mcconnellsburg, PA
Gross charge $16,897Cash pay $11,828 - 2
St. Clair Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
Gross charge $17,492Cash pay $5,925 - 3
Conemaugh Nason Medical Center
Roaring Spring, PA
Gross charge $26,493Cash pay $10,597 - 4
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center - Main Campus
Johnstown, PA
Gross charge $26,493Cash pay $10,597 - 5
Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center
Meyersdale, PA
Gross charge $26,493Cash pay $10,597 - 6
Conemaugh Miners Medical Center
Hastings, PA
Gross charge $26,493Cash pay $10,597 - 7
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital (Acute Care)
Darby, PA
Gross charge $29,739Cash pay $19,331 - 8
Nazareth Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $29,739Cash pay $19,331 - 9
St. Mary Medical Center
Langhorne, PA
Gross charge $29,739Cash pay $19,331 - 10
Wayne Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Honesdale, PA
Gross charge $37,937Cash pay $30,350 - 11
Geisinger-Community Medical Center
Scranton, PA
Gross charge $45,382Cash pay $28,137 - 12
Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital
Bloomsburg, PA
Gross charge $45,382Cash pay $28,137 - 13
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA
Gross charge $45,382Cash pay $28,137 - 14
Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital
Lewistown, PA
Gross charge $45,382Cash pay $28,137 - 15
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Wilkes Barre, PA
Gross charge $45,382Cash pay $28,137 - 16
Geisinger Medical Center Muncy
Muncy, PA
Gross charge $45,382Cash pay $28,137 - 17
Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital
Jersey Shore, PA
Gross charge $45,382Cash pay $28,137 - 18
Temple University Hospital - Main Campus
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $80,771Cash pay $9,492 - 19
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $93,360Cash pay $9,492 - 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 $11,347 - 31
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
Chambersburg, PA
Gross charge — - 32
St. Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus
Easton, PA
Gross charge — - 33
Crozer Chester Medical Center
Upland, PA
Gross charge — - 34
St. Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus
Coaldale, PA
Gross charge — - 35
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
Ephrata, PA
Gross charge — - 36
Surgical Institute of Reading
Wyomissing, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,046 - 37
St. Luke's Hospital - Anderson Campus
Easton, PA
Gross charge — - 38Gross charge —
- 39
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital
East Norriton, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $11,347 - 40
St. Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus
Stroudsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 41
Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital
Orwigsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 42
St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
Lehighton, PA
Gross charge — - 43
Titusville Area Hospital
Titusville, PA
Gross charge —
19 Pennsylvania hospitals publish gross charges for pneumonia (DRG 194). Prices range from $16,897 to $93,360 — roughly $76,463 apart. The cheapest is Fulton County Medical Center in Mcconnellsburg; the most expensive is Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia. The state average sits at $39,964.
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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 194 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.