Respiratory Failure Cost in Pennsylvania — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for pulmonary edema and respiratory failure, often requiring ventilator support.
State average
$56,390
gross charge · DRG 189
Hospitals
19
with published pricing
Price range
$2,289 – $136,606
low to high
Data notes for Pennsylvania
- The lowest published charge ($2,289 at Wayne Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Wayne Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Honesdale, PA
Gross charge $2,289Cash pay $1,832 - 2
Conemaugh Nason Medical Center
Roaring Spring, PA
Gross charge $23,857Cash pay $9,543 - 3
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center - Main Campus
Johnstown, PA
Gross charge $23,857Cash pay $9,543 - 4
Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center
Meyersdale, PA
Gross charge $23,857Cash pay $9,543 - 5
Conemaugh Miners Medical Center
Hastings, PA
Gross charge $23,857Cash pay $9,543 - 6
St. Clair Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
Gross charge $24,288Cash pay $8,941 - 7
Fulton County Medical Center
Mcconnellsburg, PA
Gross charge $29,402Cash pay $20,582 - 8
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital (Acute Care)
Darby, PA
Gross charge $35,696Cash pay $23,202 - 9
Nazareth Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $35,696Cash pay $23,202 - 10
St. Mary Medical Center
Langhorne, PA
Gross charge $35,696Cash pay $23,202 - 11
Geisinger-Community Medical Center
Scranton, PA
Gross charge $80,648Cash pay $50,002 - 12
Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital
Bloomsburg, PA
Gross charge $80,648Cash pay $50,002 - 13
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA
Gross charge $80,648Cash pay $50,002 - 14
Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital
Lewistown, PA
Gross charge $80,648Cash pay $50,002 - 15
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Wilkes Barre, PA
Gross charge $80,648Cash pay $50,002 - 16
Geisinger Medical Center Muncy
Muncy, PA
Gross charge $80,648Cash pay $50,002 - 17
Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital
Jersey Shore, PA
Gross charge $80,648Cash pay $50,002 - 18
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $111,772Cash pay $13,974 - 19
Temple University Hospital - Main Campus
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $136,606Cash pay $13,974 - 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 $16,987 - 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 $12,056 - 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 $16,987 - 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 respiratory failure (DRG 189). Prices range from $2,289 to $136,606 — roughly 60×. 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 $56,390.
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 respiratory failure 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 respiratory failure 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 respiratory failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 189 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.