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Hospitals in Pennsylvania with the lowest medicare spending per patient

126 Pennsylvania hospitals ranked by medicare spending per patient in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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126 hospitals ranked in Pennsylvania by medicare spending per patient; 60 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalMedicare spending per patientlower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterTotal beds
National average1.003.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min
T100UPMC Bedford MemorialEverett, PA · Acute care1.0443—10.1%14.4%—142 min49Compare
T100Canonsburg General HospitalCanonsburg, PA · Acute care1.0434—11.3%15.6%0.94155 min104Compare
T100Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy FitzgeraldDarby, PA · Acute care1.042211.7%7.8%15.0%1.36223 min183Compare
T104Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey, PA · Acute care1.054312.0%9.2%15.3%0.87261 min631Compare
T104UPMC Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg, PA · Acute care1.054311.5%10.1%14.6%1.16215 min737Compare
T104Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh, PA · Acute care1.053311.5%11.3%14.7%1.05274 min524Compare
T104Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care1.053210.7%7.9%15.4%1.07268 min783Compare
T104Penn State Health St. JosephReading, PA · Acute care1.053311.4%10.9%15.6%0.83232 min180Compare
T104Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care1.052311.0%8.9%15.4%0.86316 min464Compare
T110UPMC HamotErie, PA · Acute care1.063313.6%12.1%15.5%1.03193 min343Compare
T110Nazareth HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care1.062213.3%10.5%14.5%0.88222 min203Compare
T112Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson StreetPottsville, PA · Acute care1.0743—9.1%14.8%0.84172 min187Compare
T112West Penn HospitalPittsburgh, PA · Acute care1.073411.0%9.8%16.3%1.06208 min500Compare
T112St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne, PA · Acute care1.072211.3%10.3%16.6%0.97237 min373Compare
T115UPMC MercyPittsburgh, PA · Acute care1.084312.7%10.9%14.5%0.99225 min435Compare
T115Regional Hospital Of ScrantonScranton, PA · Acute care1.082311.5%11.2%15.5%0.93187 min308Compare
T117Crozer Chester Medical CenterUpland, PA · Acute care1.091—13.1%10.9%15.9%1.57331 min—Compare
T117Wellspan Surgery And Rehabilitation HospitalYork, PA · Acute care1.09—4——15.5%0.96—73Compare
T119Penn State Health Hampden Medical CenterEnola, PA · Acute care1.1043—9.1%15.8%0.87196 min120Compare
T119UPMC MemorialYork, PA · Acute care1.104311.6%10.4%14.8%1.27266 min104Compare
121Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical CenterCamp Hill, PA · Acute care1.113212.7%11.3%15.3%0.98252 min240Compare
T122Heritage Valley SewickleySewickley, PA · Acute care1.1243—11.6%15.1%0.88135 min186Compare
T122UPMC AltoonaAltoona, PA · Acute care1.123213.2%10.5%14.5%1.05210 min398Compare
124Heritage Valley BeaverBeaver, PA · Acute care1.143310.9%13.0%14.5%0.78185 min361Compare
125LECOM Medical Center And Behavioral Health PavErie, PA · Acute care1.1514—12.8%15.4%1.16131 min144Compare
126Wilkes-Barre General HospitalWilkes-Barre, PA · Acute care1.182214.5%16.0%15.0%1.11209 min369Compare

About these rankings

Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.

Medicare spending per patient
Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
Overall star rating
CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
Patient survey star rating
HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
Heart attack death rate
30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
Hospital-wide readmission rate
Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.
Serious complications
Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
Time in emergency department
Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
Total beds
Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).