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Best hospitals in Pennsylvania

16 of the 126 Pennsylvania hospitals rated by CMS hold the top rating of five stars, and 52 more hold four. They are listed here in order of CMS's overall quality rating and what patients say, next to how long the ER takes and how much each hospital marks up its prices.

Also:All 189 Pennsylvania hospitalsBest hospitals by statePennsylvania ranks 32nd of 52 statesCompare the top 3 side by side

16five-star hospitals
52four-star hospitals
126hospitals rated by CMS and open to the public, of 189 in the state
69%of patients would recommend the typical hospital US typical 71%
3 h 14 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

The top 10

1Ahn Wexford HospitalWexford · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend88%Typical ER visit3 h 4 minListed per $1 of cost$5.142Geisinger St. Luke's HospitalOrwigsburg · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend86%Typical ER visit2 h 4 minListed per $1 of cost$9.263St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend84%Typical ER visit2 h 29 minListed per $1 of cost$9.614Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend83%Typical ER visit4 h 50 minListed per $1 of cost$7.375Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend82%Typical ER visit3 h 34 minListed per $1 of cost$5.866St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks CampusQuakertown · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend81%Typical ER visit2 h 59 minListed per $1 of cost$11.657Paoli HospitalPaoli · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend80%Typical ER visit3 h 40 minListed per $1 of cost$6.328Conemaugh Nason Medical CenterRoaring Spring · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend80%Typical ER visit2 h 21 minListed per $1 of cost$5.119Chester County HospitalWest Chester · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend77%Typical ER visit4 h 1 minListed per $1 of cost$5.8010St Lukes HospitalBethlehem · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend76%Typical ER visit2 h 12 minListed per $1 of cost$10.47
How Pennsylvania's 126 rated hospitals score
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524 stars
323 stars
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41 star

Every rated hospital in Pennsylvania

In ranking order. Click a column to sort.

#HospitalCityCMS ratingPatient ratingWould recommendTypical ER visitListed per $1 of cost
1Ahn Wexford HospitalWexford★★★★★★★★★★88%3 h 4 min$5.14
2Geisinger St. Luke's HospitalOrwigsburg★★★★★★★★★★86%2 h 4 min$9.26
3St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton★★★★★★★★★★84%2 h 29 min$9.61
4Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia★★★★★★★★★★83%4 h 50 min$7.37
5Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr★★★★★★★★★★82%3 h 34 min$5.86
6St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks CampusQuakertown★★★★★★★★★★81%2 h 59 min$11.65
7Paoli HospitalPaoli★★★★★★★★★★80%3 h 40 min$6.32
8Conemaugh Nason Medical CenterRoaring Spring★★★★★★★★★★80%2 h 21 min$5.11
9Chester County HospitalWest Chester★★★★★★★★★★77%4 h 1 min$5.80
10St Lukes HospitalBethlehem★★★★★★★★★★76%2 h 12 min$10.47
11Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College★★★★★★★★★★72%3 h 8 min$3.89
12Geisinger-Lewistown HospitalLewistown★★★★★★★★★★60%3 h 1 min$6.57
13St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg★★★★★★★★★★76%2 h 50 min$11.57
14Lancaster General HospitalLancaster★★★★★★★★★★71%3 h 29 min$3.58
15Wellspan Ephrata Community HospitalEphrata★★★★★★★★★★63%3 h 4 min$5.29
16Wellspan Good Samaritan HospitalLebanon★★★★★★★★★★60%3 h 17 min$4.96
17Upmc MuncyMuncy★★★★★★★★★★82%1 h 55 min$4.92
18Doylestown HospitalDoylestown★★★★★★★★★★81%3 h 48 min$4.72
19Upmc PassavantPittsburgh★★★★★★★★★★79%3 h 17 min$10.44
20St Luke's Miners Memorial HospitalCoaldale★★★★★★★★★★78%2 h 25 min$6.91
21Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood★★★★★★★★★★77%4 h 59 min$6.34
22Wellspan Evangelical Community HospitalLewisburg★★★★★★★★★★77%4 h 16 min$5.48
23Geisinger-Bloomsburg HospitalBloomsburg★★★★★★★★★★77%2 h 42 min$8.31
24St Luke's Hospital - Easton CampusEaston★★★★★★★★★★76%1 h 41 min$11.61
25Wellspan Waynesboro HospitalWaynesboro★★★★★★★★★★74%2 h 25 min$4.52
26Penn Highlands BrookvilleBrookville★★★★★★★★★★74%2 h 15 min$3.93
27Geisinger Medical CenterDanville★★★★★★★★★★72%2 h 45 min$9.73
28Grove City Medical CenterGrove City★★★★★★★★★★70%2 h 30 min$5.45
29Upmc ColeCoudersport★★★★★★★★★★70%2 h 27 min$2.33
30Upmc HorizonGreenville★★★★★★★★★★68%2 h 36 min$8.11
31Upmc SomersetSomerset★★★★★★★★★★65%3 h 40 min$4.68
32Penn Highlands ElkSaint Marys★★★★★★★★★★59%3 h 8 min$4.54
33Penn State Health Hampden Medical CenterEnola★★★★★★★★★★78%3 h 16 min$4.32
34Magee Womens Hospital of Upmc Health SystemPittsburgh★★★★★★★★★★78%3 h 20 min$7.91
35Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey★★★★★★★★★★77%4 h 21 min$4.29
36Upmc LititzLititz★★★★★★★★★★77%2 h 44 min$5.08
37Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia★★★★★★★★★★74%4 h 40 min$7.37
38Upmc MemorialYork★★★★★★★★★★74%4 h 26 min$5.63
39Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg★★★★★★★★★★73%3 h 35 min$5.60
40St Clair HospitalPittsburgh★★★★★★★★★★73%3 h 20 min$4.68
41Jefferson HospitalJefferson Hills★★★★★★★★★★73%2 h 50 min$7.07
42Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh★★★★★★★★★★72%3 h 54 min$11.99
43Upmc MercyPittsburgh★★★★★★★★★★72%3 h 45 min$7.05
44Upmc EastMonroeville★★★★★★★★★★72%4 h 5 min$8.99
45Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia★★★★★★★★★★71%5 h 2 min$6.39
46Saint Vincent HospitalErie★★★★★★★★★★71%3 h 39 min$6.75
47Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia★★★★★★★★★★70%5 h 26 min$7.17
48Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown★★★★★★★★★★69%3 h 1 min$7.62
49The Washington HospitalWashington★★★★★★★★★★67%4 h 2 min$2.67
50Wellspan York HospitalYork★★★★★★★★★★66%4 h 14 min$4.16
51St Luke's Hospital - Grand View CampusSellersville★★★★★★★★★★66%3 h 49 min$2.82
52Heritage Valley SewickleySewickley★★★★★★★★★★66%2 h 15 min$2.57
53Upmc HanoverHanover★★★★★★★★★★65%3 h 45 min$5.10
54Meadville Medical CenterMeadville★★★★★★★★★★65%3 h 22 min$4.32
55Excela Health Latrobe HospitalLatrobe★★★★★★★★★★65%3 h 10 min$3.73
56Reading HospitalWest Reading★★★★★★★★★★64%3 h 50 min$4.48
57Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia★★★★★★★★★★64%4 h 3 min$10.13
58Gettysburg HospitalGettysburg★★★★★★★★★★64%2 h 29 min$4.49
59Upmc Bedford MemorialEverett★★★★★★★★★★64%2 h 22 min$5.45
60Upmc CarlisleCarlisle★★★★★★★★★★63%3 h 31 min$5.45
61Upmc NorthwestSeneca★★★★★★★★★★62%2 h 16 min$6.05
62Wellspan Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg★★★★★★★★★★61%2 h 58 min$3.94
63Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton★★★★★★★★★★61%4 h 57 min$4.35
64Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson StreetPottsville★★★★★★★★★★60%2 h 52 min$5.10
65Allegheny Valley HospitalNatrona★★★★★★★★★★58%3 h 23 min$4.63
66Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre★★★★★★★★★★63%3 h 20 min$10.05
67Troy Community HospitalTroy★★★★★–83%2 h 20 min$4.22
68Suburban Community HospitalNorristown★★★★★––2 h 47 min$3.75
69Geisinger Jersey Shore HospitalJersey Shore★★★★★★★★★★81%2 h 2 min$4.80
70Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson CityDickson City★★★★★★★★★★83%2 h 40 min$7.61
71Upmc St MargaretPittsburgh★★★★★★★★★★78%3 h 53 min$9.45
72Canonsburg General HospitalCanonsburg★★★★★★★★★★78%2 h 35 min$5.98
73West Penn HospitalPittsburgh★★★★★★★★★★77%3 h 28 min$4.84
74Upmc WilliamsportWilliamsport★★★★★★★★★★71%2 h 26 min$6.29
75Upmc WellsboroWellsboro★★★★★★★★★★70%3 h 12 min$5.59
76Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster★★★★★★★★★★79%3 h 51 min$3.80
77Upmc HamotErie★★★★★★★★★★73%3 h 13 min$10.12
78Penn State Health St. JosephReading★★★★★★★★★★73%3 h 52 min$5.15
79Forbes HospitalMonroeville★★★★★★★★★★72%4 h 21 min$5.14
80Phoenixville HospitalPhoenixville★★★★★★★★★★71%2 h 58 min$5.89
81Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical CenterMeadowbrook★★★★★★★★★★70%3 h 15 min$3.82
82Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia★★★★★★★★★★69%3 h 56 min$3.97
83Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh★★★★★★★★★★69%4 h 34 min$5.22
84Lehigh Valley Hospital - PoconoEast Stroudsburg★★★★★★★★★★67%3 h 52 min$7.41
85Acmh HospitalKittanning★★★★★★★★★★63%3 h 15 min$4.04
86Upmc JamesonNew Castle★★★★★★★★★★62%2 h 49 min$4.36
87Excela Health - Frick HospitalMount Pleasant★★★★★★★★★★62%2 h 4 min$4.22
88Warren General HospitalWarren★★★★★★★★★★59%3 h 14 min$3.25
89Penn Highlands HuntingdonHuntingdon★★★★★★★★★★59%2 h 16 min$3.15
90Heritage Valley BeaverBeaver★★★★★★★★★★56%3 h 5 min$3.16
91Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington★★★★★★★★★★62%4 h 16 min$3.98
92Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical CenterCamp Hill★★★★★★★★★★60%4 h 12 min$5.54
93Jefferson Lansdale HospitalLansdale★★★★★★★★★★60%3 h 54 min$4.93
94Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia HospitalPhiladelphia★★★★★★★★★★59%4 h 28 min$3.65
95Upmc McKeesport HospitalMc Keesport★★★★★★★★★★59%3 h 25 min$7.56
96Lower Bucks HospitalBristol★★★★★★★★★★58%2 h 30 min$5.75
97Excela Health Westmoreland Regional HospitalGreensburg★★★★★★★★★★56%3 h 10 min$3.24
98Upmc AltoonaAltoona★★★★★★★★★★48%3 h 30 min$6.13
99Sharon Regional Medical CenterSharon★★★★★–74%2 h 12 min$3.77
100Fulton County Medical CenterMcConnellsburg★★★★★–68%1 h 42 min$2.41
101Titusville Area HospitalTitusville★★★★★★★★★★79%2 h 18 min$1.94
102Chan Soon- Shiong Medical Center at WindberWindber★★★★★★★★★★79%2 h 21 min$2.79
103Punxsutawney Area HospitalPunxsutawney★★★★★★★★★★78%2 h 16 min$3.32
104Robert Packer HospitalSayre★★★★★★★★★★74%2 h 43 min$5.21
105Independence Health System Clarion HospitalClarion★★★★★★★★★★61%2 h 46 min$2.77
106Independence Health System Butler Memorial HospitaButler★★★★★★★★★★68%3 h 14 min$4.68
107Regional Hospital of ScrantonScranton★★★★★★★★★★63%3 h 7 min$6.36
108Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia★★★★★★★★★★62%5 h 16 min$4.25
109Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton★★★★★★★★★★61%3 h 31 min$10.38
110Indiana Regional Medical CenterIndiana★★★★★★★★★★57%2 h 50 min$4.33
111Uniontown HospitalUniontown★★★★★★★★★★56%3 h 6 min$3.83
112Wayne Memorial HospitalHonesdale★★★★★★★★★★56%3 h 32 min$4.77
113St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne★★★★★★★★★★59%3 h 57 min$4.80
114Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy FitzgeraldDarby★★★★★★★★★★57%3 h 43 min$5.37
115Roxborough Memorial HospitalPhiladelphia★★★★★★★★★★57%3 h 6 min$5.29
116Lehigh Valley Hospital - HazletonHazleton★★★★★★★★★★56%3 h 14 min$7.97
117Penn Highlands DuboisDubois★★★★★★★★★★54%2 h 44 min$4.10
118Wilkes-Barre General HospitalWilkes-Barre★★★★★★★★★★53%3 h 29 min$8.36
119Pottstown HospitalPottstown★★★★★★★★★★52%3 h 15 min$5.96
120Nazareth HospitalPhiladelphia★★★★★★★★★★52%3 h 42 min$3.95
121Temple Health - Chestnut Hill HospitalPhiladelphia★★★★★★★★★★50%3 h 54 min$15.50
122Conemaugh Memorial Medical CenterJohnstown★★★★★★★★★★49%2 h 56 min$5.56
123Lecom Medical Center and Behavioral Health PavErie★★★★★★★★★★72%2 h 11 min$2.62
124Penn Highlands Mon ValleyMonongahela★★★★★★★★★★47%2 h 53 min$3.93
125Endless Mountains Health SystemsMontrose★★★★★–80%2 h 0 min$1.51
126Crozer Chester Medical CenterUpland★★★★★––5 h 31 min$6.14
How the order is set. Hospitals are sorted by CMS's overall hospital quality star rating (1 to 5 stars), which combines death rates, safety, readmissions, patient experience and timely care. Ties are broken by the patient survey star rating, then by the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital. Hospitals CMS has not rated, often small, new or specialty hospitals, are not listed; neither are Veterans Affairs and military hospitals, which most patients cannot choose. Prices and ER times are shown for comparison and do not change the order. A star rating is a summary: for a specific operation, look at that hospital's page and ask your doctor.

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Source: CMS Care Compare (overall star ratings and patient survey) and hospital cost reports.