Cheapest hospitals in Harrisburg, PA without insurance
Of 6 hospitals in the Harrisburg, PA area we can compare, Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute (Harrisburg) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 79% below the Pennsylvania median across 120 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all hospitals in its state, procedure by procedure.
Collected Sep 25, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures
| Hospital | Typical price vs state | Below median | Above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute Harrisburg | 79% below | 114 of 120 | 6 of 120 |
| 2. Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center Camp Hill | 47% below | 318 of 406 | 83 of 406 |
| 3. Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center Enola | 29% below | 241 of 397 | 152 of 397 |
| 4. Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey | 27% below | 250 of 425 | 167 of 425 |
| 5. UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals Harrisburg | 17% below | 190 of 296 | 58 of 296 |
| 6. UPMC Carlisle Carlisle | 2% below | 135 of 262 | 75 of 262 |
How the ranking works
- For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all hospitals in the same state that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
- "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
- Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
- Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
- A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.