Gastric bypass surgery cost in Pennsylvania
In Pennsylvania, 8 hospitals publish a cash price for laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, standard limb length: from $13,694.46 to $69,504.22, with a median of $18,515.33. The lowest price is at Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center (Camp Hill). The highest price is 5.1× the lowest.
- The median here, $18,515.33, is 35% above the US median of $13,694.46.
- Pennsylvania ranks 6th of 12 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 43644. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 27, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$13,694.46Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center
Median$18,515.33half of hospitals charge less
Highest$69,504.22in Pennsylvania
Lowest saves$4,820.87vs the median
Hospitals in Pennsylvania, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center lowest Camp Hill · Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 43644 LAP GASTRIC BYPASS/ROUX-EN-Y Tech | $13,694.46 | $57,323.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Regional Health Network Reading · Reading, PA 43644 Lapar Surg Gast Rest Proc | $14,909.71 | $57,323.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster · Lancaster, PA 43644 LAP GASTRIC BYPASS/ROUX-EN-Y Tech | $16,617.94 | $57,323.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center Enola · Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 43644 LAP GASTRIC BYPASS/ROUX-EN-Y Tech | $18,039.55 | $57,323.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey · Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 43644 Lapar Surg Gast Rest Proc | $18,991.11 | $57,323.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Wilkes-Barre · Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA LAP GASTRIC BYPASS/ROUX-EN-Y | $24,324.72 | $101,353.00 | Dec 1, 2024 source file |
| Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center Johnstown · Johnstown, PA Laparoscopy, surgical, gastric restrictive procedure; with gastric bypass and Roux-en-Y gastroenterostomy (roux limb 150 cm or less) | $27,877.77 | $69,694.43 | Apr 15, 2026 source file |
| York Hospital York · York-Hanover, PA Bypass of stomach using an endoscope | $69,504.22 | — | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 3 | $13,694.46 | $18,039.55 |
| Johnstown, PA | 1 | $27,877.77 | $27,877.77 |
| Lancaster, PA | 1 | $16,617.94 | $16,617.94 |
| Reading, PA | 1 | $14,909.71 | $14,909.71 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | 1 | $24,324.72 | $24,324.72 |
| York-Hanover, PA | 1 | $69,504.22 | $69,504.22 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
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Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, standard limb length in other states
- Alabama$31,183.33, 1 hospital
- Arizona$38,269.58, 1 hospital
- Arkansas$14,234.10, 4 hospitals
- California$14,743.40, 2 hospitals
- Colorado$17,169.05, 1 hospital
- Connecticut$9,955.00, 2 hospitals
- Delaware$10,425.53, 1 hospital
- Florida$30,771.11
- Idaho$9,450.47, 3 hospitals
- Illinois$66,571.39
- Indiana$40,104.98, 4 hospitals
- Kansas$3,289.15, 1 hospital
- Kentucky$10,783.08, 1 hospital
- Louisiana$14,342.68, 4 hospitals
- Maryland$21,284.97, 1 hospital
- Michigan$2,098.86
- Minnesota$11,997.11, 2 hospitals
- Mississippi$23,271.73, 2 hospitals
- Missouri$25,495.50
- Montana$4,357.32, 1 hospital
- Nebraska$4,652.28, 1 hospital
- New Jersey$5,110.00
- New Mexico$5,291.00, 3 hospitals
- New York$24,876.89
- North Carolina$13,011.29, 2 hospitals
- Ohio$23,769.18
- Oklahoma$10,860.32, 2 hospitals
- Puerto Rico$1,702.74, 1 hospital
- South Carolina$48,653.77, 3 hospitals
- South Dakota$16,906.73, 2 hospitals
- Tennessee$10,278.29
- Texas$5,172.57
- Virginia$47,690.63
- Washington$23,339.37, 2 hospitals
- West Virginia$33,206.25, 2 hospitals
- Wisconsin$7,401.46
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.