Pennsylvania has 229 open hospitals across 143 cities. By type: 137 acute care hospitals, 28 psychiatric hospitals, 17 critical access hospitals, 12 rehabilitation hospitals, 7 VA acute care hospitals, 6 children's hospitals and 2 long-term care hospitals (type not recorded for 20).
Pennsylvania's largest hospital cities
- Median ER
- 4 hr 28 min
- Top rated
- Hospital of the University of Pa (5★)
- Median ER
- 3 hr 28 min
- Top rated
- VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System - University Dr (4★)
- Median ER
- 3 hr 30 min
- Top rated
- James E. van Zandt VA Medical Center (Altoona) (5★)
- Median ER
- 3 hr 20 min
- Top rated
- Wilkes Barre VA Medical Center (5★)
Top-rated hospitals and shortest ER visits
- Geisinger St. Luke's HospitalOrwigsburg
- St. Luke's University Hospital – BethlehemBethlehem
- Nason HospitalRoaring Spring
- St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton
- St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg
- St Luke's Quakertown HospitalQuakertown
- Lewistown HospitalLewistown
- AHN Wexford HospitalWexford
- Highlands HospitalConnellsville 1 hr 8 min
- Barnes-Kasson County HospitalSusquehanna 1 hr 20 min
- Bucktail Medical CenterRenovo 1 hr 22 min
- Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical CenterMeyersdale 1 hr 24 min
- AHN Emerus WestmorelandGreensburg 1 hr 36 min
- Easton HospitalEaston 1 hr 41 min
- Fulton County Medical CenterMcConnellsburg 1 hr 42 min
- UPMC KaneKane 1 hr 42 min
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All Pennsylvania cities with hospitals
All 143 Pennsylvania cities A–Z
- Beaver (1)
- Bensalem (2)
- Berwick (1)
- Bethlehem (1)
- Blairsville (1)
- Bloomsburg (1)
- Bristol (1)
- Brookville (1)
- Bryn Mawr (1)
- Butler (2)
- Camp Hill (2)
- Canonsburg (1)
- Carlisle (1)
- Centre Hall (1)
- Chambersburg (1)
- Chester (1)
- Clairton (1)
- Clarion (2)
- Clarks Summit (1)
- Coaldale (1)
- Coatesville (1)
- Connellsville (1)
- Conshohocken (1)
- Corry (1)
- Coudersport (1)
- Cranberry Twp (1)
- Danville (3)
- Dickson City (1)
- Downingtown (1)
- Doylestown (2)
- Dubois (1)
- Eagleville (1)
- East Norriton (1)
- East Stroudsburg (1)
- Easton (1)
- Enola (1)
- Ephrata (1)
- Erie (6)
- Everett (1)
- Fort Washington (1)
- Gettysburg (1)
- Glenside (1)
- Greensburg (2)
- Greenville (1)
- Grove City (1)
- Hanover (1)
- Harrisburg (3)
- Hastings (1)
- Hazleton (1)
- Hershey (1)
- Honesdale (1)
- Huntingdon (1)
- Indiana (1)
- Jenkintown (1)
- Jersey Shore (1)
- Johnstown (1)
- Kane (1)
- Kittanning (1)
- Macungie (1)
- Malvern (3)
- McConnellsburg (1)
- McKeesport (1)
- Meadville (1)
- Mechanicsburg (1)
- Media (1)
- Meyersdale (1)
- Monongahela (1)
- Monroeville (2)
- Montrose (1)
- Moosic (1)
- Mt Pleasant (1)
- Muncy (1)
- Natrona Heights (1)
- New Castle (1)
- Norristown (4)
- Oakdale (1)
- Oil City (1)
- Orefield (1)
- Orwigsburg (1)
- Paoli (1)
- Philadelphia (25)
- Phoenixville (1)
- Pittsburgh (16)
- Pleasant Gap (1)
- Pottstown (1)
- Pottsville (1)
- Punxsutawney (1)
- Quakertown (1)
- Reading (4)
- Renovo (1)
- Roaring Spring (1)
- Royersford (1)
- Saint Marys (1)
- Sayre (1)
- Scranton (3)
- Sellersville (1)
- Seneca (1)
- Sewickley (1)
- Sharon (1)
- Shickshinny (1)
- Shippensburg (1)
- Somerset (1)
- State College (1)
- Stroudsburg (1)
- Susquehanna (1)
- Titusville (1)
- Torrance (1)
- Transfer (1)
- Troy (1)
- Tyrone (1)
- Uniontown (1)
- Warren (2)
- Washington (2)
- Waynesboro (1)
- Waynesburg (1)
- Wellsboro (1)
- Wernersville (1)
- West Chester (2)
- West Reading (1)
- Wexford (1)
- Wilkes Barre (1)
- Wilkes Barre Township (1)
- Wilkes-Barre (4)
- Williamsburg (1)
- Williamsport (2)
- Windber (1)
- Wynnewood (1)
- Wyomissing (1)
Largest hospitals in Pennsylvania
Ranked by beds reported on each hospital's latest Medicare cost report. Largest doesn't mean best, and campuses filing one report are counted together.
- Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown 1,236 beds(Medicare cost report FY2025)
- UPMC Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh 1,093 beds(Medicare cost report FY2025)
- Hospital of the University of PaPhiladelphia 1,002 beds(Medicare cost report FY2025)
- Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia 866 beds(Medicare cost report FY2025)
- St. Luke's University Hospital – BethlehemBethlehem 807 beds(Medicare cost report FY2025)
Health insurance in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania runs its own exchange, Pennie.
People and health care in Pennsylvania
From the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024).
What nurses earn in Pennsylvania
Healthcare jobs and pay in Pennsylvania
Pay for the healthcare jobs with the most workers in Pennsylvania, from Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data (May 2025).
Questions about hospitals in Pennsylvania
How many hospitals are in Pennsylvania?
There are 229 open hospitals in Pennsylvania across 143 cities. 161 of them have an emergency department.
Which Pennsylvania city has the most hospitals?
Philadelphia, with 25 hospitals. Pittsburgh is next with 16.
How long is the ER wait in Pennsylvania?
The median emergency room visit in Pennsylvania lasts 3 hr 8 min, 40 min longer than the US median of 2 hr 28 min. That is a 12-month median from CMS, not a live wait time.
How many Pennsylvania hospitals have 5 stars?
20 of the 136 Pennsylvania hospitals with a Medicare overall star rating have 5 stars, and 77 have 4 or 5 stars. The average rating is 3.5 out of 5.
Hospitals in neighboring states
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Source: hospital listings from CMS and public records; emergency room wait times (measure OP-18b) and overall star ratings from CMS Care Compare. Wait times are 12-month medians, not live. Where these figures come from.
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