35/100
#1,744 nationally
Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center
2200 Good Hope Road, Enola, PA 17025 · (717) 981-9000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center billed $5.17 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 5.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 52
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #76
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 59% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 17% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
154 | $16,694 | $2,378 | -14% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
69 | $42,774 | $13,664 | about average |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
62 | $112,254 | $11,124 | +80% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
60 | $53,940 | $17,216 | about average |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
59 | $83,033 | $22,441 | +27% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
47 | $14,750 | $1,367 | +46% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
44 | $25,189 | $8,037 | -22% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
40 | $55,850 | $4,660 | +59% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
38 | $23,116 | $2,796 | +21% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
36 | $43,564 | $4,637 | +59% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$94,932 | $6,133 | +147% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,336 | $3,356 | +122% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,587 | $1,730 | +117% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$81,177 | $5,843 | +105% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$115,258 | $9,219 | +93% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$75,319 | $6,235 | +89% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$155,480 | $16,664 | +87% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,725 | $1,521 | +82% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$42,525 | $11,537 | -31% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$28,126 | $10,728 | -28% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$32,983 | $12,041 | -28% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$40,599 | $15,666 | -23% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$39,442 | $12,428 | -23% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$23,668 | $8,616 | -22% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$25,189 | $8,037 | -22% |
|
Hypertension without Major Complications
MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay |
$26,636 | $7,781 | -20% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.