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Hospice market for funeral homes in Pennsylvania

174 hospices have an office in Pennsylvania and cared for 68,499 people with Medicare in 2024. See the hospices near your funeral home, ranked as partners:

The Pennsylvania market

Hospices174
Medicare patients in 202468,499+46% since 2014
Average family survey stars3.8 of 5Hospices that report
Average would definitely recommend85%Hospices that report

By ownership

  • For-profit: 119
  • Nonprofit: 55

Medicare patients per year

All hospices here together, by CMS year.

20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
2014: 46,962; 2015: 50,397; 2016: 53,140; 2017: 57,489; 2018: 59,573; 2019: 61,956; 2020: 64,460; 2021: 64,570; 2022: 65,002; 2023: 66,441; 2024: 68,499

CMS data, released August 2026. How we use it

Where the hospices are

Each dot is a hospice office, colored by ownership and sized by Medicare patients in 2024.

  • For-profit
  • Nonprofit
  • Government
  • Other ownership

Larger dot, more Medicare patients

Map of hospices

Largest hospices in 2024

By Medicare patients, the CMS count of people each hospice cared for. Size is not a measure of quality.

  1. 1Choices HealthcareLancaster · Nonprofit2,943
  2. 2Family HospiceAltoona · Nonprofit2,852
  3. 3Allegheny Health Network Healthcare at Home HospicWarrendale · For-profit2,726
  4. 4Penn Medicine HospiceBala Cynwyd · Nonprofit2,046
  5. 5Lehigh Valley HospiceAllentown · Nonprofit1,952
  6. 6St Luke's HospiceBethlehem · Nonprofit1,858
  7. 7Compassus - Greater PhiladelphiaHamburg · For-profit1,722
  8. 8Amedisys Hospice of PaUniontown · For-profit1,596
  9. 9Vitas Healthcare Corporation AtlanticBlue Bell · For-profit1,544
  10. 10Good Samaritan Hospice of PittsburghValencia · Nonprofit1,464

Fastest-growing hospices

Compound annual growth in Medicare patients over three CMS years, for hospices with at least 30 patients in both years.

HospiceOwnership20212024Growth per year
Three Oaks Hospice PittsburghBeaverFor-profit44222+71.5%
Commonwealth HospicePittsburghFor-profit104400+56.7%
Advantage Home Health and HospiceBethlehemFor-profit34129+56.0%
Serenity HospiceBensalemFor-profit3391,001+43.5%
Immediate Homecare and HospicePhiladelphiaFor-profit3291+41.7%
Pinnacle HospiceSewickleyFor-profit100261+37.7%
Franklin HospiceChambersburgNonprofit3279+35.2%
Bayada HospiceWyomissingNonprofit176421+33.7%
Bridges HospiceMonroevilleFor-profit5651,268+30.9%
Suncrest Hospice PittsburghPittsburghFor-profit322630+25.1%

CMS Post-Acute Care utilization data. CMS does not publish counts below 11. How we use it

Your local market, ranked

Enter your ZIP, city or address to see the hospices within 10, 25 or 50 miles on a map, ranked by size, distance, growth and family survey results.

Every hospice in Pennsylvania, by county