State directory · SRTR PSR · PA
Pennsylvania Transplant Centers
Top-third center count · #3 of 48. Pennsylvania is a high-volume SRTR state book (16 tracked centers, 8,924 summed transplants across 7 organ types). Inventory, not a quality grade.
This data is for informational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult your transplant team for decisions about your care.
Center count is not volume
Pennsylvania ranks #3 of 48 states by SRTR center headcount but #5 by summed reported transplant volume — program inventory and throughput diverge here.
- #3
- Center headcount rank
- #5
- Summed volume rank
Corpus placement ranks states by SRTR center headcount and by summed reported transplant volume separately. Volume is inventory, not a quality grade.
National corpus split
Texas leads with 26 SRTR-tracked transplant centers (#1 of 48 states) but ranks #1 by summed reported volume; California leads volume at 385,415 reported transplants (#1 of 48) with #2 center headcount.
- 26
- Texas centers #1
- #1
- Texas volume rank
- 385,415
- California transplants #1
- #2
- California center rank
Center headcount counts SRTR-listed transplant programs by state of record; volume sums program-specific transplants_performed fields. Neither is an outcomes or referral ranking.
Top-third center count · #3 of 48
16 SRTR-tracked centers place Pennsylvania among the denser state directories. Pennsylvania lands in the heaviest volume third nationally (#5 of 48) at 5.6% of national state volume (8,924 summed transplants across 16 centers); Hospital of the University of Pennsylva… leads in-state at 2,142.
- 16
- SRTR-tracked centers
- 8,924
- Summed reported transplants
- 5.6%
- Share of national state volume
- 2,142
- In-state volume lead · Hospital of the University…
State totals sum program-specific SRTR fields for centers physically located here. Volume and waitlist size are inventory signals, not outcomes advice. Patients often list across state lines.
Pennsylvania vs all states by combined SRTR waitlist
Where this state's summed organ waitlist sits among every state with SRTR-tracked centers (inventory signal, not a quality ranking)
6,523 4th of 48 higher than 44 of 48 states
States, banded by summed waitlist_size across organ programs
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source SRTR Program-Specific Reports · 2026-08-14
Top 10 Pennsylvania centers by summed transplant volume
Same in-state center list as the directory below, sorted by summed transplants_performed across joined organ programs. Discovery filter, not a quality ranking.
Where Pennsylvania's reported transplants come from
What this state directory reports
Pennsylvania sits in the heaviest third of state transplant books - the directory below is a large inventory map, not a referral ranking.
Pennsylvania: 16 SRTR-tracked transplant centers · covering 7 organ types · 8,924 reported procedures · 6,523 on combined waitlist · 89.7% volume-weighted 1-year graft survival.
See the per-organ summary table for Pennsylvania-specific breakdowns and the SRTR/OPTN methodology for source and calculation details.
State Summary by Organ
| Organ | Centers | Waitlist | Transplants | Avg 1-yr Survival |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart-Lung | 5 | 2 | 13 | 100.0% |
| Intestine | 2 | 34 | 29 | 75.0% |
| Kidney | 16 | 5,625 | 5,465 | 96.1% |
| Kidney-Pancreas | 8 | 146 | 228 | 86.8% |
| Liver | 12 | 553 | 2,245 | 91.4% |
| Lung | 6 | 108 | 885 | 89.2% |
| Pancreas | 7 | 55 | 59 | N/A |
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Allegheny General Hospital
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Geisinger Medical Center
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley Hospital
Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center
Pinnacle Health System at Harrisburg Hospital
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
Temple University Hospital
The Lankenau Hospital
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
UPMC Hamot
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Compare Kidney centers side-by-side →
Limits of Pennsylvania State Totals
A large Pennsylvania total still only aggregates centers physically located here - it does not count every resident served or every candidate listed by a Pennsylvania program. Open a center for organ-level fields.
Every figure on PlainTransplant is rendered directly from SRTR Program-Specific Reports data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on SRTR Program-Specific Reports data; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a correction. Data current as of November 2025.