Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center in Reading
Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center is a hospital at 2500 Bernville Rd, Reading, PA 19605, where Berks County residents can get emergency care, surgery, heart and vascular care, neurosurgery, orthopedic care, women's health and childbirth care at the Breidegam Family Birthing Center, and pediatric surgery through Penn State Health Golisano Children's Hospital. For general questions, the hospital's general number is 610-378-2000.
The emergency department is staffed by nurses with special training in caring for recent victims of sexual assault and collecting evidence of an assault. These sexual assault nurse examiners are registered nurses who treat both the physical and psychological needs of sexual assault patients and provide longer-term options for care and support. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
Useful numbers at the medical center:
- General: 610-378-2000
- Referral Specialist: 610-378-2001
- Patient Advocate: 610-378-2675
- Central Scheduling: 610-378-2100
- Spiritual Care: 610-378-2297
- Billing: 610-378-2350
- Financial Assistance: 610-378-2277
The medical center accepts a variety of health insurance plans and will submit claims on your behalf, though certain coverage restrictions may apply based on your individual benefit package. If you are worried about paying a bill, the Financial Assistance line is 610-378-2277 and the Billing line is 610-378-2350. The cost of care is not listed.
Interpreter services are offered at St. Joseph Medical Center, and a patient information guide is published in both English and Spanish.
Hours of care for the emergency, surgical and outpatient departments are not published. Visiting hours for patients' families are every day from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., with quiet hours from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., when lights are lowered and patient room doors are closed. Masking is optional in most areas, but a level-1 surgical grade mask is still required in non-private areas of the Emergency Department and in several cancer and intensive care units, and anyone with a runny nose, sore throat or cough is asked to wear one.
Parking is free on the Bern Campus in surface lots just off the main entrance. Visitors at the Downtown Reading Campus should park on the surface lot at the corner of 6th and Walnut Streets or in the Walnut Medical Pavilion parking, off of Walnut Street, and enter through the main entrance located on 6th Street.
While you wait, the Hospitality Lounge on the 2nd floor has complimentary coffee and tea and vending machines; tell the nursing staff if you plan to wait there. The cafeteria on the garden level is open seven days a week from 6:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Guest meal trays can be ordered for $8.00 each, paid in cash to the room service staff on delivery. The gift shop on the first floor, behind the Information Desk, is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and can be reached at 610-378-2357.
Mail, flowers and gifts for patients go to St. Joseph Medical Center, 2500 Bernville Road, Reading, PA 19605. Flowers are not permitted in the Critical Care or Neonatal Intensive Care Units, and mylar rather than latex balloons are requested because of latex allergies.
Source: pennstatehealth.org/locations/penn-state-health-st-joseph…, read November 3, 2026.
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In Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center’s words
Penn State Health Golisano Children’s Hospital has expanded its pediatric surgical services to Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center — bringing expert, compassionate care closer to home for children and teens in Berks County.
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