Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18764
CCN: 390137 Acute Care Hospitals Emergency Services
1/5
CMS Star Rating
Well Below Average
75
DRG Categories
2,357
Total Discharges
$88,117
Avg Charges
$11,350
Avg Payment
$9,125
Avg Medicare
7.76x
Charge-to-Payment
Quality Ratings — CMS Hospital Compare
Based on CMS measures of mortality, safety of care, readmissions, patient experience, and timeliness
Mortality
Below Average Safety of Care
Below Average Readmissions
Below Average Patient Experience
Reported Pennsylvania Average Rating
3.28 / 5 This hospital is below average
15 five-star hospitals of rated in Pennsylvania
National Average Rating
3.08 / 5
288 five-star hospitals of 2866 rated nationally
Type: Acute Care Hospitals Ownership: Proprietary
Compared to Pennsylvania Average
How this hospital compares to the average of 129 hospitals in Pennsylvania
Average Charges
$88,117 -11%
State avg: $99,109
Average Payment
$11,350 -37%
State avg: $17,987
Charge-to-Payment Ratio
7.76x Above avg
State avg: 5.31x
Top 20 DRGs by Volume
Most common diagnosis groups at this hospital, sorted by number of discharges
| DRG | Description | Discharges | Avg Charges | Avg Payment | Markup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 291 | HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 197 | $61,394 | $9,168 | 6.7x |
| 871 | SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC | 139 | $90,984 | $13,888 | 6.55x |
| 378 | GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC | 81 | $67,123 | $7,353 | 9.13x |
| 177 | RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 77 | $75,601 | $13,202 | 5.73x |
| 189 | PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 71 | $60,135 | $8,956 | 6.71x |
| 690 | KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 71 | $35,409 | $5,870 | 6.03x |
| 683 | RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 67 | $45,541 | $6,675 | 6.82x |
| 193 | SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 54 | $76,184 | $9,924 | 7.68x |
| 682 | RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 54 | $60,718 | $10,587 | 5.74x |
| 603 | CELLULITIS WITHOUT MCC | 50 | $39,810 | $7,036 | 5.66x |
| 392 | ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 49 | $41,131 | $5,681 | 7.24x |
| 312 | SYNCOPE AND COLLAPSE | 48 | $40,517 | $6,143 | 6.6x |
| 190 | CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH MCC | 47 | $63,658 | $10,024 | 6.35x |
| 689 | KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 46 | $57,434 | $8,986 | 6.39x |
| 641 | MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC | 44 | $32,186 | $5,552 | 5.8x |
| 064 | INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCC | 42 | $83,958 | $12,991 | 6.46x |
| 640 | MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 40 | $57,014 | $9,119 | 6.25x |
| 065 | INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 38 | $57,086 | $7,501 | 7.61x |
| 872 | SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 38 | $67,020 | $9,070 | 7.39x |
| 308 | CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH MCC | 37 | $98,047 | $12,082 | 8.11x |
Showing top 20 of 75 DRG categories at this hospital.
About This Data
Hospital charges and payment data are from the CMS Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Provider Summary. Quality star ratings (1-5) are from CMS Hospital Compare, based on measures of mortality, safety of care, readmissions, patient experience, and timeliness. Negotiated insurance rates are from hospital Machine-Readable Files (MRFs) required by the CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule.