St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
Lehighton, Pennsylvania 18235
CCN: 390335 Acute Care Hospitals Emergency Services
4/5
CMS Star Rating
Above Average
31
DRG Categories
867
Total Discharges
$80,883
Avg Charges
$10,529
Avg Payment
$6,719
Avg Medicare
7.68x
Charge-to-Payment
Quality Ratings — CMS Hospital Compare
Based on CMS measures of mortality, safety of care, readmissions, patient experience, and timeliness
Mortality
Same as Average Safety of Care
Above Average Readmissions
Same as Average Patient Experience
Reported Pennsylvania Average Rating
3.28 / 5 This hospital is above 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: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Compared to Pennsylvania Average
How this hospital compares to the average of 129 hospitals in Pennsylvania
Average Charges
$80,883 -18%
State avg: $99,109
Average Payment
$10,529 -41%
State avg: $17,987
Charge-to-Payment Ratio
7.68x 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 871 | SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC | 173 | $101,844 | $14,547 | 7x |
| 291 | HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 97 | $62,156 | $9,494 | 6.55x |
| 177 | RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 39 | $89,545 | $13,447 | 6.66x |
| 872 | SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 39 | $68,133 | $8,737 | 7.8x |
| 189 | PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 38 | $57,769 | $9,571 | 6.04x |
| 683 | RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 38 | $54,598 | $6,999 | 7.8x |
| 682 | RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 36 | $104,043 | $11,788 | 8.83x |
| 392 | ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 31 | $53,051 | $6,433 | 8.25x |
| 193 | SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 30 | $64,045 | $11,335 | 5.65x |
| 470 | MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 29 | $121,132 | $12,626 | 9.59x |
| 065 | INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 25 | $71,563 | $7,854 | 9.11x |
| 853 | INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 23 | $350,117 | $40,683 | 8.61x |
| 690 | KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 22 | $56,018 | $6,426 | 8.72x |
| 603 | CELLULITIS WITHOUT MCC | 21 | $73,754 | $9,311 | 7.92x |
| 378 | GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC | 20 | $58,316 | $7,312 | 7.97x |
| 178 | RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH CC | 17 | $72,478 | $8,362 | 8.67x |
| 309 | CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC | 16 | $42,790 | $5,592 | 7.65x |
| 689 | KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 16 | $71,840 | $9,213 | 7.8x |
| 057 | DEGENERATIVE NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 14 | $62,994 | $10,997 | 5.73x |
| 176 | PULMONARY EMBOLISM WITHOUT MCC | 14 | $67,095 | $6,607 | 10.15x |
Showing top 20 of 31 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.