St Christopher's Hospital For Children
160 EAST ERIE AVE, Philadelphia, PA 19134
St Christopher's Hospital For Children in Philadelphia, PA has an average Medicare payment of $16,854 and a Value Score of C (55/100). Compare prices for 9 procedures. Based on CMS inpatient data.
About St Christopher's Hospital For Children
St Christopher's Hospital For Children does not carry an overall CMS Hospital Compare star rating — typically because the hospital is too small, too specialized, or reports too few of the underlying measures to compute the composite. The CMS Hospital Compare measures break roughly evenly between better- and worse-than-benchmark performance, which is the modal pattern across U.S. hospitals.
Average Medicare payment per documented procedure at St Christopher's Hospital For Children is $16,854, near the national median for acute-care hospitals. St Christopher's Hospital For Children's value rating (55/100) reflects solid quality-for-cost performance: not the absolute best on either dimension alone, but a strong combination.
St Christopher's Hospital For Children is investor-owned — a proprietary hospital, the minority ownership pattern in U.S. acute care. For-profit hospitals are more concentrated in some regions (Florida, Texas, Nevada) than others. The CMS payment record for St Christopher's Hospital For Children lists 9 distinct DRG codes — a mid-range procedure mix, including Heart Failure and Shock with MCC, Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with MCC, Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Ventilator. The facility operates a 24-hour emergency department.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Hospital Compare quality measures, CMS Inpatient Payment data files.
Procedure Prices
| Procedure (DRG) | Total Payment |
|---|---|
Heart Failure and Shock with MCC DRG 291 · Cardiac | $15,744 |
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with MCC DRG 480 · Orthopedic | $32,714 |
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Ventilator DRG 871 · Infectious | $23,495 |
Transient Ischemia DRG 069 · Neurological | $6,351 |
Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis with MCC DRG 392 · Digestive | $12,979 |
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC DRG 690 · Renal | $9,014 |
Nutritional and Misc Metabolic Disorders with MCC DRG 641 · Metabolic | $16,129 |
Renal Failure with CC DRG 683 · Renal | $11,221 |
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with MCC DRG 065 · Neurological | $24,035 |
Pricing data from CMS Hospital Price Transparency. Quality ratings from CMS Hospital Compare.
How St Christopher's Hospital For Children Compares
St Christopher's Hospital For Children has an average Medicare payment of $16,854, 0% below the Pennsylvania state average of $16,898. That is 6% higher than the national hospital average of $15,878. Most of its procedures fall under Neurological, where the typical payment is $10,855 (55% above this hospital's average). Its Value Score of C (55/100) reflects a blend of price percentile, CMS quality rating, and patient outcome measures.
St Christopher's Hospital For Children Cost & Quality FAQ
St Christopher's Hospital For Children has an average payment of $16,854 across 9 priced procedures. Costs vary significantly by procedure, compare individual prices in the procedure table above.
St Christopher's Hospital For Children does not currently have a CMS star rating on file. Quality measures may still be available for individual metrics like mortality and readmission rates.
St Christopher's Hospital For Children has a Value Score of C (55/100). This score combines cost efficiency, quality ratings, and patient outcomes to help compare hospitals. Proprietary facilities like this one are childrens.
Yes, St Christopher's Hospital For Children offers emergency services. The hospital is located at 160 EAST ERIE AVE, Philadelphia, PA 19134. Phone: (215) 427-5000.
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