St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
500 ST LUKE'S DRIVE, Lehighton, PA 18235
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus in Lehighton, PA has an average Medicare payment of $14,783 and a Value Score of B (71/100). Compare prices for 11 procedures. Based on CMS inpatient data.
About St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus earns a CMS 4-star quality rating — above-average across the federal measures CMS tracks for U.S. acute-care hospitals. The CMS Hospital Compare measures break roughly evenly between better- and worse-than-benchmark performance, which is the modal pattern across U.S. hospitals.
Cost-wise, St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus is mid-pack: $14,783 average payment across documented procedures, close to the median for U.S. acute-care facilities. St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus's value rating (71/100) reflects solid quality-for-cost performance: not the absolute best on either dimension alone, but a strong combination.
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus is non-profit — a voluntary-association or church-affiliated facility, which is the majority ownership pattern for U.S. acute-care hospitals. 11 distinct procedures are documented in CMS payment files for St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus. Top examples: Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, Vaginal Delivery without Complicating Diagnoses, GI Hemorrhage with MCC. 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 |
|---|---|
Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement DRG 470 · Orthopedic | $19,993 |
Vaginal Delivery without Complicating Diagnoses DRG 775 · Obstetric | $5,596 |
GI Hemorrhage with MCC DRG 378 · Digestive | $17,005 |
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC DRG 690 · Renal | $8,262 |
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Ventilator DRG 871 · Infectious | $17,780 |
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with MCC DRG 308 · Cardiac | $12,846 |
Spinal Fusion (Non-Cervical) with MCC DRG 460 · Orthopedic | $36,865 |
Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis with MCC DRG 392 · Digestive | $13,639 |
Cesarean Section without CC/MCC DRG 766 · Obstetric | $8,431 |
Heart Failure and Shock with MCC DRG 291 · Cardiac | $13,611 |
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with CC DRG 194 · Respiratory | $8,581 |
Pricing data from CMS Hospital Price Transparency. Quality ratings from CMS Hospital Compare.
How St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus Compares
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus has an average Medicare payment of $14,783, 13% below the Pennsylvania state average of $16,898. That is 7% lower than the national hospital average of $15,878. Most of its procedures fall under Orthopedic, where the typical payment is $26,891 (45% below this hospital's average). Its Value Score of B (71/100) reflects a blend of price percentile, CMS quality rating, and patient outcome measures.
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus Cost & Quality FAQ
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus has an average payment of $14,783 across 11 priced procedures. Costs vary significantly by procedure, compare individual prices in the procedure table above.
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus has a CMS star rating of 4 out of 5. Quality measures include mortality rates, safety incidents, and readmission rates from Medicare data.
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus has a Value Score of B (71/100). This score combines cost efficiency, quality ratings, and patient outcomes to help compare hospitals. Voluntary non-profit - Private facilities like this one are acute care hospitals.
Yes, St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus offers emergency services. The hospital is located at 500 ST LUKE'S DRIVE, Lehighton, PA 18235. Phone: (610) 377-7001.
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