10/100
#2,390 nationally
Geisinger-Community Medical Center
1822 Mulberry Street, Scranton, PA 18510 · (570) 703-8000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Geisinger-Community Medical Center billed $9.27 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 9.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 141
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #115
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 8% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 12% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 10% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 10% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
556 | $131,956 | $15,337 | +102% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
367 | $28,900 | $2,416 | +49% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
277 | $111,320 | $11,630 | +78% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
230 | $17,954 | $1,429 | +78% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
187 | $75,317 | $9,991 | +74% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
142 | $72,725 | $8,646 | +85% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
138 | $51,270 | $2,900 | +103% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
126 | $127,721 | $13,134 | +132% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
113 | $97,935 | $9,757 | +102% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
104 | $295,336 | $39,659 | +66% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$483,043 | $41,195 | +621% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,129 | $1,367 | +266% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,243 | $2,508 | +173% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$96,753 | $8,727 | +160% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,603 | $2,891 | +158% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,204 | $1,725 | +157% |
|
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay |
$133,691 | $8,835 | +151% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$139,388 | $13,157 | +148% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$88,237 | $15,390 | +13% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,415 | $1,819 | +19% |
|
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Major Complications
MS-DRG 840 · Inpatient stay |
$173,908 | $20,751 | +22% |
|
Interstitial Lung Disease with Major Complications
MS-DRG 196 · Inpatient stay |
$97,519 | $14,735 | +22% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$64,467 | $10,582 | +26% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,495 | $3,345 | +30% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Major Complications
MS-DRG 082 · Inpatient stay |
$126,282 | $17,675 | +30% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with Major Complications
MS-DRG 466 · Inpatient stay |
$288,445 | $37,617 | +33% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.