45/100
#1,420 nationally
Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital
400 Highland Avenue, Lewistown, PA 17044 · (717) 248-5411
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital billed $5.14 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
- 5.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 58
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #59
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 52% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 30% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 47% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 49% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
536 | $13,293 | $992 | +13% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
186 | $25,419 | $2,607 | +31% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
184 | $14,857 | $1,281 | +26% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
151 | $60,094 | $16,168 | -8% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
98 | $40,606 | $10,868 | -6% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
79 | $14,403 | $1,464 | +43% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
64 | $10,507 | $1,251 | -7% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
62 | $26,176 | $4,779 | -25% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
48 | $15,959 | $2,919 | -16% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
46 | $49,724 | $12,400 | -20% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,992 | $1,624 | +102% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$59,652 | $4,870 | +51% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,473 | $1,476 | +45% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,403 | $1,464 | +43% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,419 | $2,607 | +31% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,721 | $1,961 | +28% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,857 | $1,281 | +26% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,626 | $3,433 | +26% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$103,905 | $40,833 | -42% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,738 | $10,206 | -35% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,106 | $654 | -33% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$24,253 | $11,378 | -33% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$26,096 | $8,296 | -31% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,924 | $3,566 | -30% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,588 | $1,453 | -29% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,176 | $4,779 | -25% |
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.