10/100
#2,389 nationally
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
1000 East Mountain Boulevard, Wilkes Barre, PA 18711 · (570) 826-7300
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center billed $9.36 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
- 9.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 169
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #114
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 9% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 9% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 11% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 20% 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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,124 | $5,572 | $256 | +78% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
543 | $133,564 | $16,101 | +105% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
452 | $44,167 | $1,101 | +276% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
410 | $16,187 | $914 | +25% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
305 | $113,596 | $11,641 | +82% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
277 | $19,367 | $1,372 | +92% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
211 | $83,916 | $11,282 | +93% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
193 | $42,777 | $2,409 | +120% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
180 | $49,599 | $2,903 | +97% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
160 | $22,152 | $1,442 | +95% |
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 |
$256,342 | $20,708 | +283% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,167 | $1,101 | +276% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$119,129 | $5,666 | +202% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$57,354 | $2,513 | +177% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$91,839 | $5,122 | +167% |
|
Heart Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 292 · Inpatient stay |
$86,573 | $7,865 | +162% |
|
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay |
$138,204 | $10,458 | +159% |
|
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without
MS-DRG 563 · Inpatient stay |
$94,662 | $8,327 | +157% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$107,084 | $17,365 | +12% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$172,240 | $28,405 | +16% |
|
Precerebral Occlusion without Infarction without Major Complications
MS-DRG 068 · Inpatient stay |
$66,765 | $7,561 | +21% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications
MS-DRG 243 · Inpatient stay |
$114,599 | $19,025 | +22% |
|
Amputation for Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 475 · Inpatient stay |
$139,582 | $19,912 | +23% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$63,988 | $9,531 | +24% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications
MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay |
$173,615 | $26,562 | +25% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,187 | $914 | +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.