31/100
#1,849 nationally
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson City
330 Main Street, Dickson City, PA 18519 · (570) 330-5000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson City billed $6.83 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
- 6.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 46
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #82
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 39% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 35% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 43% 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 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
405 | $75,060 | $11,531 | +20% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
127 | $47,386 | $6,310 | +19% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
101 | $11,981 | $1,697 | +6% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
89 | $100,945 | $13,820 | +26% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
70 | $42,653 | $5,154 | +21% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
68 | $22,527 | $2,857 | +11% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
64 | $130,178 | $16,610 | +57% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
49 | $20,676 | $2,445 | +6% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
49 | $11,180 | $1,436 | about average |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
47 | $34,346 | $6,113 | -11% |
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 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$234,479 | $27,655 | +108% |
|
Level 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,226 | $1,285 | +107% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$170,994 | $19,116 | +58% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$130,178 | $16,610 | +57% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
$129,043 | $14,541 | +51% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$121,425 | $15,190 | +46% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 482 · Inpatient stay |
$89,293 | $10,910 | +30% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,058 | $1,448 | +30% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,164 | $2,792 | -33% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$30,197 | $8,011 | -23% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,004 | $3,345 | -16% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,346 | $6,113 | -11% |
|
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without
MS-DRG 563 · Inpatient stay |
$33,130 | $7,295 | -10% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,492 | $2,988 | -8% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$30,128 | $6,288 | -7% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,337 | $3,114 | -6% |
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.