24/100
#2,057 nationally
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton
700 East Broad Street, Hazleton, PA 18201 · (570) 501-4000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton billed $6.58 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
- 6.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 52
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #95
- 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 20% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 20% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 30% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 34% 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 |
171 | $79,592 | $13,208 | +22% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
124 | $50,068 | $9,338 | +15% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
105 | $22,086 | $2,410 | +14% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
67 | $20,810 | $1,414 | +106% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
54 | $89,398 | $11,740 | +43% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
46 | $40,312 | $2,847 | +111% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
43 | $58,965 | $10,604 | +11% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
41 | $39,500 | $6,545 | +20% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
41 | $49,128 | $5,154 | +40% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
39 | $54,807 | $9,391 | +18% |
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 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,312 | $2,847 | +111% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,964 | $1,819 | +109% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,810 | $1,414 | +106% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,426 | $1,431 | +103% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$69,977 | $5,824 | +76% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,688 | $1,700 | +68% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$291,275 | $39,929 | +64% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,755 | $2,538 | +63% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$37,740 | $10,932 | -24% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$41,053 | $9,128 | -15% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 300 · Inpatient stay |
$37,657 | $8,093 | -12% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,473 | $5,105 | -12% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$42,692 | $8,479 | -10% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$56,744 | $10,378 | -8% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$51,392 | $11,245 | -7% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$39,313 | $6,868 | -5% |
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.