19/100
#2,198 nationally
St Luke's Hospital - Anderson Campus
1872 St Luke's Blvd, Easton, PA 18045
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Luke's Hospital - Anderson Campus billed $6.62 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
- 126
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #103
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- Not rated
- 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 13% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 14% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 40% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
478 | $33,022 | $2,421 | +70% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
452 | $121,969 | $21,276 | +87% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
266 | $85,119 | $14,647 | +96% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
189 | $13,739 | $1,743 | +21% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
113 | $15,061 | $1,734 | +28% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
109 | $77,614 | $11,966 | +98% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
101 | $16,428 | $1,416 | +46% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
100 | $39,499 | $3,103 | +70% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
97 | $53,744 | $9,142 | +67% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
94 | $59,847 | $10,280 | +82% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay |
$342,980 | $66,506 | +192% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$275,469 | $40,218 | +143% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 854 · Inpatient stay |
$189,818 | $23,598 | +129% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$255,710 | $28,218 | +127% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,797 | $2,527 | +125% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,161 | $3,474 | +123% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$118,724 | $18,496 | +118% |
|
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications
MS-DRG 536 · Inpatient stay |
$71,240 | $9,430 | +117% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major
MS-DRG 981 · Inpatient stay |
$192,763 | $47,823 | +5% |
|
Complications of Treatment with Major Complications
MS-DRG 919 · Inpatient stay |
$82,752 | $19,769 | +11% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay |
$97,945 | $20,306 | +14% |
|
Headaches without Major Complications
MS-DRG 103 · Inpatient stay |
$52,497 | $9,364 | +14% |
|
Complications of Treatment with Complications
MS-DRG 920 · Inpatient stay |
$53,249 | $11,203 | +20% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,739 | $1,743 | +21% |
|
Nervous System Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 054 · Inpatient stay |
$83,141 | $16,646 | +26% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$182,323 | $31,640 | +27% |
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.