13/100
#2,332 nationally
St Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus
100 St Luke's Lane, Stroudsburg, PA 18360 · (272) 212-1000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus billed $9.40 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
- 80
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #111
- 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 8% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 13% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 13% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% 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 |
299 | $35,151 | $2,489 | +81% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
246 | $125,218 | $14,999 | +92% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
155 | $93,550 | $9,857 | +116% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
150 | $14,532 | $1,513 | +44% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
77 | $15,577 | $1,784 | +33% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
68 | $44,484 | $3,059 | +76% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
65 | $78,331 | $8,157 | +100% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $24,482 | $3,019 | +28% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
57 | $72,204 | $9,944 | +49% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
56 | $56,131 | $5,465 | +60% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$122,392 | $11,347 | +158% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$139,432 | $12,018 | +145% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$72,852 | $5,861 | +133% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$88,755 | $5,934 | +123% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$172,386 | $15,068 | +120% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$81,588 | $7,834 | +119% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$93,550 | $9,857 | +116% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 300 · Inpatient stay |
$92,428 | $8,076 | +115% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,198 | $1,251 | -16% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,482 | $3,019 | +28% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$65,952 | $9,695 | +29% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,577 | $1,784 | +33% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$47,804 | $6,685 | +38% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$141,580 | $14,278 | +39% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Complications
MS-DRG 092 · Inpatient stay |
$62,654 | $8,219 | +39% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,243 | $2,660 | +40% |
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.