11/100
#2,377 nationally
St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus
3000 St. Luke's Drive, Quakertown, PA 18951 · (267) 985-1000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus billed $9.09 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
- 9.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 55
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #112
- 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 17% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 9% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 14% 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 |
240 | $136,608 | $16,900 | +109% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
141 | $39,613 | $2,611 | +104% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
127 | $11,596 | $1,851 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
104 | $100,093 | $11,025 | +131% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
69 | $13,566 | $1,510 | +21% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $95,950 | $12,678 | +54% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
60 | $87,490 | $9,120 | +123% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
54 | $23,202 | $1,550 | +130% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
50 | $153,085 | $13,474 | +324% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
50 | $26,580 | $1,965 | +106% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$153,085 | $13,474 | +324% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$159,931 | $13,943 | +182% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$84,067 | $7,494 | +165% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,950 | $2,502 | +160% |
|
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 202 · Inpatient stay |
$101,415 | $8,280 | +158% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$207,551 | $17,938 | +150% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$92,658 | $8,443 | +146% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$263,204 | $28,333 | +133% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,903 | $3,075 | about average |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,596 | $1,851 | about average |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,772 | $1,836 | +17% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,571 | $3,255 | +19% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$91,830 | $16,111 | +20% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,566 | $1,510 | +21% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$93,381 | $10,603 | +38% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$95,950 | $12,678 | +54% |
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.