32/100
#1,830 nationally
St Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital
360 W Ruddle Street, Coaldale, PA 18218 · (570) 645-2131
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital billed $5.48 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
- 5.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 24
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in PA
- #79
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 34% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 23% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% 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 |
117 | $73,219 | $16,201 | +12% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
95 | $21,701 | $2,480 | +12% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
89 | $53,229 | $11,370 | +23% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
42 | $17,484 | $1,494 | +73% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
40 | $19,995 | $1,844 | +55% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
36 | $51,664 | $11,278 | +7% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
33 | $4,605 | $630 | +47% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
30 | $80,817 | $13,275 | +53% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
26 | $18,133 | $1,685 | +54% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
26 | $47,734 | $5,153 | +36% |
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 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,484 | $1,494 | +73% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,534 | $3,188 | +61% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,995 | $1,844 | +55% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,133 | $1,685 | +54% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$80,817 | $13,275 | +53% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,605 | $630 | +47% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$43,280 | $7,398 | +45% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$75,844 | $15,225 | +38% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,148 | $1,779 | -28% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$31,250 | $7,689 | about average |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,818 | $2,937 | +4% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$49,663 | $11,415 | +7% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$51,664 | $11,278 | +7% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$33,895 | $6,808 | +11% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,701 | $2,480 | +12% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$73,219 | $16,201 | +12% |
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.