ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL - PITTSBURGH, PA

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Forbes Hospice
115 South Neville Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
(412) 325-7200
www.forbeshospice.org

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Addresss:
320 EAST NORTH AVENUE
PITTSBURGH, PA, 15212
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (412) 359-3131

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Other
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Rehabilitation Units

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 85.75
Registered Professional Nurses : 1143.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 2327.00
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 38.75
Dieticians : 9.50
Occupational Therapists : 12.00
Physical Therapists : 15.00
Registered Pharmacists : 24.50
Respiratory Therapists : 51.75
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 5.75
Physicians : 178.25
Medical Social Workers : 32.75
Physician Assistants : 12.00
Residents (Physicians) : 255.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 829
Total Certified: 306
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 28
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 40

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Services
Certified Trauma Center Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Optometric Services
Organ Bank Services
Organ Transplant Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatients with low back pain who had an MRI without trying recommended treatments first, such as physical therapy.
Here:

36.400%
Pennsylvania:

36.295%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

10.800%
Pennsylvania:

8.255%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.403%
State:

0.151%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.057%
State:

0.023%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
Here:

4.700%
Pennsylvania:

5.987%
Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time
This Hospital:

2.200%
Pennsylvania:

3.106%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.4%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

99.5%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

97.2%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

99.9%
Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival
This Hospital:

86.0%
Pennsylvania:

92.8%
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
This Hospital:

18
State:

9
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
This Hospital:

82.0%
State:

96.6%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

97.3%

Heart Failure

Percent of patients who were given an evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.3%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

99.0%
State:

96.5%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

97.0%
Pennsylvania:

93.4%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.4%

Pneumonia

Percent of Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival
Here:

94.0%
Pennsylvania:

96.6%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

97.4%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

98.9%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

95.7%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

94.0%
Pennsylvania:

94.1%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

98.0%
Pennsylvania:

96.6%

Surgery

Percent of Surgery Patients given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection
Here:

98.0%
Pennsylvania:

98.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

98.0%
State:

97.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

99.0%
Pennsylvania:

98.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

98.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

99.0%
Pennsylvania:

98.6%
Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery
This Hospital:

96.0%
Pennsylvania:

96.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

97.0%
Pennsylvania:

95.6%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

96.0%
Pennsylvania:

96.9%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

99.0%
State:

95.6%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

95.7%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

99.0%
Pennsylvania:

99.8%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

14.8%
Pennsylvania:

14.8%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

10.1%
State:

10.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

12.8%
State:

11.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

20.2%
Pennsylvania:

19.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

25.7%
Pennsylvania:

24.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

20.2%
State:

18.6%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 36%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

6%
State:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

20%
Pennsylvania:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

74%
State:

77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
State:

5%
Usually
Here:

16%
State:

16%
Always
Here:

79%
Pennsylvania:

79%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

15%
Pennsylvania:

10%
Usually
Here:

31%
Pennsylvania:

26%
Always
This Hospital:

54%
State:

64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

10%
State:

7%
Usually
Here:

29%
State:

24%
Always
Here:

61%
State:

69%

How often did staff explain about medicines before giving them to patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

25%
Pennsylvania:

21%
Usually
This Hospital:

21%
Pennsylvania:

19%
Always
Here:

54%
State:

60%

How often were the patients' rooms and bathrooms kept clean?

Sometimes or never
Here:

13%
State:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

23%
State:

20%
Always
This Hospital:

64%
State:

71%

How often was the area around patients' rooms kept quiet at night?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

20%
State:

14%
Usually
This Hospital:

35%
Pennsylvania:

34%
Always
Here:

45%
Pennsylvania:

52%

Were patients given information about what to do during their recovery at home?

Yes
This Hospital:

84%
State:

83%
No
Here:

16%
State:

17%

How do patients rate the hospital overall on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)?

6 or lower
This Hospital:

14%
Pennsylvania:

10%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

23%
State:

24%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

63%
State:

66%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

7%
State:

5%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

28%
Pennsylvania:

28%
Yes, definitely
Here:

65%
Pennsylvania:

67%

Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) - Medicare Provider Charge Data

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,757
Pennsylvania:

$35,398
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,831
Pennsylvania:

$7,813
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

0.62%
Pennsylvania:

0.64%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$57,586
State:

$49,161
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$15,098
State:

$11,984
Number of discharges: 28
This Hospital:

0.86%
State:

1.10%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$32,426
State:

$24,778
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,394
Pennsylvania:

$5,248
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.37%
State:

0.33%
Alcohol/Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,256
State:

$16,644
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,528
Pennsylvania:

$4,858
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.37%
Pennsylvania:

0.41%
Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,549
Pennsylvania:

$29,507
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,912
Pennsylvania:

$6,877
Number of discharges: 101
This Hospital:

3.12%
Pennsylvania:

0.48%
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$26,120
State:

$29,111
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,377
Pennsylvania:

$5,893
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.34%
Pennsylvania:

0.63%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,765
Pennsylvania:

$24,639
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,684
Pennsylvania:

$5,656
Number of discharges: 54
This Hospital:

1.67%
Pennsylvania:

1.67%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$38,802
Pennsylvania:

$36,008
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,607
State:

$8,468
Number of discharges: 33
This Hospital:

1.02%
Pennsylvania:

1.01%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,876
State:

$17,588
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,510
State:

$3,835
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

0.74%
Pennsylvania:

1.86%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,765
State:

$21,833
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,622
Pennsylvania:

$5,569
Number of discharges: 33
Here:

1.02%
State:

2.29%
Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$40,341
State:

$65,108
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,818
State:

$15,116
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.37%
State:

0.20%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,158
Pennsylvania:

$21,791
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,226
Pennsylvania:

$3,879
Number of discharges: 47
Here:

1.45%
State:

1.55%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,018
State:

$29,850
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,373
State:

$6,479
Number of discharges: 37
Here:

1.14%
State:

2.15%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$33,380
State:

$35,841
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,615
State:

$7,862
Number of discharges: 32
Here:

0.99%
State:

1.99%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,070
Pennsylvania:

$21,975
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,657
Pennsylvania:

$4,841
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

0.68%
Pennsylvania:

1.72%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$62,188
State:

$87,796
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$16,682
Pennsylvania:

$16,602
Number of discharges: 38
Here:

1.17%
State:

0.36%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$33,070
Pennsylvania:

$41,468
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,784
State:

$7,854
Number of discharges: 74
This Hospital:

2.29%
State:

1.63%
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$23,139
Pennsylvania:

$39,486
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,063
State:

$6,703
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

0.56%
State:

0.35%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$28,732
State:

$29,684
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,269
Pennsylvania:

$6,655
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

0.53%
Pennsylvania:

0.53%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,219
Pennsylvania:

$27,059
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,588
State:

$5,943
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

0.53%
Pennsylvania:

0.68%
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,401
State:

$33,712
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,848
Pennsylvania:

$7,608
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

0.80%
State:

0.21%
Dysequilibrium
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,873
Pennsylvania:

$22,784
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,089
State:

$4,395
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.40%
Pennsylvania:

0.46%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$32,245
State:

$40,947
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,413
Pennsylvania:

$8,470
Number of discharges: 30
This Hospital:

0.93%
State:

0.61%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,727
State:

$24,456
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,863
State:

$4,986
Number of discharges: 98
Here:

3.03%
Pennsylvania:

3.72%
Extracranial Procedures without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$23,118
State:

$32,783
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,178
State:

$6,751
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

0.80%
State:

0.32%
Fx, Sprn, Strn and Disl Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,064
Pennsylvania:

$22,815
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,866
State:

$4,922
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

0.56%
Pennsylvania:

0.41%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$30,979
Pennsylvania:

$29,883
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,202
State:

$6,883
Number of discharges: 51
Here:

1.58%
State:

2.08%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$56,276
State:

$56,055
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,872
State:

$12,195
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

0.90%
State:

0.73%
G.I. Obstruction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,861
State:

$28,572
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,536
Pennsylvania:

$6,337
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

0.46%
State:

0.71%
G.I. Obstruction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$16,555
State:

$21,101
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,487
Pennsylvania:

$4,441
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.37%
State:

0.45%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$24,629
State:

$29,163
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,301
State:

$6,918
Number of discharges: 76
Here:

2.35%
Pennsylvania:

3.75%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$41,693
Pennsylvania:

$40,714
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,356
Pennsylvania:

$9,817
Number of discharges: 58
Here:

1.79%
State:

2.71%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,538
Pennsylvania:

$20,243
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,625
State:

$4,587
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

0.74%
Pennsylvania:

1.61%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$52,634
Pennsylvania:

$51,161
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,549
State:

$12,050
Number of discharges: 34
Here:

1.05%
State:

1.07%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$92,891
State:

$94,363
Average Total Payments
Here:

$24,158
Pennsylvania:

$21,768
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

0.62%
State:

0.21%
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$113,598
State:

$155,828
Average Total Payments
Here:

$38,773
Pennsylvania:

$38,158
Number of discharges: 32
This Hospital:

0.99%
State:

0.50%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$38,353
Pennsylvania:

$36,649
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,515
Pennsylvania:

$7,863
Number of discharges: 88
Here:

2.72%
State:

1.56%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$55,113
State:

$59,762
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,516
Pennsylvania:

$13,212
Number of discharges: 101
This Hospital:

3.12%
State:

0.86%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$25,401
Pennsylvania:

$28,288
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,438
Pennsylvania:

$5,649
Number of discharges: 40
Here:

1.24%
State:

0.85%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,213
State:

$33,452
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,375
Pennsylvania:

$7,881
Number of discharges: 31
Here:

0.96%
State:

1.01%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,608
Pennsylvania:

$23,346
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,617
State:

$5,274
Number of discharges: 44
Here:

1.36%
Pennsylvania:

2.94%
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$34,900
State:

$51,901
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,875
State:

$11,459
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.34%
State:

0.17%
Major Cardiovasc Procedures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$106,654
Pennsylvania:

$104,857
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$22,394
Pennsylvania:

$22,128
Number of discharges: 47
Here:

1.45%
State:

0.45%
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,756
Pennsylvania:

$35,955
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,984
State:

$8,867
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.43%
Pennsylvania:

0.40%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$87,064
State:

$95,323
Average Total Payments
Here:

$25,577
State:

$22,897
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

0.46%
Pennsylvania:

0.22%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$40,892
Pennsylvania:

$51,015
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,931
State:

$13,679
Number of discharges: 138
This Hospital:

4.26%
Pennsylvania:

5.31%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$44,289
State:

$79,691
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$18,291
State:

$17,879
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

0.62%
State:

0.67%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$128,924
Pennsylvania:

$156,225
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$41,788
Pennsylvania:

$36,036
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

0.68%
State:

0.51%
Medical Back Problems without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$28,695
Pennsylvania:

$26,794
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,039
State:

$5,619
Number of discharges: 56
This Hospital:

1.73%
Pennsylvania:

1.15%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$28,352
State:

$37,349
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,562
Pennsylvania:

$8,157
Number of discharges: 30
This Hospital:

0.93%
Pennsylvania:

0.66%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$16,839
Pennsylvania:

$21,864
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,531
Pennsylvania:

$4,771
Number of discharges: 37
This Hospital:

1.14%
State:

2.03%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$30,285
Pennsylvania:

$36,429
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,875
Pennsylvania:

$7,328
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

0.53%
Pennsylvania:

0.26%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$52,768
State:

$63,291
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,948
Pennsylvania:

$13,908
Number of discharges: 51
This Hospital:

1.58%
State:

0.63%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$24,294
State:

$29,869
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,124
State:

$6,973
Number of discharges: 32
This Hospital:

0.99%
State:

0.66%
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,750
Pennsylvania:

$37,095
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,777
Pennsylvania:

$8,048
Number of discharges: 46
This Hospital:

1.42%
State:

0.39%
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$41,955
State:

$50,723
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,725
State:

$12,029
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

0.90%
Pennsylvania:

0.37%
Other Vascular Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$60,187
State:

$82,069
Average Total Payments
Here:

$17,298
State:

$17,250
Number of discharges: 39
Here:

1.20%
Pennsylvania:

0.52%
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$90,137
Pennsylvania:

$112,209
Average Total Payments
Here:

$23,919
State:

$23,625
Number of discharges: 38
This Hospital:

1.17%
Pennsylvania:

0.44%
Other Vascular Procedures without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$35,235
State:

$52,739
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,160
Pennsylvania:

$11,105
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

0.68%
State:

0.33%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent with Major Complications or 4+ Vessels/Stents
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$75,539
State:

$113,661
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$22,682
State:

$23,373
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.34%
Pennsylvania:

0.32%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$50,158
Pennsylvania:

$73,766
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,191
Pennsylvania:

$13,722
Number of discharges: 51
Here:

1.58%
State:

1.47%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Non-Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$48,960
Pennsylvania:

$61,781
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,586
State:

$12,135
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

0.83%
Pennsylvania:

0.52%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures without Coronary Artery Stent without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$62,163
State:

$89,397
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,173
Pennsylvania:

$13,624
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

0.90%
Pennsylvania:

0.52%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,453
State:

$28,031
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,355
Pennsylvania:

$6,643
Number of discharges: 38
This Hospital:

1.17%
State:

0.65%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,191
State:

$20,578
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,468
State:

$4,582
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

0.53%
Pennsylvania:

0.27%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$66,772
State:

$80,782
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$18,652
Pennsylvania:

$17,545
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

0.53%
Pennsylvania:

0.50%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$56,364
Pennsylvania:

$60,306
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,777
Pennsylvania:

$13,393
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.40%
Pennsylvania:

0.45%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$57,922
Pennsylvania:

$62,216
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,797
Pennsylvania:

$11,985
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

0.46%
State:

0.16%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,655
State:

$22,998
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,776
Pennsylvania:

$4,685
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.37%
Pennsylvania:

0.37%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$34,559
State:

$34,570
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,232
State:

$11,356
Number of discharges: 37
Here:

1.14%
Pennsylvania:

1.07%
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$34,017
State:

$42,805
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,838
Pennsylvania:

$9,223
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

0.56%
State:

0.30%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,579
Pennsylvania:

$26,165
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,254
State:

$5,568
Number of discharges: 38
This Hospital:

1.17%
State:

1.18%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,565
Pennsylvania:

$29,333
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,981
State:

$7,034
Number of discharges: 49
This Hospital:

1.51%
State:

2.33%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$49,815
State:

$43,566
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,697
Pennsylvania:

$11,198
Number of discharges: 44
Here:

1.36%
State:

1.49%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$31,730
Pennsylvania:

$43,448
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,794
State:

$9,800
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

0.74%
State:

0.82%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$41,883
State:

$54,086
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,992
Pennsylvania:

$12,976
Number of discharges: 41
Here:

1.27%
Pennsylvania:

0.97%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$161,257
State:

$188,023
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$40,128
State:

$38,405
Number of discharges: 35
Here:

1.08%
State:

0.36%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$76,384
State:

$74,959
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$18,198
State:

$16,074
Number of discharges: 48
This Hospital:

1.48%
State:

0.96%
Seizures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,014
Pennsylvania:

$28,738
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,499
Pennsylvania:

$5,717
Number of discharges: 43
Here:

1.33%
State:

0.75%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$146,140
State:

$201,554
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$42,763
State:

$42,480
Number of discharges: 38
This Hospital:

1.17%
Pennsylvania:

0.26%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$58,603
State:

$50,114
Average Total Payments
Here:

$15,158
State:

$12,705
Number of discharges: 138
Here:

4.26%
State:

3.92%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$28,659
Pennsylvania:

$28,351
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,918
Pennsylvania:

$7,480
Number of discharges: 27
Here:

0.83%
Pennsylvania:

1.62%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,131
Pennsylvania:

$29,567
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,954
State:

$6,703
Number of discharges: 33
This Hospital:

1.02%
State:

2.73%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$37,688
State:

$41,229
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,482
State:

$9,510
Number of discharges: 33
Here:

1.02%
State:

1.78%
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$57,583
Pennsylvania:

$100,572
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$26,689
Pennsylvania:

$26,454
Number of discharges: 60
Here:

1.85%
State:

0.77%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,151
State:

$23,856
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,830
State:

$4,892
Number of discharges: 80
Here:

2.47%
State:

2.49%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$24,462
Pennsylvania:

$24,723
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,825
State:

$4,885
Number of discharges: 50
This Hospital:

1.54%
Pennsylvania:

1.38%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

0.383%
State:

0.708%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
Here:

0.164%
State:

0.389%
Severe pressure sores (bed sores)
This Hospital:

0.273%
State:

0.316%
Signs of Uncontrolled Blood Sugar
Here:

0.055%
State:

0.154%

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