REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF SCRANTON - SCRANTON, PA

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Addresss:
746 JEFFERSON AVENUE
SCRANTON, PA, 18501
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (570) 348-7100

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Church
Emergency Services: Yes

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 73.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 284.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 755.00
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 4.00
Dieticians : 2.00
Occupational Therapists : 3.00
Physical Therapists : 11.00
Registered Pharmacists : 12.00
Respiratory Therapists : 19.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 0.40
Physicians : 12.00
Medical Social Workers : 7.00
Physician Assistants : 2.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 274
Total Certified: 231

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Services
Clinical Laboratory 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
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

99.0%
State:

99.4%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

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

98.0%
Pennsylvania:

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

99.0%
Pennsylvania:

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
Here:

84.0%
Pennsylvania:

92.8%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
Here:

98.0%
State:

97.3%

Heart Failure

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

99.0%
State:

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

99.0%
Pennsylvania:

96.5%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

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

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

99.4%

Pneumonia

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

97.0%
Pennsylvania:

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

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

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

98.0%
Pennsylvania:

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

96.0%
Pennsylvania:

95.7%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

95.0%
State:

94.1%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

97.0%
State:

96.6%

Surgery

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

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

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

99.0%
State:

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

98.0%
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
Here:

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:

95.0%
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
Here:

95.0%
State:

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

98.0%
State:

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

90.0%
State:

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

93.0%
Pennsylvania:

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:

14.6%
Pennsylvania:

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

9.3%
State:

10.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

12.2%
Pennsylvania:

11.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

18.8%
State:

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

23.8%
State:

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

18.4%
State:

18.6%

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

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

$22,516
Pennsylvania:

$35,398
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,504
State:

$7,813
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

0.47%
Pennsylvania:

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

$32,766
State:

$49,161
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,218
Pennsylvania:

$11,984
Number of discharges: 39
Here:

1.09%
Pennsylvania:

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

$23,718
State:

$24,778
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,536
State:

$5,248
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.39%
Pennsylvania:

0.33%
Atherosclerosis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,472
Pennsylvania:

$18,959
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,346
State:

$3,975
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

0.42%
Pennsylvania:

0.35%
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,182
Pennsylvania:

$29,111
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,818
State:

$5,893
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

0.70%
State:

0.63%
Bronchitis and Asthma without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,871
State:

$22,200
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,467
Pennsylvania:

$4,119
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

0.47%
Pennsylvania:

0.30%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,873
State:

$24,639
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,756
State:

$5,656
Number of discharges: 73
This Hospital:

2.04%
Pennsylvania:

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

$21,192
Pennsylvania:

$36,008
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,989
Pennsylvania:

$8,468
Number of discharges: 71
This Hospital:

1.98%
State:

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

$12,208
Pennsylvania:

$17,588
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,241
Pennsylvania:

$3,835
Number of discharges: 78
This Hospital:

2.18%
State:

1.86%
Cellulitis with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,819
State:

$41,327
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,304
State:

$9,905
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

0.45%
State:

0.26%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,183
Pennsylvania:

$21,833
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,799
Pennsylvania:

$5,569
Number of discharges: 113
This Hospital:

3.15%
State:

2.29%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,764
State:

$21,791
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,130
State:

$3,879
Number of discharges: 51
This Hospital:

1.42%
Pennsylvania:

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

$18,364
State:

$29,850
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,510
Pennsylvania:

$6,479
Number of discharges: 82
Here:

2.29%
Pennsylvania:

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

$21,166
Pennsylvania:

$35,841
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,766
State:

$7,862
Number of discharges: 70
Here:

1.95%
State:

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

$13,018
State:

$21,975
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,109
Pennsylvania:

$4,841
Number of discharges: 61
Here:

1.70%
State:

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

$36,695
Pennsylvania:

$87,796
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,356
Pennsylvania:

$16,602
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

0.47%
Pennsylvania:

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

$28,054
Pennsylvania:

$41,468
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,136
Pennsylvania:

$7,854
Number of discharges: 88
Here:

2.46%
State:

1.63%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,136
Pennsylvania:

$29,684
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,122
Pennsylvania:

$6,655
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

0.47%
Pennsylvania:

0.53%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,369
Pennsylvania:

$27,059
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,747
Pennsylvania:

$5,943
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.39%
State:

0.68%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,465
State:

$40,947
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,572
State:

$8,470
Number of discharges: 25
This Hospital:

0.70%
State:

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

$16,083
State:

$24,456
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,126
Pennsylvania:

$4,986
Number of discharges: 106
This Hospital:

2.96%
Pennsylvania:

3.72%
Extracranial Procedures without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,849
State:

$32,783
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,681
Pennsylvania:

$6,751
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.39%
State:

0.32%
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,210
Pennsylvania:

$21,079
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,072
Pennsylvania:

$4,697
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.34%
State:

0.36%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,497
Pennsylvania:

$29,883
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,906
Pennsylvania:

$6,883
Number of discharges: 84
This Hospital:

2.35%
State:

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

$28,650
State:

$56,055
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,758
State:

$12,195
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

0.67%
Pennsylvania:

0.73%
G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,810
State:

$23,995
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,100
Pennsylvania:

$4,905
Number of discharges: 28
Here:

0.78%
State:

0.51%
G.I. Obstruction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,036
State:

$28,572
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,224
State:

$6,337
Number of discharges: 29
Here:

0.81%
Pennsylvania:

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

$12,521
Pennsylvania:

$21,101
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,656
Pennsylvania:

$4,441
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.34%
Pennsylvania:

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

$18,164
Pennsylvania:

$29,163
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,685
Pennsylvania:

$6,918
Number of discharges: 128
This Hospital:

3.57%
State:

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

$28,700
State:

$40,714
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,359
State:

$9,817
Number of discharges: 125
This Hospital:

3.49%
State:

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

$12,308
State:

$20,243
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,886
Pennsylvania:

$4,587
Number of discharges: 49
Here:

1.37%
State:

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

$27,272
State:

$51,161
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,355
Pennsylvania:

$12,050
Number of discharges: 28
Here:

0.78%
Pennsylvania:

1.07%
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$85,682
State:

$155,828
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$28,861
State:

$38,158
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

0.50%
State:

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

$19,569
State:

$36,649
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,520
Pennsylvania:

$7,863
Number of discharges: 56
This Hospital:

1.56%
Pennsylvania:

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

$29,794
State:

$59,762
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,853
Pennsylvania:

$13,212
Number of discharges: 28
Here:

0.78%
Pennsylvania:

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

$17,560
Pennsylvania:

$28,288
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,621
State:

$5,649
Number of discharges: 34
Here:

0.95%
Pennsylvania:

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

$18,435
State:

$33,452
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,779
Pennsylvania:

$7,881
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

0.73%
Pennsylvania:

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

$15,583
State:

$23,346
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,425
Pennsylvania:

$5,274
Number of discharges: 84
Here:

2.35%
State:

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

$40,276
Pennsylvania:

$51,901
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,733
State:

$11,459
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.39%
Pennsylvania:

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

$54,607
State:

$104,857
Average Total Payments
Here:

$17,194
Pennsylvania:

$22,128
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

0.45%
State:

0.45%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$38,266
Pennsylvania:

$51,015
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,844
Pennsylvania:

$13,679
Number of discharges: 170
Here:

4.75%
State:

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

$42,235
State:

$79,691
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,238
Pennsylvania:

$17,879
Number of discharges: 39
This Hospital:

1.09%
State:

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

$99,573
Pennsylvania:

$156,225
Average Total Payments
Here:

$31,165
State:

$36,036
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

0.56%
Pennsylvania:

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

$13,843
Pennsylvania:

$26,794
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,576
State:

$5,619
Number of discharges: 28
This Hospital:

0.78%
Pennsylvania:

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

$29,637
State:

$37,349
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,803
State:

$8,157
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

0.45%
State:

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

$14,364
Pennsylvania:

$21,864
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,913
Pennsylvania:

$4,771
Number of discharges: 66
Here:

1.84%
Pennsylvania:

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

$18,119
Pennsylvania:

$36,429
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,191
State:

$7,328
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.39%
State:

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

$47,650
Pennsylvania:

$63,291
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,224
Pennsylvania:

$13,908
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.31%
Pennsylvania:

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

$23,796
State:

$29,869
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,702
Pennsylvania:

$6,973
Number of discharges: 28
Here:

0.78%
State:

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

$15,558
Pennsylvania:

$37,095
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,569
Pennsylvania:

$8,048
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.36%
Pennsylvania:

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

$26,262
State:

$50,723
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,886
State:

$12,029
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

0.53%
State:

0.37%
Other Vascular Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$47,268
Pennsylvania:

$82,069
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,469
State:

$17,250
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.31%
Pennsylvania:

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

$66,633
State:

$112,209
Average Total Payments
Here:

$16,986
State:

$23,625
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

0.42%
State:

0.44%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent with Major Complications or 4+ Vessels/Stents
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$85,806
State:

$113,661
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$17,966
Pennsylvania:

$23,373
Number of discharges: 27
Here:

0.75%
State:

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

$52,434
State:

$73,766
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,372
State:

$13,722
Number of discharges: 96
Here:

2.68%
State:

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

$51,351
Pennsylvania:

$61,781
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,917
Pennsylvania:

$12,135
Number of discharges: 53
Here:

1.48%
State:

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

$49,003
Pennsylvania:

$89,397
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,098
Pennsylvania:

$13,624
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.39%
Pennsylvania:

0.52%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,112
Pennsylvania:

$28,031
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,395
State:

$6,643
Number of discharges: 41
Here:

1.14%
Pennsylvania:

0.65%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,144
Pennsylvania:

$20,578
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,667
Pennsylvania:

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

0.47%
Pennsylvania:

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

$78,049
State:

$80,782
Average Total Payments
Here:

$15,531
Pennsylvania:

$17,545
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

0.61%
Pennsylvania:

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

$59,974
Pennsylvania:

$60,306
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,334
State:

$13,393
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

0.53%
Pennsylvania:

0.45%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,660
Pennsylvania:

$34,570
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,268
Pennsylvania:

$11,356
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

0.53%
Pennsylvania:

1.07%
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,124
Pennsylvania:

$32,887
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,776
Pennsylvania:

$7,414
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

0.50%
Pennsylvania:

0.46%
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$23,202
State:

$42,805
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,141
Pennsylvania:

$9,223
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

0.53%
State:

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

$16,318
Pennsylvania:

$26,165
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,541
Pennsylvania:

$5,568
Number of discharges: 46
Here:

1.28%
State:

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

$19,974
State:

$29,333
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,788
State:

$7,034
Number of discharges: 90
This Hospital:

2.51%
State:

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

$27,849
Pennsylvania:

$43,566
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,136
Pennsylvania:

$11,198
Number of discharges: 53
Here:

1.48%
State:

1.49%
Renal Failure without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,998
Pennsylvania:

$22,494
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,709
State:

$4,750
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.31%
Pennsylvania:

0.31%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$24,060
State:

$43,448
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,263
Pennsylvania:

$9,800
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

0.59%
Pennsylvania:

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

$36,135
Pennsylvania:

$54,086
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,599
State:

$12,976
Number of discharges: 31
Here:

0.87%
Pennsylvania:

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

$91,303
State:

$188,023
Average Total Payments
Here:

$27,655
State:

$38,405
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.36%
State:

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

$38,436
Pennsylvania:

$74,959
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,520
Pennsylvania:

$16,074
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

0.73%
State:

0.96%
Seizures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,572
Pennsylvania:

$28,738
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,282
State:

$5,717
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

0.53%
State:

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

$102,034
State:

$201,554
Average Total Payments
Here:

$32,702
State:

$42,480
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

0.47%
State:

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

$32,680
State:

$50,114
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,785
State:

$12,705
Number of discharges: 187
Here:

5.22%
Pennsylvania:

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

$19,347
State:

$28,351
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,399
State:

$7,480
Number of discharges: 104
This Hospital:

2.90%
Pennsylvania:

1.62%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,012
State:

$24,920
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,806
Pennsylvania:

$5,242
Number of discharges: 28
This Hospital:

0.78%
State:

0.72%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,056
Pennsylvania:

$29,567
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,849
Pennsylvania:

$6,703
Number of discharges: 107
Here:

2.99%
Pennsylvania:

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

$23,608
State:

$41,229
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,116
State:

$9,510
Number of discharges: 67
This Hospital:

1.87%
Pennsylvania:

1.78%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,268
State:

$21,186
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,108
Pennsylvania:

$4,668
Number of discharges: 36
This Hospital:

1.01%
State:

1.11%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,686
Pennsylvania:

$23,856
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,070
State:

$4,892
Number of discharges: 67
Here:

1.87%
State:

2.49%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,159
State:

$24,723
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,153
Pennsylvania:

$4,885
Number of discharges: 46
This Hospital:

1.28%
Pennsylvania:

1.38%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

46.000%
State:

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

10.100%
Pennsylvania:

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

0.131%
State:

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

0.074%
Pennsylvania:

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

8.400%
State:

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

3.200%
State:

3.106%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

0.530%
Pennsylvania:

0.708%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
This Hospital:

0.442%
State:

0.389%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
This Hospital:

0.265%
State:

0.504%
Severe pressure sores (bed sores)
This Hospital:

0.265%
State:

0.316%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 37%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

7%
State:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
Pennsylvania:

18%
Always
Here:

74%
State:

77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
Pennsylvania:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

14%
Pennsylvania:

16%
Always
This Hospital:

82%
State:

79%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

14%
State:

10%
Usually
Here:

26%
Pennsylvania:

26%
Always
This Hospital:

60%
Pennsylvania:

64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
Pennsylvania:

7%
Usually
Here:

26%
State:

24%
Always
This Hospital:

68%
State:

69%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

22%
State:

21%
Usually
Here:

19%
State:

19%
Always
Here:

59%
Pennsylvania:

60%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

13%
State:

9%
Usually
Here:

24%
State:

20%
Always
This Hospital:

63%
State:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

11%
State:

14%
Usually
Here:

37%
State:

34%
Always
Here:

52%
State:

52%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

80%
State:

83%
No
This Hospital:

20%
Pennsylvania:

17%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

12%
State:

10%
7 or 8
Here:

27%
Pennsylvania:

24%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

61%
Pennsylvania:

66%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

6%
State:

5%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

28%
State:

28%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

66%
State:

67%

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