READING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER - READING, PA

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Addresss:
SIXTH AVENUE AND SPRUCE ST
READING, PA, 19603
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (610) 988-8000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Other
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Swing Bed Hospitals

Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 163.50
Registered Professional Nurses : 628.20
Other Salaried Personnel : 1659.90
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 27.10
Dieticians : 8.10
Occupational Therapists : 1.40
Physical Therapists : 8.00
Registered Pharmacists : 16.70
Respiratory Therapists : 20.40
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 3.40
Physicians : 30.00
Medical Social Workers : 9.20
Physician Assistants : 2.70
Residents (Physicians) : 51.30

Number Of Beds
Total: 639
Total Certified: 463
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 40
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 44

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 Surgical Services
Medicare Certified Transplant Center Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room 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

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

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

100.0%
State:

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%
Pennsylvania:

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

100.0%
State:

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

100.0%
State:

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

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

97.3%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

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

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

96.5%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

99.0%
Pennsylvania:

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
Here:

99.0%
Pennsylvania:

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

97.0%
Pennsylvania:

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

100.0%
State:

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

98.0%
Pennsylvania:

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

99.0%
State:

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

100.0%
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:

99.0%
Pennsylvania:

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

98.0%
State:

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

99.0%
State:

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:

100.0%
State:

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

98.0%
State:

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

100.0%
State:

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

96.0%
Pennsylvania:

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

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)
Here:

98.0%
State:

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

97.0%
Pennsylvania:

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

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

99.8%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

15.1%
Pennsylvania:

14.8%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

9.8%
Pennsylvania:

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

10.9%
Pennsylvania:

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

16.6%
State:

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

20.7%
State:

24.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

17.2%
Pennsylvania:

18.6%

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

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

$26,926
State:

$35,398
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,273
State:

$7,813
Number of discharges: 41
Here:

0.63%
Pennsylvania:

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

$36,980
Pennsylvania:

$49,161
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,723
State:

$11,984
Number of discharges: 65
This Hospital:

1.00%
State:

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

$21,871
Pennsylvania:

$24,778
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,716
State:

$5,248
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

0.23%
State:

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

$24,306
State:

$16,644
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,027
Pennsylvania:

$4,858
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

0.37%
State:

0.41%
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,594
State:

$29,111
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,158
State:

$5,893
Number of discharges: 46
This Hospital:

0.71%
State:

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

$18,057
State:

$22,200
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,541
State:

$4,119
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

0.23%
State:

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

$16,317
Pennsylvania:

$24,639
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,068
State:

$5,656
Number of discharges: 86
This Hospital:

1.33%
State:

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

$25,182
State:

$36,008
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,912
State:

$8,468
Number of discharges: 76
This Hospital:

1.17%
State:

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

$13,174
State:

$17,588
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,207
State:

$3,835
Number of discharges: 82
Here:

1.26%
Pennsylvania:

1.86%
Cellulitis with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$28,971
State:

$41,327
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,052
Pennsylvania:

$9,905
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

0.37%
Pennsylvania:

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

$19,073
State:

$21,833
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,346
State:

$5,569
Number of discharges: 97
Here:

1.50%
Pennsylvania:

2.29%
Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$54,511
State:

$65,108
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,666
Pennsylvania:

$15,116
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.19%
State:

0.20%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$16,696
Pennsylvania:

$21,791
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,022
State:

$3,879
Number of discharges: 28
Here:

0.43%
Pennsylvania:

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

$21,917
Pennsylvania:

$29,850
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,905
Pennsylvania:

$6,479
Number of discharges: 123
Here:

1.90%
Pennsylvania:

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

$27,016
State:

$35,841
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,671
Pennsylvania:

$7,862
Number of discharges: 124
This Hospital:

1.91%
State:

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

$17,127
Pennsylvania:

$21,975
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,162
Pennsylvania:

$4,841
Number of discharges: 59
Here:

0.91%
Pennsylvania:

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

$40,583
State:

$87,796
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,836
State:

$16,602
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

0.40%
State:

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

$27,853
Pennsylvania:

$41,468
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,702
Pennsylvania:

$7,854
Number of discharges: 85
Here:

1.31%
State:

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

$22,514
State:

$39,486
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,209
Pennsylvania:

$6,703
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

0.35%
State:

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

$22,182
State:

$29,684
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,675
Pennsylvania:

$6,655
Number of discharges: 37
Here:

0.57%
State:

0.53%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,964
Pennsylvania:

$27,059
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,903
Pennsylvania:

$5,943
Number of discharges: 36
This Hospital:

0.56%
Pennsylvania:

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

$29,870
Pennsylvania:

$33,712
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,551
Pennsylvania:

$7,608
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

0.32%
State:

0.21%
Dysequilibrium
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,340
State:

$22,784
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,514
Pennsylvania:

$4,395
Number of discharges: 38
Here:

0.59%
State:

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

$30,172
Pennsylvania:

$40,947
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,633
Pennsylvania:

$8,470
Number of discharges: 62
This Hospital:

0.96%
State:

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

$18,799
State:

$24,456
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,389
Pennsylvania:

$4,986
Number of discharges: 158
Here:

2.44%
Pennsylvania:

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

$20,687
Pennsylvania:

$32,783
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,895
Pennsylvania:

$6,751
Number of discharges: 30
Here:

0.46%
State:

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

$18,993
Pennsylvania:

$21,079
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,014
State:

$4,697
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

0.29%
Pennsylvania:

0.36%
Fx, Sprn, Strn and Disl Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$23,343
Pennsylvania:

$22,815
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,392
State:

$4,922
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

0.39%
Pennsylvania:

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

$25,485
State:

$29,883
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,477
Pennsylvania:

$6,883
Number of discharges: 153
This Hospital:

2.36%
Pennsylvania:

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

$41,854
Pennsylvania:

$56,055
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,057
Pennsylvania:

$12,195
Number of discharges: 66
Here:

1.02%
State:

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

$19,093
State:

$23,995
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,044
State:

$4,905
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

0.25%
Pennsylvania:

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

$26,134
Pennsylvania:

$28,572
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,095
State:

$6,337
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

0.42%
Pennsylvania:

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

$14,010
Pennsylvania:

$21,101
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,835
State:

$4,441
Number of discharges: 30
Here:

0.46%
Pennsylvania:

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

$22,522
State:

$29,163
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,417
State:

$6,918
Number of discharges: 284
Here:

4.38%
State:

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

$30,055
Pennsylvania:

$40,714
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,593
State:

$9,817
Number of discharges: 223
Here:

3.44%
State:

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

$14,033
State:

$20,243
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,974
Pennsylvania:

$4,587
Number of discharges: 89
Here:

1.37%
Pennsylvania:

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

$38,379
Pennsylvania:

$51,161
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,740
Pennsylvania:

$12,050
Number of discharges: 82
Here:

1.26%
State:

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

$63,749
State:

$94,363
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$20,773
Pennsylvania:

$21,768
Number of discharges: 30
Here:

0.46%
Pennsylvania:

0.21%
Hypertension without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,122
Pennsylvania:

$24,179
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,372
State:

$4,391
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

0.29%
Pennsylvania:

0.29%
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$82,995
Pennsylvania:

$155,828
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$35,953
State:

$38,158
Number of discharges: 61
Here:

0.94%
Pennsylvania:

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

$24,291
Pennsylvania:

$36,649
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,952
Pennsylvania:

$7,863
Number of discharges: 116
Here:

1.79%
Pennsylvania:

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

$34,478
Pennsylvania:

$59,762
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,730
State:

$13,212
Number of discharges: 83
Here:

1.28%
State:

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

$18,244
Pennsylvania:

$28,288
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,951
State:

$5,649
Number of discharges: 70
Here:

1.08%
Pennsylvania:

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

$31,318
State:

$33,452
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,459
Pennsylvania:

$7,881
Number of discharges: 51
This Hospital:

0.79%
Pennsylvania:

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

$20,231
State:

$23,346
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,876
State:

$5,274
Number of discharges: 111
This Hospital:

1.71%
State:

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

$34,991
Pennsylvania:

$51,901
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,747
Pennsylvania:

$11,459
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

0.26%
Pennsylvania:

0.17%
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$24,635
State:

$39,613
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,343
Pennsylvania:

$8,129
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

0.35%
Pennsylvania:

0.18%
Major Cardiovasc Procedures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$56,849
State:

$104,857
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$20,447
State:

$22,128
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

0.29%
Pennsylvania:

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

$22,691
State:

$35,955
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,052
Pennsylvania:

$8,867
Number of discharges: 34
This Hospital:

0.52%
Pennsylvania:

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

$63,788
State:

$95,323
Average Total Payments
Here:

$22,156
Pennsylvania:

$22,897
Number of discharges: 37
Here:

0.57%
Pennsylvania:

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

$38,210
Pennsylvania:

$51,015
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,648
Pennsylvania:

$13,679
Number of discharges: 399
This Hospital:

6.15%
Pennsylvania:

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

$54,854
State:

$79,691
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$18,411
State:

$17,879
Number of discharges: 49
Here:

0.76%
Pennsylvania:

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

$106,821
State:

$156,225
Average Total Payments
Here:

$42,314
State:

$36,036
Number of discharges: 46
Here:

0.71%
State:

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

$21,715
Pennsylvania:

$26,794
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,715
Pennsylvania:

$5,619
Number of discharges: 84
Here:

1.30%
State:

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

$24,291
State:

$37,349
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,992
Pennsylvania:

$8,157
Number of discharges: 56
Here:

0.86%
State:

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

$15,971
Pennsylvania:

$21,864
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,579
State:

$4,771
Number of discharges: 90
Here:

1.39%
State:

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

$22,268
Pennsylvania:

$36,429
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,197
Pennsylvania:

$7,328
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

0.28%
State:

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

$43,288
Pennsylvania:

$63,291
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,578
State:

$13,908
Number of discharges: 41
Here:

0.63%
State:

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

$21,046
State:

$29,869
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,130
Pennsylvania:

$6,973
Number of discharges: 66
This Hospital:

1.02%
Pennsylvania:

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

$26,168
State:

$37,095
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,103
Pennsylvania:

$8,048
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

0.40%
State:

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

$30,992
State:

$50,723
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,255
State:

$12,029
Number of discharges: 47
This Hospital:

0.72%
State:

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

$48,676
State:

$82,069
Average Total Payments
Here:

$16,416
Pennsylvania:

$17,250
Number of discharges: 38
Here:

0.59%
State:

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

$66,129
Pennsylvania:

$112,209
Average Total Payments
Here:

$20,679
Pennsylvania:

$23,625
Number of discharges: 35
Here:

0.54%
State:

0.44%
Other Vascular Procedures without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$31,633
State:

$52,739
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,897
Pennsylvania:

$11,105
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

0.29%
Pennsylvania:

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

$101,350
State:

$113,661
Average Total Payments
Here:

$33,145
State:

$23,373
Number of discharges: 33
Here:

0.51%
State:

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

$70,608
Pennsylvania:

$73,766
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,602
State:

$13,722
Number of discharges: 78
Here:

1.20%
Pennsylvania:

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

$54,727
State:

$61,781
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,691
Pennsylvania:

$12,135
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

0.35%
State:

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

$61,905
Pennsylvania:

$89,397
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,943
State:

$13,624
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

0.42%
State:

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

$21,736
State:

$28,031
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,838
Pennsylvania:

$6,643
Number of discharges: 34
Here:

0.52%
Pennsylvania:

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

$14,973
State:

$20,578
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,735
State:

$4,582
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

0.28%
State:

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

$53,613
State:

$80,782
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$17,630
Pennsylvania:

$17,545
Number of discharges: 38
Here:

0.59%
State:

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

$49,623
State:

$60,306
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$15,275
State:

$13,393
Number of discharges: 31
This Hospital:

0.48%
Pennsylvania:

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

$37,660
State:

$62,216
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,967
State:

$11,985
Number of discharges: 28
Here:

0.43%
State:

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

$18,967
State:

$22,998
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,566
State:

$4,685
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

0.39%
Pennsylvania:

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

$31,486
State:

$34,570
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,842
State:

$11,356
Number of discharges: 117
Here:

1.80%
Pennsylvania:

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

$22,921
State:

$32,887
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,781
State:

$7,414
Number of discharges: 70
This Hospital:

1.08%
Pennsylvania:

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

$34,278
Pennsylvania:

$42,805
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,866
Pennsylvania:

$9,223
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.19%
Pennsylvania:

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

$18,300
State:

$26,165
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,558
Pennsylvania:

$5,568
Number of discharges: 32
This Hospital:

0.49%
Pennsylvania:

1.18%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,107
Pennsylvania:

$29,333
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,536
Pennsylvania:

$7,034
Number of discharges: 103
Here:

1.59%
Pennsylvania:

2.33%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$37,643
Pennsylvania:

$43,566
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,442
Pennsylvania:

$11,198
Number of discharges: 85
This Hospital:

1.31%
Pennsylvania:

1.49%
Renal Failure without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,903
Pennsylvania:

$22,494
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,840
Pennsylvania:

$4,750
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

0.29%
State:

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

$26,198
Pennsylvania:

$43,448
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,529
State:

$9,800
Number of discharges: 39
This Hospital:

0.60%
Pennsylvania:

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

$40,928
State:

$54,086
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,417
State:

$12,976
Number of discharges: 56
Here:

0.86%
Pennsylvania:

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

$57,749
Pennsylvania:

$74,959
Average Total Payments
Here:

$16,212
Pennsylvania:

$16,074
Number of discharges: 60
This Hospital:

0.93%
State:

0.96%
Seizures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,585
State:

$28,738
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,613
Pennsylvania:

$5,717
Number of discharges: 58
This Hospital:

0.89%
Pennsylvania:

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

$146,053
State:

$201,554
Average Total Payments
Here:

$44,469
State:

$42,480
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.19%
Pennsylvania:

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

$36,230
State:

$50,114
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,365
Pennsylvania:

$12,705
Number of discharges: 506
Here:

7.80%
Pennsylvania:

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

$24,954
State:

$28,351
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,108
Pennsylvania:

$7,480
Number of discharges: 197
Here:

3.04%
Pennsylvania:

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

$24,229
Pennsylvania:

$24,920
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,742
Pennsylvania:

$5,242
Number of discharges: 37
Here:

0.57%
Pennsylvania:

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

$22,880
State:

$29,567
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,409
State:

$6,703
Number of discharges: 167
This Hospital:

2.57%
Pennsylvania:

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

$33,375
State:

$41,229
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,544
Pennsylvania:

$9,510
Number of discharges: 118
This Hospital:

1.82%
State:

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

$19,147
State:

$21,186
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,171
State:

$4,668
Number of discharges: 53
Here:

0.82%
Pennsylvania:

1.11%
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$89,664
Pennsylvania:

$100,572
Average Total Payments
Here:

$28,812
State:

$26,454
Number of discharges: 38
Here:

0.59%
Pennsylvania:

0.77%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,380
Pennsylvania:

$23,856
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,429
State:

$4,892
Number of discharges: 113
This Hospital:

1.74%
State:

2.49%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,294
State:

$24,723
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,177
Pennsylvania:

$4,885
Number of discharges: 127
This Hospital:

1.96%
State:

1.38%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Objects Accidentally Left in the Body After Surgery
Here:

0.046%
State:

0.127%
Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

0.688%
State:

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

0.321%
State:

0.389%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
This Hospital:

0.138%
State:

0.504%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

39.200%
State:

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

9.400%
State:

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

0.087%
State:

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

0.038%
Pennsylvania:

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

5.700%
Pennsylvania:

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

3.400%
State:

3.106%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 40%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
State:

5%
Usually
Here:

17%
Pennsylvania:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

78%
Pennsylvania:

77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
State:

5%
Usually
Here:

19%
Pennsylvania:

16%
Always
This Hospital:

76%
Pennsylvania:

79%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

9%
Pennsylvania:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

31%
State:

26%
Always
This Hospital:

60%
Pennsylvania:

64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
State:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

25%
State:

24%
Always
This Hospital:

70%
State:

69%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

25%
State:

21%
Usually
Here:

22%
State:

19%
Always
Here:

53%
Pennsylvania:

60%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

13%
State:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

21%
State:

20%
Always
Here:

66%
State:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

12%
Pennsylvania:

14%
Usually
Here:

41%
Pennsylvania:

34%
Always
This Hospital:

47%
State:

52%

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

Yes
Here:

84%
State:

83%
No
This Hospital:

16%
State:

17%

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

6 or lower
Here:

8%
State:

10%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

27%
State:

24%
9 or 10
Here:

65%
Pennsylvania:

66%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

5%
State:

5%
Yes, probably
Here:

24%
Pennsylvania:

28%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

71%
State:

67%

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