Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital

400 Highland Avenue, Lewistown, PA 17044 · (717) 248-5411

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$15what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$62.4Mnet income, all sources

17.8%margin on patient care alone

$7.7Mcost of charity care (3.5% of costs)

$5.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

133beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	151	$60,094	$16,168
Heart failure, with major complications 291	98	$40,606	$10,868
Psychoses 885	40	$24,253	$11,378
Sepsis 872	39	$37,638	$9,270
Respiratory failure 189	38	$53,329	$10,223
Kidney failure, with complications 683	37	$31,619	$7,460
Lung infection, with major complications 177	35	$50,311	$13,707
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	34	$42,076	$11,203
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	30	$53,286	$13,277
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	29	$31,064	$6,647
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	23	$43,751	$12,010
Urinary tract infection 690	22	$28,277	$6,698
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	19	$32,655	$7,448
Pneumonia, with complications 194	18	$39,651	$7,812
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	17	$47,249	$10,793
Fainting 312	16	$40,833	$7,093
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522	16	$72,519	$16,392
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	16	$37,343	$6,601
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	16	$37,301	$9,395
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	15	$42,514	$8,230
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	14	$103,905	$40,833
COPD, with major complications 190	13	$44,708	$10,128
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	13	$46,457	$10,393
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	13	$47,888	$8,161
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	13	$74,016	$16,240
Other kidney and urinary problems, with complications 699	13	$26,096	$8,296
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 391	12	$46,189	$10,364
Diabetes, with complications 638	12	$27,992	$7,622
Irregular heartbeat 310	11	$28,482	$4,975

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