St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus

500 St Luke's Drive, Lehighton, PA 18235 · (610) 377-7001

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

The money

$10what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$10.3Mnet income, all sources

9.3%margin on patient care alone

$2.1Mcost of charity care (2.6% of costs)

$4.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

56beds

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	170	$127,114	$15,240
Heart failure, with major complications 291	103	$73,692	$9,621
Kidney failure, with complications 683	44	$61,732	$7,010
Respiratory failure 189	39	$72,705	$10,796
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	39	$63,027	$7,168
Lung infection, with major complications 177	32	$114,501	$12,386
Sepsis 872	31	$69,598	$8,495
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	24	$69,866	$7,246
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Cc 092	23	$81,056	$8,222
Hip or knee replacement 470	21	$127,427	$14,593
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	20	$48,840	$6,419
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	20	$116,714	$11,256
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	20	$73,674	$8,866
Degenerative nerve disorders (e.g. Parkinson's, dementia) 057	19	$77,415	$11,479
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	19	$66,904	$9,368
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	19	$87,398	$11,423
Urinary tract infection 690	19	$57,934	$6,443
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	17	$221,889	$29,635
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	16	$74,668	$7,509
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 391	15	$74,037	$9,813
Other circulation problems, with major complications 314	14	$109,634	$14,662
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	13	$97,455	$13,941
Bowel obstruction, with complications 389	13	$61,944	$7,371
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	13	$60,798	$6,052
COPD, with major complications 190	12	$64,174	$8,606
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 175	11	$159,054	$12,437
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Mcc 393	11	$70,227	$12,338
Back problems (no surgery) 552	11	$66,253	$7,917
Fracture or sprain (not hip or thigh) 563	11	$72,619	$6,755
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	11	$94,931	$11,370

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