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Wilkes Barre VA Medical Center

1111 East End Boulevard, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711 · (570) 824-3521

VA hospitalVeterans Health AdministrationEmergency room

Wilkes Barre VA Medical Center is a Veterans Affairs hospital in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County). It has an emergency room and holds 5 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. In CMS's patient survey it scores 4 of 5 stars, and 82% of patients said they would definitely recommend it.

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★★★★★CMS overall quality rating
★★★★★patients' own rating (545 surveys)

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★4 of 5 · 545 surveys

82%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
83%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

  • Nurses communicated well★★★★★
  • Doctors communicated well★★★★★
  • Staff explained medicines★★★★★
  • Information for going home★★★★★
  • Room was clean★★★★★
  • Quiet at night★★★★★
Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Heart failure
9.5%
Pneumonia
12.1%
COPD
8.8%
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Heart failure
20.5%
Pneumonia
17.9%
Hip or knee replacement
5.4%
Infections and complications lower is better
Catheter urinary tract infections
0.00
≈ Same as US
Complications after hip or knee replacement
4.0%
Serious complications (CMS safety index)
0.83
≈ Same as US

US typical hospital. Infection figures are a ratio: 1.00 means as many infections as expected for a hospital like this one. CMS adjusts these rates for how sick the patients are; a small gap from the typical hospital can be chance, so a verdict is shown only where CMS gives one.

Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".

This hospital has no Medicare stay data for 2024. Medicare data covers mostly patients 65 and older, so psychiatric, children's and very small hospitals often don't appear.

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