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St Lukes Hospital Bethlehem

St. Lukes Hospital Bethlehem charges 10.3x the Medicare reimbursement rate across 183 analyzed procedures, with 39% showing significant pricing variations from standard benchmarks.

Bethlehem, PA 18015 · Acute Care Hospitals · CMS Rating: 5/5

By Priya Iyengar , Senior Billing Analyst · ·
Data from CMS files published FY 2024 CMS IPPS. Refreshed weekly.
About the analyst

Priya Iyengar leads the billing code review team at BillRazor Research. She analyzes NCCI bundling edits, DRG coding, and regional rate variation. Expertise: NCCI bundling, DRG analysis, regional pricing.

183 procedures analyzed
CMS price transparency data
Updated 2026-04-03
Median 7.2x4.1x16.5x
10.3x
Medicare markup ratio
PA lowestSt Lukes Hospital Beth...PA highest
10.3x
Avg markup ratio
10.1x
Median markup
183
Procedures
39%
Outlier procedures
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Pricing grade

F

Very high

Avg markup vs Medicare

10.32x

Charge / Medicare rate

Max markup

21.39x

Worst procedure

Procedures analyzed

183

With pricing data

Outlier procedures

39.3%

Above 90th percentile

Pricing grades reflect how this hospital's chargemaster (list) rates compare to Medicare reimbursement benchmarks within the same state. Grades measure pricing patterns only — not quality of care, patient outcomes, or clinical performance. A lower grade does not mean a hospital provides inferior care. Based on publicly available federal data. Not endorsed by or affiliated with any government agency.

ProcedureCodeGross chargeCash priceMedicareMarkup
PSYCHOSES885$196,643$98,32121.4x
INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITHOUT CC/MCC066$71,949$35,97417.9x
EXTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH CC038$185,479$92,74017.8x
DIABETES WITH MCC637$239,305$119,65217.1x
OTHER DISORDERS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM WITHOUT CC/MCC093$92,601$46,30016.3x
INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS065$115,025$57,51315.7x
O.R. PROCEDURES FOR OBESITY WITHOUT CC/MCC621$123,068$61,53415.3x
PULMONARY EMBOLISM WITHOUT MCC176$80,866$40,43314.8x
MAJOR JOINT OR LIMB REATTACHMENT PROCEDURES OF UPPER EXTREMITIES483$208,479$104,23914.7x
OTHER VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC254$191,045$95,52314x
CRANIAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC074$93,672$46,83613.9x
DISORDERS OF PANCREAS EXCEPT MALIGNANCY WITH CC439$76,925$38,46213.8x
CIRCULATORY DISORDERS EXCEPT AMI, WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITHOUT MCC287$100,537$50,26913.7x
NONSPECIFIC CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS WITH CC071$106,577$53,28813.7x
TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA WITHOUT THROMBOLYTIC069$70,332$35,16613.6x
UTERINE AND ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR NON-MALIGNANCY WITH CC/MCC742$177,322$88,66113.6x
OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH CC699$101,008$50,50413.2x
DYSEQUILIBRIUM149$66,452$33,22613x
MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC331$132,585$66,29313x
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISORDERS WITH CC300$94,478$47,23912.9x
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WITHOUT MCC948$73,057$36,52812.8x
MALIGNANCY OF HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM OR PANCREAS WITH MCC435$243,135$121,56812.7x
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS WITH VENTILATOR SUPPORT <=96 HOURS208$252,807$126,40412.6x
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH CC281$92,434$46,21712.5x
SEIZURES WITH MCC100$193,295$96,64812.5x
RED BLOOD CELL DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC812$79,404$39,70212.3x
AMPUTATION FOR CIRCULATORY SYSTEM DISORDERS EXCEPT UPPER LIMB AND TOE WITH CC240$273,044$136,52212.2x
CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITH CC472$255,942$127,97112.2x
EXTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC039$98,899$49,44912.1x
INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCC064$173,914$86,95712.1x
CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC310$45,323$22,66112x
SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITH MV >96 HOURS870$497,562$248,78111.9x
CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC309$60,454$30,22711.9x
PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURES AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE MALIGNANCY WITH CC543$101,111$50,55511.9x
CORONARY BYPASS WITHOUT CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITHOUT MCC236$324,814$162,40711.8x
NONSPECIFIC CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS WITH MCC070$164,887$82,44411.7x
CIRRHOSIS AND ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS WITH CC433$94,904$47,45211.6x
CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH MCC308$105,320$52,66011.6x
MALIGNANCY OF HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM OR PANCREAS WITH CC436$87,549$43,77511.6x
GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION WITH CC389$70,821$35,41011.5x
DISORDERS OF THE BILIARY TRACT WITH MCC444$156,328$78,16411.5x
CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH CC026$284,323$142,16211.5x
EXTENSIVE O.R. PROCEDURES UNRELATED TO PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITH MCC981$378,298$189,14911.3x
PNEUMOTHORAX WITH CC200$94,415$47,20711.2x
KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC690$65,158$32,57911.1x
PNEUMOTHORAX WITH MCC199$157,221$78,61111.1x
MAJOR CHEST PROCEDURES WITH CC164$196,165$98,08311.1x
OTHER CIRCULATORY SYSTEM O.R. PROCEDURES264$240,855$120,42710.9x
OTHER O.R. PROCEDURES FOR INJURIES WITH MCC907$345,064$172,53210.9x
MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC641$62,257$31,12910.9x

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Data: Federal hospital pricing data, updated annually. All data publicly available under federal law.

Methodology: Hospital gross charges divided by Medicare payment for the same DRG. A ratio of 3.0x means the hospital's listed price is 3 times what Medicare pays. Chargemaster rates are list prices — they are not what most insured patients pay. Grades measure pricing patterns only — not quality of care or clinical performance.

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