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HospitalWilkes-Barre General Hospital Estimated FY2026 net: −$721K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 390137

1Hospital

Wilkes-Barre General Hospital

2Location

Wilkes-Barre, PA (Pennsylvania’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 18764

Luzerne County

3Type

Minor teaching · 335 beds · For-profit · Urban · Rural referral center

4Care Compare stars

2 of 5 stars

Overall rating, CMS Care Compare data of July 22, 2026
Open on Care Compare (opens in a new tab)

5Total HAC Score

0.5272

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$418K estimate
Likely $318⁠–⁠525K; about $136 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$418K

cut from its FY2026 Medicare inpatient payments, this site estimates estimate

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.5272 for Wilkes-Barre General Hospital and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $41.8M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year plus the teaching payments Medicare makes on its Medicare Advantage patients’ stays: about $136 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $318–525K

Its score was above CMS’s line, so CMS cut its Medicare inpatient payments by 1% for the year. The score compares hospitals with each other; it is not a grade of the quality of care.

CMS cut scores of 0.3799 and above.

Each year CMS cuts the hospitals with the highest quarter of scores, those above the 75th percentile, so the line moves with other hospitals’ scores.

lowest −1.4728 highest 2.3133 1% cut Middle hospital: −0.0453 Middle hospital−0.0453 CMS’s line: 0.3799 and up CMS’s line0.3799 and up This hospital: 0.5272 This hospital 0.5272 lowest −1.4728 highest 2.3133 1% cut Middle hospital: −0.0453 Middle hospital−0.0453 CMS’s line: 0.3799 and up CMS’s line0.3799 and up This hospital: 0.5272 This hospital 0.5272

Higher than 81% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 2 of 11 years

  1. 15No
  2. 16No
  3. 17No
  4. 18No
  5. 19No
  6. 20No
  7. 21No
  8. 22No
  9. 23—
  10. 24No
  11. 25Cut
  12. 26Cut

Where the score came from

CMS scored this hospital on all 6 measures. On every measure a lower value is better. Each row puts the hospital among every hospital with a value: the gray columns are those hospitals, the tall tick is the national median, and the hatched ends score the same as CMS’s floor or cap.

Bringing CLABSI down to the national median (0.559) would lower the score the most: by 0.3723, to 0.1549. That change alone would put the score under CMS’s line. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 4; CLABSI added the most to its score.
  • This hospital
  • National median
  • Scores the same as CMS’s floor or cap
  1. PSI 90 (what it counts)

    Safety problems such as serious bedsores, falls that break a bone and blood clots after surgery, found by CMS in traditional Medicare claims. A value of 1 matches the national composite value.

    Patient safety and adverse events composite

    Worse than 81% of the other 2,808 hospitals

    estimate

    This site recomputes this measure’s z‑score from CMS’s published value. The recompute can differ from CMS’s z‑score by up to 0.0021. How this site estimates

    CMS value1.1033

    Z-score0.8018

    Part of score+0.1336

  2. CLABSI (what it counts)

    Bloodstream infections tied to a central line, a tube often placed in a large vein in the neck, chest or groin. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    added the most

    Central line–associated bloodstream infections

    Worse than 94% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value1.522

    Z-score2.1242

    Part of score+0.3540

  3. CAUTI (what it counts)

    Urinary tract infections that start from a urinary catheter, a tube that drains the bladder. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    Catheter-associated urinary tract infections

    Better than 78% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.212

    Z-score−0.8076

    Part of score−0.1346

  4. SSI (what it counts)

    Deep infections at the site of colon surgery or an abdominal hysterectomy, within a month of the operation, pooled into one measure. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    Surgical site infections after colon surgery or abdominal hysterectomy

    Worse than 75% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value1.243

    Z-score0.6728

    Part of score+0.1121

  5. CDI (what it counts)

    C. diff infections, which cause diarrhea and inflammation of the colon, found by a lab test and starting in the hospital. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections

    Worse than 76% of the other 2,766 hospitals

    estimate

    This site recomputes this measure’s z‑score from CMS’s published value. The recompute can differ from CMS’s z‑score by up to 0.0071. How this site estimates

    CMS value0.544

    Z-score0.6442

    Part of score+0.1074

  6. MRSA (what it counts)

    Bloodstream infections with MRSA, a germ that resists several antibiotics, found by a lab test and starting in the hospital. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    MRSA bloodstream infections

    Better than 56% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.567

    Z-score−0.2723

    Part of score−0.0454

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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MeasureCMS valueNational medianZ-scorePart of the scoreAmong hospitals
PSI 901.10330.96230.8018+0.1336Worse than 81% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI1.5220.5592.1242+0.3540Worse than 94% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.2120.489−0.8076−0.1346Better than 78% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI1.2430.7950.6728+0.1121Worse than 75% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.5440.3460.6442+0.1074Worse than 76% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.5670.641−0.2723−0.0454Better than 56% of the other 2,067 hospitals

How the parts add up

CMS adds the z‑scores and divides by the number of measures scored, so each measure counts the same. Each bar below is one z‑score divided by 6; a bar right of zero raised the score and one left of zero lowered it.

(0.8018PSI 90+2.1242CLABSI−0.8076CAUTI+0.6728SSI+0.6442CDI−0.2723MRSA)÷6measures=0.5272Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.1480 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.5272, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.8018 divided by 6 = +0.1336PSI 90+0.1336 CLABSI: z‑score 2.1242 divided by 6 = +0.3540CLABSI+0.3540 CAUTI: z‑score −0.8076 divided by 6 = −0.1346CAUTI−0.1346 SSI: z‑score 0.6728 divided by 6 = +0.1121SSI+0.1121 CDI: z‑score 0.6442 divided by 6 = +0.1074CDI+0.1074 MRSA: z‑score −0.2723 divided by 6 = −0.0454MRSA−0.0454 Total HAC Score: 0.5272Score0.5272 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.40.50.6 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.8018 divided by 6 = +0.1336PSI 90+0.1336 CLABSI: z‑score 2.1242 divided by 6 = +0.3540CLABSI+0.3540 CAUTI: z‑score −0.8076 divided by 6 = −0.1346CAUTI−0.1346 SSI: z‑score 0.6728 divided by 6 = +0.1121SSI+0.1121 CDI: z‑score 0.6442 divided by 6 = +0.1074CDI+0.1074 MRSA: z‑score −0.2723 divided by 6 = −0.0454MRSA−0.0454 Total HAC Score: 0.5272Score0.5272 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.40.50.6

This site recomputes · Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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MeasureZ-scorePart of the scoreRunning total
PSI 900.8018+0.13360.1336
CLABSI2.1242+0.35400.4876
CAUTI−0.8076−0.13460.3530
SSI0.6728+0.11210.4651
CDI0.6442+0.10740.5725
MRSA−0.2723−0.04540.5271
Total HAC Score0.5272
CMS’s line0.37920.3799

The money is a cliff

This program’s cut doesn’t grow with the score. Over CMS’s line, CMS cuts 1% of what traditional Medicare pays a hospital for inpatient stays that year, and of the teaching payments Medicare makes on its Medicare Advantage stays; at or under the line, this program cuts nothing.

The chart draws what the cut would be for this hospital at any Total HAC Score, from this site’s estimate of its payments, with its own score marked.

Figure 3. The cut is a cliff, not a slope: this hospital’s score, 0.1480 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $418K by this site’s estimate, and at CMS’s highest score, 2.3133, the cut would be the same.
CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $418K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $418K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 0.5272 This hospital 0.5272 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $418K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $418Kat any score from 0.3799 −1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.5272 This hospital 0.5272

Under the axis, every Total HAC Score CMS published: 306 of the 2,929 scored within 0.1 of CMS’s line, on one side or the other.

Estimate · Source: this site’s arithmetic on CMS’s FY2026 IPPS final rule files (the impact file, the rate tables and the value-based factors), its FY2026 HRRP supplemental file and HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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ScoreTotal HAC ScoreEstimated HAC cut (whole dollars)
Any score up to 0.37920.3792$0
Any score from 0.37990.3799−$417,590
This hospital0.5272−$417,590
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$417,590

The money, line by line

This site estimates what traditional Medicare pays the hospital for a year of inpatient stays, and the teaching payments Medicare makes on its Medicare Advantage patients’ stays, from CMS’s FY2026 payment files, then applies Medicare’s three hospital quality programs: the readmissions and value-based adjustments to the base payment, and the HAC cut last, as the law sets.

The readmissions and value-based programs adjust only the base payment: the DRG rates times the hospital’s cases, and a Medicare-dependent hospital’s add-on. The HAC cut comes last and takes 1% of everything left, teaching, low-income-patient, outlier, capital and uncompensated care payments included.

($40,514,411payment+$1,548,463teaching, MA stays−$73,022readmissions−$230,850value-based)×1%the cut=$417,590HAC cut

$417,590HAC cut÷3,079traditional Medicare stays=$136per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $418K: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$73K and −$231K.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays, and for teaching on Medicare Advantage stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $33,191,692
Teaching (indirect medical education) $2,212,890
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $1,548,463
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $262,878
Outliers: unusually costly stays $1,163,701
Capital: buildings and equipment $2,973,642
Uncompensated care $709,608
Total, before the three programs $42,062,874
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9978 − 1) −$73,022
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9930 − 1) −$230,850
After these two $41,759,002
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $318⁠–⁠525K −$417,590
Net of the three programs likely −$848K to −$581K −$721,462

Not paid to this hospital: a Medicare-dependent hospital add-on, a sole community hospital rate difference, and a low-volume adjustment.

Whole dollars, so every line adds up; the estimate is not that precise. Each likely range spans the middle 80% of the misses this site’s estimate made for similar hospitals (or for a wider group, where there were too few) when it was checked against their FY2024 cost reports: one year’s check, not a promise of how often a hospital’s actual figure lands inside.

Estimate · Source: this site’s arithmetic on CMS’s FY2026 IPPS final rule files (the impact file, the rate tables and the value-based factors), its FY2026 HRRP supplemental file and HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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LineAmount (whole dollars)
DRG payments at the federal rates (the base)$33,191,692
Teaching (indirect medical education)$2,212,890
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$1,548,463
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$262,878
Outliers: unusually costly stays$1,163,701
Capital: buildings and equipment$2,973,642
Uncompensated care$709,608
Total, before the three programs$42,062,874
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9978 − 1))−$73,022
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9930 − 1))−$230,850
After these two$41,759,002
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $318–525K)−$417,590
Net of the three programs (likely −$848K to −$581K)−$721,462

What if a measure were different?

Change a measure’s value to see how this site recomputes the Total HAC Score, the payment reduction decision and, by its estimate, the money, starting from CMS’s values. The money doesn’t slide with the score: it drops off a cliff at CMS’s line.

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CMS reportsHypothetical
Total HAC Score0.5272same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$418Ksame

CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799

The faint ticks are CMS’s line in earlier years under the same formula, from about 0.300 (FY2022) to about 0.375 (FY2024). The line moves every year, so a hospital can cross it without changing anything.

CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.5272 and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

A what-if shows the formula’s arithmetic, not what a hospital could realistically change or how. CMS’s real result also depends on other hospitals.

What would it take?

Getting under CMS’s line would keep about $418K, this site estimates: the whole cut, however far under the score lands.

From CMS’s values, one measure at a time, with every other measure held at CMS’s value.

MeasureValue that would read No
PSI 900.9760 or lower
CLABSI1.139 or lower
CAUTInot possible with this measure alone
SSI0.724 or lower
CDI0.314 or lower
MRSA0.142 or lower

Each measure weighs 1 ÷ 6 of the score.

Measure values

SIR 1.0 = as many infections as predicted · Lower is better

On each track the tick is the national median; shaded values score the same as the floor or cap, as this site fits them to CMS’s values.

CMS 1.1033 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 1.522 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.212 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 1.243 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.544 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.567 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. CLABSI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.5272 among its measured results: +0.3540.
  • PSI 90 +0.1336
  • CLABSI +0.3540
  • CAUTI −0.1346
  • SSI +0.1121
  • CDI +0.1074
  • MRSA −0.0454

A measure adds its z‑score divided by 6, the number of measures scored. Bars right of the center line raise the score. Hatched: assigned by CMS.

This site recomputes · Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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MeasureZ-scorePart of the scoreHypothetical
PSI 900.8018+0.1336same
CLABSI2.1242+0.3540same
CAUTI−0.8076−0.1346same
SSI0.6728+0.1121same
CDI0.6442+0.1074same
MRSA−0.2723−0.0454same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/390137/

Among hospitals with a Yes or No payment decision, CMS cut those with a published Total HAC Score of 0.3799 or higher and none at 0.3792 or lower. Maryland’s hospitals are scored but not subject to the reduction.

Held fixed: every other hospital’s results, CMS’s line, and each measure’s mean, spread, floor and cap as this site fits them to CMS’s published values.

Year by year

Where this hospital’s score fell among every hospital’s, each year CMS published one. A score near the top is among the highest; the shaded band is where CMS cut. Places compare across years even where CMS changed how it builds the score.

Its longest run: cut 2 years in a row.

Figure 6. CMS cut this hospital in 2 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 4.5750, higher than 34% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 5.2500, higher than 45% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 6.0000, higher than 62% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.2767, higher than 71% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.2467, higher than 69% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.0829, higher than 59% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.0876, higher than 44% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.0275, higher than 55% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.3550, higher than 28% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.5421, higher than 83% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.5272, higher than 81% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 4.5750, higher than 34% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 5.2500, higher than 45% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 6.0000, higher than 62% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.2767, higher than 71% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.2467, higher than 69% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.0829, higher than 59% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.0876, higher than 44% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.0275, higher than 55% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.3550, higher than 28% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.5421, higher than 83% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.5272, higher than 81% of scores; cut 151617181920212223242526

● Red: a year CMS cut it ○ Hollow: a year it didn’t

This site recomputes · Source: CMS, HACRP hospital files for fiscal years 2015 to 2026 (Provider Data Catalog, its archives and, for the oldest years, the Internet Archive’s copies), and CMS’s cut lists for FY2015 and FY2016.

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Fiscal yearTotal HAC ScoreHigher than this share of scoresPayment reduction
FY20154.575034.0%not cut
FY20165.250045.0%not cut
FY20176.000062.8%not cut
FY20180.276771.1%not cut
FY20190.246769.6%not cut
FY20200.082959.2%not cut
FY2021−0.087644.8%not cut
FY20220.027555.0%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY2024−0.355028.0%not cut
FY20250.542183.2%cut
FY20260.527281.3%cut

Its infections, year by year

This hospital’s infection rate against prediction for each calendar year Care Compare published one, on each measure with at least two years of results (black), over the nation’s middle hospital (gray). Below the dashed line at one, fewer infections than predicted. Each year is measured against the same fixed baseline, not against other hospitals, so unlike the score they can all improve at once.

Figure 7. 4 of its 5 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 0.00 → 0.24 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.000CLABSI, 2018: 0.166CLABSI, 2019: 0.371CLABSI, 2021: 0.637CLABSI, 2022: 0.720CLABSI, 2023: 3.332CLABSI, 2024: 0.237 CAUTI 1.04 → 0.13 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.042CAUTI, 2018: 0.266CAUTI, 2019: 0.503CAUTI, 2021: 1.308CAUTI, 2022: 0.880CAUTI, 2023: 0.308CAUTI, 2024: 0.131 SSI, colon 1.00 → 0.51 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.997SSI, colon, 2018: 0.940SSI, colon, 2019: 0.362SSI, colon, 2021: 0.665SSI, colon, 2022: 0.000SSI, colon, 2023: 1.968SSI, colon, 2024: 0.507 MRSA 0.76 → 0.38 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.755MRSA, 2018: 0.712MRSA, 2019: 0.552MRSA, 2021: 1.214MRSA, 2022: 0.261MRSA, 2023: 0.749MRSA, 2024: 0.381 C. diff 0.88 → 0.32 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.884C. diff, 2018: 0.681C. diff, 2019: 0.624C. diff, 2021: 0.506C. diff, 2022: 0.508C. diff, 2023: 0.747C. diff, 2024: 0.318 CLABSI 0.00 → 0.24 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.000CLABSI, 2018: 0.166CLABSI, 2019: 0.371CLABSI, 2021: 0.637CLABSI, 2022: 0.720CLABSI, 2023: 3.332CLABSI, 2024: 0.237 CAUTI 1.04 → 0.13 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.042CAUTI, 2018: 0.266CAUTI, 2019: 0.503CAUTI, 2021: 1.308CAUTI, 2022: 0.880CAUTI, 2023: 0.308CAUTI, 2024: 0.131 SSI, colon 1.00 → 0.51 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.997SSI, colon, 2018: 0.940SSI, colon, 2019: 0.362SSI, colon, 2021: 0.665SSI, colon, 2022: 0.000SSI, colon, 2023: 1.968SSI, colon, 2024: 0.507 MRSA 0.76 → 0.38 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.755MRSA, 2018: 0.712MRSA, 2019: 0.552MRSA, 2021: 1.214MRSA, 2022: 0.261MRSA, 2023: 0.749MRSA, 2024: 0.381 C. diff 0.88 → 0.32 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.884C. diff, 2018: 0.681C. diff, 2019: 0.624C. diff, 2021: 0.506C. diff, 2022: 0.508C. diff, 2023: 0.747C. diff, 2024: 0.318

Source: CMS Care Compare, healthcare-associated infections by hospital, calendar years 2017 to 2024 (Provider Data Catalog archives; the oldest year through the Internet Archive’s copy).

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Calendar yearCLABSICAUTISSI, colonMRSAC. diff
20170.0001.0420.9970.7550.884
20180.1660.2660.9400.7120.681
20190.3710.5030.3620.5520.624
20210.6371.3080.6651.2140.506
20220.7200.8800.0000.2610.508
20233.3320.3081.9680.7490.747
20240.2370.1310.5070.3810.318

Among hospitals like it

Each row is a group this hospital belongs to, drawn from every hospital in it with a payment decision. Red columns are hospitals past CMS’s line, the ones CMS cut; the short tick is the group’s middle score.

In Pennsylvania, its score is higher than 77% of the other 129 scored there.

In Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA area, its score is higher than 80% of the other 5 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 15% (For-profit) to 50% (Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA area).
All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals 2,886 hospitals25% cut Northeast region: CMS cut 124 of 436 (28%); middle score 0.0478Northeast region 436 hospitals28% cut Pennsylvania: CMS cut 36 of 130 (28%); middle score 0.1104Pennsylvania 130 hospitals28% cut Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA area: CMS cut 3 of 6 (50%); middle score 0.4051Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA area6 hospitals50% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching 873 hospitals21% cut 300 to 499 beds: CMS cut 113 of 523 (22%); middle score −0.0384300 to 499 beds 523 hospitals22% cut For-profit: CMS cut 98 of 651 (15%); middle score −0.2590For-profit 651 hospitals15% cut Urban: CMS cut 510 of 2,241 (23%); middle score −0.0574Urban 2,241 hospitals23% cut CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −1012 This hospital: 0.5272 This hospital 0.5272 All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals2,886 hospitals25% cut Northeast region: CMS cut 124 of 436 (28%); middle score 0.0478Northeast region436 hospitals28% cut Pennsylvania: CMS cut 36 of 130 (28%); middle score 0.1104Pennsylvania130 hospitals28% cut Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA area: CMS cut 3 of 6 (50%); middle score 0.4051Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA area6 hospitals50% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching873 hospitals21% cut 300 to 499 beds: CMS cut 113 of 523 (22%); middle score −0.0384300 to 499 beds523 hospitals22% cut For-profit: CMS cut 98 of 651 (15%); middle score −0.2590For-profit651 hospitals15% cut Urban: CMS cut 510 of 2,241 (23%); middle score −0.0574Urban2,241 hospitals23% cut CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −1.5−1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0 This hospital: 0.5272 This hospital 0.5272

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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GroupWith a decisionHospitals cutShare cutMiddle scoreHospital higher than
All hospitals2,88671825%−0.045381%
Northeast region43612428%0.047878%
Pennsylvania1303628%0.110477%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA area6350%0.405180%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056785%
300 to 499 beds52311322%−0.038486%
For-profit6519815%−0.259088%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057483%
This hospital0.5272
CMS’s line0.37920.3799

The nearest hospitals

The 8 closest hospitals with a Total HAC Score, in a straight line. The squares are each hospital’s measures in order: filled, above the national median; open, at or below it; hatched, assigned by CMS; blank, not scored.

Figure 9. CMS cut 2 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 3 miles away.
5 mi10 mi25 mi8. Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital, Bloomsburg: score −0.8373, not cut, 35 miles87. St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus, Lehighton: score −0.8726, not cut, 31 miles76. St Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital, Coaldale: score −0.7724, not cut, 30 miles65. Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton, Hazleton: score 0.7847, cut, 22 miles54. Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson City, Dickson City: score 0.1015, not cut, 18 miles43. Regional Hospital of Scranton, Scranton: score −0.0573, not cut, 15 miles32. Geisinger-Community Medical Center, Scranton: score 0.4413, cut, 15 miles21. Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes Barre: score 0.3689, not cut, 3 miles1This hospital: Wilkes-Barre General Hospital

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes Barre, PA30.3689not cut
Geisinger-Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA150.4413cut
Regional Hospital of Scranton, Scranton, PA15−0.0573not cut
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson City, Dickson City, PA180.1015not cut
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton, Hazleton, PA220.7847cut
St Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital, Coaldale, PA30−0.7724not cut
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus, Lehighton, PA31−0.8726not cut
Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital, Bloomsburg, PA35−0.8373not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre, PA30.3689No cut$0Above the national median on 6 of 6 measures
2Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton, PA150.44131% cut$756KAbove the national median on 4 of 6 measures
3Regional Hospital of ScrantonScranton, PA15−0.0573No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
4Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson CityDickson City, PA180.1015No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 3 measures
5Lehigh Valley Hospital - HazletonHazleton, PA220.78471% cut$187KAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures
6St Luke's Miners Memorial HospitalCoaldale, PA30−0.7724No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 4 measures
7St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton, PA31−0.8726No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
8Geisinger-Bloomsburg HospitalBloomsburg, PA35−0.8373No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 2 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, PA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/390137/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.