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HospitalLehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton Estimated FY2026 net: −$285K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 390185

1Hospital

Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton

2Location

Hazleton, PA (Pennsylvania’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 18201

Luzerne County

3Type

Minor teaching · 138 beds · Nonprofit · Urban

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

0.7847

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$187K estimate
Likely $142⁠–⁠235K; about $113 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$187K

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

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.7847 for Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $18.7M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year: about $113 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $142–235K

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: 0.7847 This hospital 0.7847 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: 0.7847 This hospital 0.7847

Higher than 89% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 4 of 11 years

  1. 15No
  2. 16No
  3. 17No
  4. 18Cut
  5. 19Cut
  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 SSI down to the national median (0.795) would lower the score the most: by 0.3734, to 0.4113. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 5; SSI 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 75% 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 value1.0552

    Z-score0.4660

    Part of score+0.0777

  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.

    Central line–associated bloodstream infections

    Worse than 92% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value1.368

    Z-score1.7670

    Part of score+0.2945

  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

    Worse than 82% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.915

    Z-score0.8870

    Part of score+0.1478

  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.

    added the most

    Surgical site infections after colon surgery or abdominal hysterectomy

    Worse than 94% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value2.103

    Z-score2.1460

    Part of score+0.3577

  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 82% 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 value0.610

    Z-score0.8998

    Part of score+0.1500

  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 87% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.000

    Z-score−1.4573

    Part of score−0.2429

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 901.05520.96230.4660+0.0777Worse than 75% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI1.3680.5591.7670+0.2945Worse than 92% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.9150.4890.8870+0.1478Worse than 82% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI2.1030.7952.1460+0.3577Worse than 94% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.6100.3460.8998+0.1500Worse than 82% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.0000.641−1.4573−0.2429Better than 87% 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.

(0.4660PSI 90+1.7670CLABSI+0.8870CAUTI+2.1460SSI+0.8998CDI−1.4573MRSA)÷6measures=0.7847Total HAC Score

Added from the rounded z‑scores CMS published, the parts make 0.7848; CMS reports 0.7847. The small difference is rounding.

This hospital’s score is 0.4055 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.7847, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.4660 divided by 6 = +0.0777PSI 90+0.0777 CLABSI: z‑score 1.7670 divided by 6 = +0.2945CLABSI+0.2945 CAUTI: z‑score 0.8870 divided by 6 = +0.1478CAUTI+0.1478 SSI: z‑score 2.1460 divided by 6 = +0.3577SSI+0.3577 CDI: z‑score 0.8998 divided by 6 = +0.1500CDI+0.1500 MRSA: z‑score −1.4573 divided by 6 = −0.2429MRSA−0.2429 Total HAC Score: 0.7847Score0.7847 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.81.0 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.4660 divided by 6 = +0.0777PSI 90+0.0777 CLABSI: z‑score 1.7670 divided by 6 = +0.2945CLABSI+0.2945 CAUTI: z‑score 0.8870 divided by 6 = +0.1478CAUTI+0.1478 SSI: z‑score 2.1460 divided by 6 = +0.3577SSI+0.3577 CDI: z‑score 0.8998 divided by 6 = +0.1500CDI+0.1500 MRSA: z‑score −1.4573 divided by 6 = −0.2429MRSA−0.2429 Total HAC Score: 0.7847Score0.7847 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.81.0

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 900.4660+0.07770.0777
CLABSI1.7670+0.29450.3722
CAUTI0.8870+0.14780.5200
SSI2.1460+0.35770.8777
CDI0.8998+0.15001.0277
MRSA−1.4573−0.24290.7848
Total HAC Score0.7847
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; 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, 0.4055 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $187K 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 $187K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $187K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 0.7847 This hospital 0.7847 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $187K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $187Kat 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: 0.7847 This hospital 0.7847

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−$187,000
This hospital0.7847−$187,000
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$187,000

The money, line by line

This site estimates what traditional Medicare pays the hospital for a year of inpatient 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.

($18,797,861payment+$0readmissions−$97,813value-based)×1%the cut=$187,000HAC cut

$187,000HAC cut÷1,652traditional Medicare stays=$113per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $187K: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to $0 and −$98K.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $15,756,080
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $535,392
Outliers: unusually costly stays $194,903
Capital: buildings and equipment $1,293,353
Uncompensated care $1,018,133
Total, before the three programs $18,797,861
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (1.0000 − 1) $0
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9938 − 1) −$97,813
After these two $18,700,048
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $142⁠–⁠235K −$187,000
Net of the three programs likely −$335K to −$229K −$284,813

Not paid to this hospital: a Medicare-dependent hospital add-on, teaching payments, 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)$15,756,080
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$535,392
Outliers: unusually costly stays$194,903
Capital: buildings and equipment$1,293,353
Uncompensated care$1,018,133
Total, before the three programs$18,797,861
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (1.0000 − 1))$0
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9938 − 1))−$97,813
After these two$18,700,048
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $142–235K)−$187,000
Net of the three programs (likely −$335K to −$229K)−$284,813

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 Score0.7847same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$187Ksame

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 0.7847 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 $187K, 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 90not possible with this measure alone
CLABSI0.319 or lower
CAUTInot possible with this measure alone
SSI0.682 or lower
CDInot possible with this measure alone
MRSAnot possible with this measure alone

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 1.0552 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 1.368 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.915 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 2.103 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.610 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.000 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. SSI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.7847 among its measured results: +0.3577.
  • PSI 90 +0.0777
  • CLABSI +0.2945
  • CAUTI +0.1478
  • SSI +0.3577
  • CDI +0.1500
  • MRSA −0.2429

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 900.4660+0.0777same
CLABSI1.7670+0.2945same
CAUTI0.8870+0.1478same
SSI2.1460+0.3577same
CDI0.8998+0.1500same
MRSA−1.4573−0.2429same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/390185/

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 4 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 3.9250, higher than 23% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 3.5000, higher than 16% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 6.4400, higher than 73% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 1.3542, higher than 96% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.5824, higher than 84% of scores; cutFY2020: score −0.9566, higher than 7% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −1.0808, higher than 3% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −1.0010, higher than 3% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.3979, higher than 25% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.9802, higher than 93% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.7847, higher than 89% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 3.9250, higher than 23% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 3.5000, higher than 16% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 6.4400, higher than 73% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 1.3542, higher than 96% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.5824, higher than 84% of scores; cutFY2020: score −0.9566, higher than 7% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −1.0808, higher than 3% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −1.0010, higher than 3% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.3979, higher than 25% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.9802, higher than 93% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.7847, higher than 89% 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
FY20153.925023.0%not cut
FY20163.500016.7%not cut
FY20176.440073.3%not cut
FY20181.354296.7%cut
FY20190.582484.9%cut
FY2020−0.95667.2%not cut
FY2021−1.08083.2%not cut
FY2022−1.00103.2%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY2024−0.397925.7%not cut
FY20250.980293.7%cut
FY20260.784789.6%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. 1 of its 4 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 0.00 → 0.00 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.000CLABSI, 2018: 0.000CLABSI, 2019: 0.000CLABSI, 2021: 1.720CLABSI, 2022: 0.000CLABSI, 2023: 2.532CLABSI, 2024: 0.000 CAUTI 0.00 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.000CAUTI, 2018: 0.322CAUTI, 2019: 0.000CAUTI, 2021: 0.571CAUTI, 2022: 1.325CAUTI, 2023: 1.480CAUTI, 2024: 0.000 SSI, colon 0.59 → 0.90 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.589SSI, colon, 2018: 0.000SSI, colon, 2019: 0.000SSI, colon, 2021: 0.434SSI, colon, 2022: 0.558SSI, colon, 2023: 3.280SSI, colon, 2024: 0.900 C. diff 0.45 → 0.35 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.446C. diff, 2018: 0.379C. diff, 2019: 0.471C. diff, 2021: 0.358C. diff, 2022: 0.394C. diff, 2023: 0.858C. diff, 2024: 0.354 CLABSI 0.00 → 0.00 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.000CLABSI, 2018: 0.000CLABSI, 2019: 0.000CLABSI, 2021: 1.720CLABSI, 2022: 0.000CLABSI, 2023: 2.532CLABSI, 2024: 0.000 CAUTI 0.00 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.000CAUTI, 2018: 0.322CAUTI, 2019: 0.000CAUTI, 2021: 0.571CAUTI, 2022: 1.325CAUTI, 2023: 1.480CAUTI, 2024: 0.000 SSI, colon 0.59 → 0.90 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.589SSI, colon, 2018: 0.000SSI, colon, 2019: 0.000SSI, colon, 2021: 0.434SSI, colon, 2022: 0.558SSI, colon, 2023: 3.280SSI, colon, 2024: 0.900 C. diff 0.45 → 0.35 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.446C. diff, 2018: 0.379C. diff, 2019: 0.471C. diff, 2021: 0.358C. diff, 2022: 0.394C. diff, 2023: 0.858C. diff, 2024: 0.354

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, colonC. diff
20170.0000.0000.5890.446
20180.0000.3220.0000.379
20190.0000.0000.0000.471
20211.7200.5710.4340.358
20220.0001.3250.5580.394
20232.5321.4803.2800.858
20240.0000.0000.9000.354

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 90% of the other 129 scored there.

In Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA area, its score is higher than 100% 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 21% (Minor teaching) 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 100 to 299 beds: CMS cut 275 of 1,193 (23%); middle score −0.0732100 to 299 beds 1,193 hospitals23% cut Nonprofit: CMS cut 478 of 1,830 (26%); middle score −0.0134Nonprofit 1,830 hospitals26% 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: 0.7847 This hospital 0.7847 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 100 to 299 beds: CMS cut 275 of 1,193 (23%); middle score −0.0732100 to 299 beds1,193 hospitals23% cut Nonprofit: CMS cut 478 of 1,830 (26%); middle score −0.0134Nonprofit1,830 hospitals26% 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: 0.7847 This hospital 0.7847

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%−0.045389%
Northeast region43612428%0.047888%
Pennsylvania1303628%0.110490%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA area6350%0.4051100%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056793%
100 to 299 beds1,19327523%−0.073292%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013490%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057491%
This hospital0.7847
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 9 miles away.
5 mi10 mi25 mi8. Geisinger Medical Center, Danville: score 0.5291, cut, 33 miles87. Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital, Bloomsburg: score −0.8373, not cut, 26 miles76. Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes Barre: score 0.3689, not cut, 23 miles65. Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson Street, Pottsville: score −0.7840, not cut, 22 miles54. Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Wilkes-Barre: score 0.5272, cut, 22 miles43. Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital, Orwigsburg: score −0.4897, not cut, 21 miles32. St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus, Lehighton: score −0.8726, not cut, 16 miles21. St Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital, Coaldale: score −0.7724, not cut, 9 miles1This hospital: Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
St Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital, Coaldale, PA9−0.7724not cut
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus, Lehighton, PA16−0.8726not cut
Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital, Orwigsburg, PA21−0.4897not cut
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, PA220.5272cut
Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson Street, Pottsville, PA22−0.7840not cut
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes Barre, PA230.3689not cut
Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital, Bloomsburg, PA26−0.8373not cut
Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA330.5291cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1St Luke's Miners Memorial HospitalCoaldale, PA9−0.7724No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 4 measures
2St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton, PA16−0.8726No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
3Geisinger St. Luke's HospitalOrwigsburg, PA21−0.4897No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 5 measures
4Wilkes-Barre General HospitalWilkes-Barre, PA220.52721% cut$418KAbove the national median on 4 of 6 measures
5Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson StreetPottsville, PA22−0.7840No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 5 measures
6Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre, PA230.3689No cut$0Above the national median on 6 of 6 measures
7Geisinger-Bloomsburg HospitalBloomsburg, PA26−0.8373No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 2 measures
8Geisinger Medical CenterDanville, PA330.52911% cut$1.7MAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton, Hazleton, PA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/390185/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.