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HospitalRegional Hospital of Scranton Estimated FY2026 net: −$437K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 390237

1Hospital

Regional Hospital of Scranton

2Location

Scranton, PA (Pennsylvania’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 18501

Lackawanna County

3Type

Minor teaching · 241 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

−0.0573

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $420K, likely $320⁠–⁠527K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of −0.0573 for Regional Hospital of Scranton and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $420K estimate 1% of about $42.0M, 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. Its score was 0.4372 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $320–527K

Its score was at or below CMS’s line, so this program did not cut its Medicare payments 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.

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: −0.0573 This hospital −0.0573 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: −0.0573 This hospital −0.0573

Higher than 49% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 3 of 11 years

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

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 CDI down to the national median (0.346) would lower the score the most: by 0.1742, to −0.2315. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 2; CDI 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

    Better than 66% 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 value0.9223

    Z-score−0.4621

    Part of score−0.0770

  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

    Better than 84% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.113

    Z-score−1.1443

    Part of score−0.1907

  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 51% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.480

    Z-score−0.1616

    Part of score−0.0269

  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

    Better than 54% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.726

    Z-score−0.2128

    Part of score−0.0355

  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.

    added the most

    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 value0.616

    Z-score0.9230

    Part of score+0.1538

  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

    Worse than 78% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value1.039

    Z-score0.7141

    Part of score+0.1190

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 900.92230.9623−0.4621−0.0770Better than 66% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.1130.559−1.1443−0.1907Better than 84% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.4800.489−0.1616−0.0269Better than 51% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.7260.795−0.2128−0.0355Better than 54% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.6160.3460.9230+0.1538Worse than 82% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA1.0390.6410.7141+0.1190Worse than 78% 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.

(−0.4621PSI 90−1.1443CLABSI−0.1616CAUTI−0.2128SSI+0.9230CDI+0.7141MRSA)÷6measures=−0.0573Total HAC Score

Added from the rounded z‑scores CMS published, the parts make −0.0573; CMS reports −0.0573. The small difference is rounding.

This hospital’s score is 0.4372 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to −0.0573, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.4621 divided by 6 = −0.0770PSI 90−0.0770 CLABSI: z‑score −1.1443 divided by 6 = −0.1907CLABSI−0.1907 CAUTI: z‑score −0.1616 divided by 6 = −0.0269CAUTI−0.0269 SSI: z‑score −0.2128 divided by 6 = −0.0355SSI−0.0355 CDI: z‑score 0.9230 divided by 6 = +0.1538CDI+0.1538 MRSA: z‑score 0.7141 divided by 6 = +0.1190MRSA+0.1190 Total HAC Score: −0.0573Score−0.0573 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.4−0.20.00.20.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.4621 divided by 6 = −0.0770PSI 90−0.0770 CLABSI: z‑score −1.1443 divided by 6 = −0.1907CLABSI−0.1907 CAUTI: z‑score −0.1616 divided by 6 = −0.0269CAUTI−0.0269 SSI: z‑score −0.2128 divided by 6 = −0.0355SSI−0.0355 CDI: z‑score 0.9230 divided by 6 = +0.1538CDI+0.1538 MRSA: z‑score 0.7141 divided by 6 = +0.1190MRSA+0.1190 Total HAC Score: −0.0573Score−0.0573 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.4−0.20.00.20.4

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 90−0.4621−0.0770−0.0770
CLABSI−1.1443−0.1907−0.2677
CAUTI−0.1616−0.0269−0.2946
SSI−0.2128−0.0355−0.3301
CDI0.9230+0.1538−0.1763
MRSA0.7141+0.1190−0.0573
Total HAC Score−0.0573
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, 0.4372 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.4372 higher, the cut would have been about $420K by this site’s estimate, the same as at CMS’s highest score, 2.3133.
CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $420K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $420K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: −0.0573 This hospital −0.0573 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $420K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $420Kat 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: −0.0573 This hospital −0.0573

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−$419,605
This hospital−0.0573$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$419,605

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.

($41,233,276payment+$1,164,063teaching, MA stays−$201,446readmissions−$235,376value-based)×1%the cut=$419,605at stake

$419,605at stake÷2,751traditional Medicare stays=$153per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $420K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$201K and −$235K.

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 $33,023,909
Teaching (indirect medical education) $1,785,273
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $1,164,063
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $739,405
Outliers: unusually costly stays $1,600,669
Capital: buildings and equipment $3,058,174
Uncompensated care $1,025,846
Total, before the three programs $42,397,339
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9939 − 1) −$201,446
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9929 − 1) −$235,376
After these two $41,960,517
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $419,605 $0
Net of the three programs likely −$513K to −$352K −$436,822

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)$33,023,909
Teaching (indirect medical education)$1,785,273
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$1,164,063
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$739,405
Outliers: unusually costly stays$1,600,669
Capital: buildings and equipment$3,058,174
Uncompensated care$1,025,846
Total, before the three programs$42,397,339
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9939 − 1))−$201,446
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9929 − 1))−$235,376
After these two$41,960,517
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $419,605)$0
Net of the three programs (likely −$513K to −$352K)−$436,822

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 Score−0.0573same
Payment reduction decisionNosame
Payment cut0%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$0same

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 −0.0573 and a payment reduction decision of No.

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.

How much cushion?

Staying at or under CMS’s line keeps about $420K out of this program’s cut, this site estimates: a score a hair over would cost all of it.

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

MeasureHighest value that keeps No
PSI 90up to 1.2973
CLABSIup to 1.241
CAUTIany value: every CAUTI value past the cap (1.537) scores the same
SSIany value: every SSI value past the cap (2.118) scores the same
CDIany value: every CDI value past the cap (0.944) scores the same
MRSAany value: every MRSA value past the cap (1.762) scores the same

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 0.9223 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.113 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.480 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.726 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.616 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 1.039 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. CDI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of −0.0573 among its measured results: +0.1538.
  • PSI 90 −0.0770
  • CLABSI −0.1907
  • CAUTI −0.0269
  • SSI −0.0355
  • CDI +0.1538
  • MRSA +0.1190

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 90−0.4621−0.0770same
CLABSI−1.1443−0.1907same
CAUTI−0.1616−0.0269same
SSI−0.2128−0.0355same
CDI0.9230+0.1538same
MRSA0.7141+0.1190same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/390237/

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 3 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 6.0250, higher than 60% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 4.5000, higher than 30% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 5.6400, higher than 55% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.1922, higher than 66% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.3191, higher than 73% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.4198, higher than 79% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.3532, higher than 75% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.0652, higher than 58% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.4941, higher than 80% of scores; cutFY2025: score −0.0056, higher than 51% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.0573, higher than 49% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 6.0250, higher than 60% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 4.5000, higher than 30% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 5.6400, higher than 55% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.1922, higher than 66% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.3191, higher than 73% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.4198, higher than 79% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.3532, higher than 75% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.0652, higher than 58% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.4941, higher than 80% of scores; cutFY2025: score −0.0056, higher than 51% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.0573, higher than 49% of scores; not 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
FY20156.025060.2%not cut
FY20164.500030.4%not cut
FY20175.640055.2%not cut
FY20180.192266.2%not cut
FY20190.319173.5%not cut
FY20200.419879.7%cut
FY20210.353275.7%cut
FY20220.065258.9%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.494180.2%cut
FY2025−0.005651.6%not cut
FY2026−0.057349.0%not 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. 3 of its 5 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 0.82 → 0.00 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.822CLABSI, 2018: 0.000CLABSI, 2019: 0.257CLABSI, 2021: 1.557CLABSI, 2022: 0.428CLABSI, 2023: 0.186CLABSI, 2024: 0.000 CAUTI 0.41 → 0.72 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.411CAUTI, 2018: 0.454CAUTI, 2019: 0.479CAUTI, 2021: 0.908CAUTI, 2022: 0.473CAUTI, 2023: 0.261CAUTI, 2024: 0.724 SSI, colon 0.00 → 1.30 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.000SSI, colon, 2018: 0.000SSI, colon, 2019: 0.403SSI, colon, 2021: 0.484SSI, colon, 2022: 1.872SSI, colon, 2023: 0.522SSI, colon, 2024: 1.296 MRSA 2.17 → 0.92 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 2.165MRSA, 2018: 1.320MRSA, 2019: 1.748MRSA, 2021: 2.128MRSA, 2022: 1.526MRSA, 2023: 1.154MRSA, 2024: 0.916 C. diff 1.04 → 0.66 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.045C. diff, 2018: 1.196C. diff, 2019: 0.873C. diff, 2021: 0.361C. diff, 2022: 0.520C. diff, 2023: 0.581C. diff, 2024: 0.656 CLABSI 0.82 → 0.00 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.822CLABSI, 2018: 0.000CLABSI, 2019: 0.257CLABSI, 2021: 1.557CLABSI, 2022: 0.428CLABSI, 2023: 0.186CLABSI, 2024: 0.000 CAUTI 0.41 → 0.72 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.411CAUTI, 2018: 0.454CAUTI, 2019: 0.479CAUTI, 2021: 0.908CAUTI, 2022: 0.473CAUTI, 2023: 0.261CAUTI, 2024: 0.724 SSI, colon 0.00 → 1.30 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.000SSI, colon, 2018: 0.000SSI, colon, 2019: 0.403SSI, colon, 2021: 0.484SSI, colon, 2022: 1.872SSI, colon, 2023: 0.522SSI, colon, 2024: 1.296 MRSA 2.17 → 0.92 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 2.165MRSA, 2018: 1.320MRSA, 2019: 1.748MRSA, 2021: 2.128MRSA, 2022: 1.526MRSA, 2023: 1.154MRSA, 2024: 0.916 C. diff 1.04 → 0.66 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.045C. diff, 2018: 1.196C. diff, 2019: 0.873C. diff, 2021: 0.361C. diff, 2022: 0.520C. diff, 2023: 0.581C. diff, 2024: 0.656

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
20170.8220.4110.0002.1651.045
20180.0000.4540.0001.3201.196
20190.2570.4790.4031.7480.873
20211.5570.9080.4842.1280.361
20220.4280.4731.8721.5260.520
20230.1860.2610.5221.1540.581
20240.0000.7241.2960.9160.656

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 36% of the other 129 scored there.

In Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA area, its score is higher than 0% of the other 5 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in 3 of the 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 100 to 299 beds: CMS cut 275 of 1,193 (23%); middle score −0.0732100 to 299 beds 1,193 hospitals23% 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: −0.0573 This hospital −0.0573 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 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: −0.0573 This hospital −0.0573

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%−0.045349%
Northeast region43612428%0.047842%
Pennsylvania1303628%0.110436%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA area6350%0.40510%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056749%
100 to 299 beds1,19327523%−0.073251%
For-profit6519815%−0.259062%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057450%
This hospital−0.0573
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 4 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is less than a mile away.
5 mi10 mi25 mi8. Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono, East Stroudsburg: score −0.7709, not cut, 38 miles87. Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton, Hazleton: score 0.7847, cut, 36 miles76. St Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus, Stroudsburg: score −0.6607, not cut, 35 miles65. Wayne Memorial Hospital, Honesdale: score 0.4605, cut, 23 miles54. Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Wilkes-Barre: score 0.5272, cut, 15 miles43. Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes Barre: score 0.3689, not cut, 14 miles32. Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson City, Dickson City: score 0.1015, not cut, 3 miles21. Geisinger-Community Medical Center, Scranton: score 0.4413, cut, less than a mile1This hospital: Regional Hospital of Scranton

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Geisinger-Community Medical Center, Scranton, PAunder 10.4413cut
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson City, Dickson City, PA30.1015not cut
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes Barre, PA140.3689not cut
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, PA150.5272cut
Wayne Memorial Hospital, Honesdale, PA230.4605cut
St Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus, Stroudsburg, PA35−0.6607not cut
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton, Hazleton, PA360.7847cut
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono, East Stroudsburg, PA38−0.7709not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton, PAunder 10.44131% cut$756KAbove the national median on 4 of 6 measures
2Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson CityDickson City, PA30.1015No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 3 measures
3Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre, PA140.3689No cut$0Above the national median on 6 of 6 measures
4Wilkes-Barre General HospitalWilkes-Barre, PA150.52721% cut$418KAbove the national median on 4 of 6 measures
5Wayne Memorial HospitalHonesdale, PA230.46051% cut$128KAbove the national median on 4 of 6 measures
6St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg, PA35−0.6607No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
7Lehigh Valley Hospital - HazletonHazleton, PA360.78471% cut$187KAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures
8Lehigh Valley Hospital - PoconoEast Stroudsburg, PA38−0.7709No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Regional Hospital of Scranton, Scranton, PA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/390237/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.