801 Ostrum Street, Bethlehem, PA, 18015 · (484) 526-4000
Beds
807
FY 2025
Star rating
5 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$1.44B
FY 2025
Net income
$347.3M
Patient care margin 15.4%
Discharges
31,251
Occupancy 70.6%
Clinicians
3,131
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.44B | $1.22B | 15.4% | $347.3M | 31,251 | $33.1M | 24.8% | 6.6% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate after heart bypass surgery | 1.6% | US median 2.3% |
| Death rate for COPD patients | 7.8% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 10.8% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 8.4% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 2.8% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 12.3% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $1.31B | $1.16B | 11.4% | $266.3M | 30,743 | $26.5M | 25.3% | 7.4% |
| 2023 | - | $1.08B | - | - | 31,870 | $26.3M | 26.7% | 6.8% |
| 2022 | $1.22B | $1.02B | 15.7% | $258.5M | 32,609 | $34.6M | 30.3% | 6.6% |
| 2021 | $969.5M | $797.1M | 17.8% | $291.2M | 29,428 | $21.5M | 34.3% | 7.9% |
| 2020 | $837.3M | $718.5M | 14.2% | $127.0M | 30,020 | $22.4M | 35.3% | 8.3% |
Revenue and income are left empty for fiscal year 2023: that cost report was filed without contractual allowances, so its net revenue would equal gross charges.
| 9.3% |
| US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate after heart bypass surgery | 11.1% | US median 10.9% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.3% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 15.5% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 24.4% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 6.4% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 18.4% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 3.2% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.61 | US median 0.96 · better |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.20 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.23 | US median 0.48 · better |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.85 | US median 0.72 |
| Surgical site infections after hysterectomy (ratio to expected) | 2.14 | US median 0.81 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.70 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.24 | US median 0.40 · better |
| Doctors always communicated well | 80% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 82% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 54% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 75% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 79% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 76% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 1% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 132 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 18% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 85% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 97% | US median 79% |
| Stroke patients who got a brain scan within 45 minutes of arrival | 75% | US median 74% |
| 158 |
| $463,112.24 |
| $40,790.30 |
| $40,566.75 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 121 | $395,963.87 | $39,296.61 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 112 | $79,506.95 | $7,581.17 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 682 RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 95 | $112,590.68 | $11,384.53 | $11,457.18 |
| DRG 552 MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS WITHOUT MCC | 95 | $70,369.23 | $7,285.13 | $7,114.44 |
| DRG 885 PSYCHOSES | 92 | $200,947.36 | $10,096.26 | $11,869.17 |
| DRG 064 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCC | 89 | $211,198.84 | $16,082.04 | $15,695.20 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 89 | $85,190.40 | $9,723.97 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 85 | $116,657.16 | $13,376.29 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 84 | $76,246.54 | $7,288.56 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 392 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 84 | $68,433.02 | $5,783.94 | $5,662.18 |
| DRG 309 CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC | 83 | $57,305.67 | $5,318.64 | $5,247.13 |
| DRG 470 MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 81 | $128,396.37 | $14,158.98 | $14,289.25 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 470 | 415 | $1,471.63 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 441 | 411 | $1,250.10 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5431 Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 401 | 270 | $1,471.06 | $1,406.61 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 372 | 351 | $10,842.53 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 370 | 310 | $1,570.96 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 363 | 342 | $2,056.25 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 269 | 269 | $2,242.14 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 261 | 246 | $3,942.50 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 191 | 184 | $2,115.43 | $2,141.49 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 190 | 186 | $5,480.72 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 182 | 163 | $2,401.82 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 172 | 149 | $2,645.26 | $2,629.24 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
| Company | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. BMY | 5 | $42K |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC MRK | 3 | $40K |
| B. Braun Medical Inc. | 1 | $30K |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. SHL.DE | 2 | $16K |
| Sanofi US Services Inc. SNY | 2 | $9,600 |
| Stryker Corporation SYK | 17 | $9,457 |
| Genzyme Corporation SNY | 9 | $9,400 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $8,527 |
| Olympus Corporation of the Americas | 1 | $7,500 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. TAK | 3 | $3,800 |
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays and outpatient services; groups with fewer than 11 cases are not published. Payments are those drug and device companies must report.
St Lukes Hospital is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Bethlehem, PA with 807 beds, part of Saint Lukes University Health Network and a 5-star overall rating.
St Lukes Hospital in Bethlehem, PA has 807 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 666 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 31,251 inpatients that year, with 70.6% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), St Lukes Hospital reported net patient revenue of $1.44B and operating expenses of $1.22B, a margin on patient care of 15.4%. After other income and expenses its net income was $347.3M (23.5% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
St Lukes Hospital is part of Saint Lukes University Health Network, a health system with 9 hospitals based in Bethlehem, PA. It is a nonprofit hospital.
St Lukes Hospital has an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 4 out of 5 stars in the patient survey. 3 death rate measures are better and 0 worse than the national rate.
Yes, St Lukes Hospital provides emergency services.
3,131 Medicare clinicians list St Lukes Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, Family Practice.
In 2024, St Lukes Hospital had 6,633 Medicare inpatient stays in 178 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 457 stays; Medicare paid $15,741.62 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $225K in payments to St Lukes Hospital as a teaching hospital ($97K general and $129K for research) from 39 companies.