746 Jefferson Avenue, Scranton, PA, 18501 · (570) 348-7100
Beds
177
FY 2025
Star rating
2 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$210.1M
FY 2025
Net income
-$38.9M
Patient care margin -21.8%
Discharges
7,780
Occupancy 53.5%
Clinicians
439
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 | $210.1M | $255.9M | -21.8% | -$38.9M | 7,780 | $4.1M | 31.4% | 6.2% |
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 | 2.2% | US median 2.3% |
| Death rate for COPD patients | 8.4% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 11.5% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 11.2% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4.2% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 19.5% | 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 | $221.4M | $268.7M | -21.3% | -$46.3M | 8,306 | $4.4M | 33.5% | 5.6% |
| 2023 | $221.1M | $259.9M | -17.5% | -$35.6M | 8,306 | $3.6M | 38.0% | 3.3% |
| 2022 | $173.2M | $188.2M | -8.7% | -$13.1M | 6,436 | $2.0M | 45.8% | 1.6% |
| 2021 | $169.9M | $170.1M | -0.2% | $8.4M | 6,693 | $1.7M | 50.7% | 1.4% |
| 2020 | $154.6M | $168.3M | -8.9% | -$8.9M | 7,031 | $2.0M | 54.0% | 2.7% |
| 10.8% |
| US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate after heart bypass surgery | 11.5% | US median 10.9% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 20.2% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 13.5% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.4% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 18.4% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.93 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.33 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 1.44 | US median 0.72 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.40 · better |
| Doctors always communicated well | 78% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 79% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 50% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 62% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 60% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 63% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 3% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 187 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 14% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 57% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 65% | US median 79% |
| 107 |
| $66,802.64 |
| $7,514.65 |
| $9,867.73 |
| DRG 267 ENDOVASCULAR CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 105 | $359,437.82 | $34,829.94 | $40,566.75 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 90 | $69,174.96 | $10,048.51 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 682 RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 55 | $52,548.49 | $8,609.64 | $11,457.18 |
| DRG 309 CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC | 53 | $34,377.32 | $4,006.09 | $5,247.13 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 45 | $41,474.38 | $5,017.58 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 378 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC | 44 | $53,387.00 | $5,260.68 | $7,294.77 |
| DRG 065 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 41 | $56,081.39 | $5,398.27 | $7,474.08 |
| DRG 190 CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH MCC | 38 | $60,480.29 | $5,950.24 | $8,466.56 |
| DRG 280 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 36 | $70,485.81 | $9,427.14 | $12,400.10 |
| DRG 689 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 36 | $56,443.69 | $7,336.25 | $8,838.11 |
| DRG 392 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 35 | $41,158.94 | $4,188.29 | $5,662.18 |
| DRG 308 CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH MCC | 34 | $69,143.53 | $6,704.85 | $9,138.57 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 319 | 317 | $2,084.45 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 126 | 92 | $1,657.35 | $1,751.67 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 114 | 113 | $1,897.91 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 104 | 88 | $1,030.36 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | 102 | 93 | $8,186.53 | $8,873.86 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 85 | 83 | $2,148.03 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 78 | 41 | $1,427.43 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5431 Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 75 | 69 | $1,355.67 | $1,406.61 |
| APC 5414 Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures | 64 | 62 | $2,224.35 | $2,389.24 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 58 | 58 | $4,035.27 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5112 Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 53 | 52 | $1,122.15 | $1,196.16 |
| APC 5194 Level 4 Endovascular Procedures | 44 | 37 | $13,680.55 | $14,606.35 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
| Company | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker Corporation SYK | 1 | $67.12 |
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.
Regional Hospital of Scranton is a for-profit short-term acute care hospital in Scranton, PA with 177 beds, part of Community Health Systems and a 2-star overall rating.
Regional Hospital of Scranton in Scranton, PA has 177 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 241 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 7,780 inpatients that year, with 53.5% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), Regional Hospital of Scranton reported net patient revenue of $210.1M and operating expenses of $255.9M, a margin on patient care of -21.8%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$38.9M (-17.9% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Regional Hospital of Scranton is part of Community Health Systems (listed company, ticker CYH), a health system with 60 hospitals based in Franklin, TN. It is a for-profit hospital.
Regional Hospital of Scranton has an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey. 0 death rate measures are better and 1 worse than the national rate.
Yes, Regional Hospital of Scranton provides emergency services.
439 Medicare clinicians list Regional Hospital of Scranton as a hospital they work at, most often in Internal Medicine, Nurse Practitioner, Family Practice.
In 2024, Regional Hospital of Scranton had 1,880 Medicare inpatient stays in 54 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 204 stays; Medicare paid $11,575.60 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $67.12 in payments to Regional Hospital of Scranton as a teaching hospital ($67.12 general and - for research) from 1 companies.