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ST Luke's Hospital

ST Luke's Hospital was paid $4.97M by Medicaid between Apr 2019 and Dec 2024, across 78 billing codes. Its largest line is 99283, emergency room visit (moderate) — 51% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoST LUKE'S HOSPITAL
ALLENTOWN, PA 18102
33aNPI1366011413assigned 06/23/2021
28Total paid$4.97M
24GClaims70,568
24DCodes billed78
24AFirst – last monthApr 2019 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other General Acute Care Hospital providers in Pennsylvania

Rank by total paid#59 of 154
Median peer was paid$2.82M
This provider vs. median1.8×

Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.

Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$100K$200K$300K2018201920202021202220232024
Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider
By year, as a table
YearClaimsPaid
2019230$0.00
2020122$0.00
20211,368$47K
202212,923$1.29M
202316,369$1.50M
2024incomplete39,556$2.13M
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99283 Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity 51% 13,137 12,874 $2.51M
99284 Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity 27% 6,826 6,707 $1.34M
87636 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus types A and B 6.3% 2,632 2,604 $313K
99285 Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life 5.2% 1,248 1,231 $260K
99282 Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity 4.7% 3,765 3,710 $236K
80053 Comprehensive metabolic panel 1.1% 5,152 5,021 $53K
85025 Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count <1% 5,479 5,375 $30K
80061 Lipid panel <1% 2,060 2,036 $26K
74177 Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; with contrast material <1% 125 123 $23K
U0003 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, making use of high throughput technologies as described by cms-2020-01-r <1% 211 205 $17K
93005 Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report <1% 2,678 2,620 $17K
87389 Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay technique, HIV-1 antigen with HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies <1% 549 537 $15K
66 more codes
87635 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe <1% 304 $12K
G0378 Hospital observation service, per hour <1% 15 $11K
86780 <1% 595 $9K
86803 <1% 432 $8K
80050 General health panel <1% 190 $8K
96365 Intravenous infusion, for therapy, prophylaxis, or diagnosis; initial, up to 1 hour <1% 222 $7K
87340 <1% 472 $6K
96372 Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular <1% 521 $6K
87804 Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type <1% 260 $6K
87591 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, amplified probe <1% 240 $6K
87491 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe <1% 240 $6K
81001 <1% 1,988 $6K
80307 Drug test(s), presumptive, any number of drug classes; immunoassay <1% 104 $5K
82306 Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed <1% 230 $4K
83690 <1% 822 $4K
87811 Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) <1% 260 $4K
71046 Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views <1% 327 $3K
83036 Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) <1% 452 $3K
83735 <1% 413 $3K
87522 Neg quan hep c or qual rna <1% 58 $2K
82607 <1% 189 $2K
80048 Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) <1% 203 $2K
71045 Radiologic examination, chest; single view <1% 219 $1K
84439 <1% 127 $901.11
70450 Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material <1% 12 $813.76
82550 <1% 139 $645.32
U0005 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, cdc or non-cdc, making use of high throughput technologies, completed within 2 calendar days from date of specimen collection (list separately in addition to either hcpcs code u0003 or u0004) as described by cms-2020-01-r2 <1% 35 $617.00
82728 <1% 58 $484.77
84484 <1% 53 $428.15
83695 <1% 26 $247.25
73630 <1% 18 $235.40
84550 <1% 53 $198.88
88305 Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination <1% 24 $194.40
86592 <1% 39 $187.20
84443 Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) <1% 13 $183.05
82043 <1% 30 $172.23
82570 <1% 30 $153.91
87086 Culture, bacterial; quantitative colony count, urine <1% 12 $86.40
83540 <1% 13 $65.44
83550 <1% 13 $38.73
J1885 Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg <1% 4,902 $4.10
J1100 Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg 0% 1,472 $0.00
J2704 Injection, propofol, 10 mg 0% 2,218 $0.00
J3420 Injection, vitamin b-12 cyanocobalamin, up to 1000 mcg 0% 445 $0.00
J2250 Injection, midazolam hydrochloride, per 1 mg 0% 629 $0.00
J3010 Injection, fentanyl citrate, 0.1 mg 0% 743 $0.00
J2765 Injection, metoclopramide hcl, up to 10 mg 0% 364 $0.00
J3490 Unclassified drugs 0% 152 $0.00
36415 Collection of venous blood by venipuncture 0% 388 $0.00
J0696 Injection, ceftriaxone sodium, per 250 mg 0% 37 $0.00
J2060 Injection, lorazepam, 2 mg 0% 70 $0.00
J0690 Injection, cefazolin sodium, 500 mg 0% 343 $0.00
J1170 Injection, hydromorphone, up to 4 mg 0% 129 $0.00
J2003 Injection, lidocaine hydrochloride, 1 mg 0% 73 $0.00
J1200 Injection, diphenhydramine hcl, up to 50 mg 0% 586 $0.00
90715 0% 49 $0.00
J1756 Injection, iron sucrose, 1 mg 0% 1,262 $0.00
J2405 Injection, ondansetron hydrochloride, per 1 mg 0% 2,406 $0.00
J3475 Injection, magnesium sulfate, per 500 mg 0% 77 $0.00
Q9967 Low osmolar contrast material, 300-399 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml 0% 187 $0.00
J0665 Injection, bupivicaine, not otherwise specified, 0.5 mg 0% 295 $0.00
J2272 Injection, morphine sulfate (fresenius kabi), not therapeutically equivalent to j2270, up to 10 mg 0% 177 $0.00
J7030 Infusion, normal saline solution , 1000 cc 0% 179 $0.00
J2270 Injection, morphine sulfate, up to 10 mg 0% 34 $0.00
J1596 Injection, glycopyrrolate, 0.1 mg 0% 26 $0.00
J2426 Injection, paliperidone palmitate extended release (invega sustenna), 1 mg 0% 12 $0.00

Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.

From NPPES

Who's on the registration

Authorized officialLICHTENWALNER, THOMAS (SENIOR VP FINANCE)
Same official

Other billing entities under LICHTENWALNER, THOMAS

Full network →
ProviderLocationPaid
ST Luke's HospitalAllentown, PA$6.98M
The Carbon Schuylkill Community Hospital, INC.Tamaqua, PA$2.00M
ST Luke's HospitalLehighton, PA$1.16M
The Carbon-Schuylkill Community Hospital, INC.Lansford, PA$758K
The Carbon-Schuylkill Community Hospital, INC.Ringtown, PA$393K
GSLPG, INCOrwigsburg, PA$31K
ST. Luke's HospitalPalmerton, PA$607.60

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