St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus in Lehighton, PA
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About St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus is an acute care hospital in Lehighton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It reports its ownership to Medicare as nonprofit (private). It provides emergency services. It is listed as a Level IV trauma center. Its CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating is 5 out of 5. It has 80 licensed beds, according to state license data via HIFLD. The nearest other listed hospital is Lehigh Valley Hospital - Carbon, about 4.6 mi away.
Quality ratings
How this hospital compares with the national rate on each measure group:
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information. How star ratings work.
Emergency room times
Lower times are better. Reporting period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Timely and Effective Care. What these numbers mean.
Infections and sepsis care
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)No different · SIR 0.00
- Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsNo different · SIR 0.33
84% of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock received all the recommended early care steps (SEP-1). Higher is better.
SIR is the standardized infection ratio: below 1 means fewer infections than predicted for a hospital like this one. Period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Healthcare-Associated Infections and Timely and Effective Care.
What patients say
- Patient survey star rating
- Would definitely recommend84%
- Rated the hospital 9 or 1086%
- Completed surveys755
Survey period ending September 2025. Source: CMS HCAHPS Patient Survey.
Map
40.84473, -75.67128
Nearby hospitals
- Lehigh Valley Hospital - Carbon2128 Blakeslee Boulevard Drive East, Lehighton, PA · Emergency roomHospital4.6 mi
- St Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital360 W Ruddle Street, Coaldale, PA · Level IV traumaAcute care hospital13 mi
- Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton700 East Broad Street, Hazleton, PA · Level IV traumaAcute care hospital17 mi
- Lehigh Valley Hospital - 17th Street Campus1627 West Chew Street, Allentown, PA · Emergency roomHospital19 mi
- Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital2545 Schoenersville Road, Bethlehem, PALong-term care hospital19 mi
- Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenberg2545 Schoenersville Road, Bethlehem, PA · Emergency roomHospital20 mi
- St. Luke's Hospital - Allentown Campus1736 Hamilton Street, Allentown, PA · Emergency roomHospital20 mi
- Lehigh Valley Hospital1200 South Cedar Crest Boulevard, Allentown, PA · Level I traumaAcute care hospital21 mi
- St Lukes Hospital801 Ostrum Street, Bethlehem, PA · Level I traumaAcute care hospital22 mi
- Lehigh Valley Hospital–Hecktown Oaks3780 Hecktown Road, Easton, PAHospital23 mi
Frequently asked questions
Where is St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus located?
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus is at 500 St Luke'S Drive, Lehighton, PA 18235 in Carbon County.
Does St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus have an emergency room?
Yes. St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus reports emergency services to Medicare, and patients spent a median of 149 minutes in its emergency department before leaving. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
What is the CMS star rating of St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus?
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus has a CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating of 5 out of 5. The rating combines measures of mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience and timely and effective care, compared with hospitals nationwide.
Is St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus a trauma center?
Yes. It is listed as a Level IV trauma center in the HIFLD hospitals data, which is compiled from state trauma registries (source date April 2024). Trauma designations are renewed periodically, so confirm with the Pennsylvania EMS or trauma program. In an emergency, call 911: paramedics take seriously injured patients to the right trauma center.
What is the phone number of St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus?
The main phone number on record with Medicare is (610) 377-7001.
Would patients recommend St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus?
In the most recent HCAHPS patient survey (755 completed surveys), 84% of patients said they would definitely recommend the hospital, and 86% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10.
Related guides
- How CMS Hospital Star Ratings WorkThe five measure groups behind the 1 to 5 star Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating, how it is calculated and what it leaves out.
- How to Choose a HospitalA practical checklist for planned care: insurance networks, procedure volume, quality ratings, certifications and cost estimates.
- ER Wait Times ExplainedHow triage and the Emergency Severity Index decide who is seen first, why emergency rooms get crowded and where to find timing data.
- What Is a Trauma Center? Levels I to V ExplainedWhat each trauma center level provides, who designates and verifies them, pediatric trauma centers and how trauma systems route patients.