Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, PA
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About Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center is an acute care hospital in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It reports its ownership to Medicare as nonprofit (private). It provides emergency services. It is listed as a Level II trauma center. Its CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating is 4 out of 5. It has 310 licensed beds, according to state license data via HIFLD. It meets the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation criteria for maternity care. The nearest other listed hospital is Wilkes Barre VA Medical Center, about 1.4 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
- MRSA bloodstream infectionsNo different · SIR 0.64
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)Better than national · SIR 0.52
- Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.58
- Central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI)No different · SIR 0.57
- Surgical site infections after colon surgeryNo different · SIR 0.74
46% 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 recommend63%
- Rated the hospital 9 or 1062%
- Completed surveys1,592
Survey period ending September 2025. Source: CMS HCAHPS Patient Survey.
Map
41.25688, -75.81171
Nearby hospitals
- Wilkes Barre VA Medical Center1111 East End Boulevard, Wilkes-Barre, PA · Emergency roomVA medical center1.4 mi
- John Heinz Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine150 Mundy Street, Wilkes Barre Townshi, PARehabilitation hospital2.4 mi
- Wilkes-Barre General Hospital575 North River Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA · Emergency roomAcute care hospital2.9 mi
- Pam Specialty Hospital of Wilkes-Barre575 North River Street, 7th Floor, Wilkes-Barre, PALong-term care hospital2.9 mi
- Wyoming Valley Behavioral Hospital562 Wyoming Avenue, Kingston, PAPsychiatric hospital4.1 mi
- Geisinger Behavioral Health Center Northeast60 Glenmaura National Boulevard, Moosic, PAPsychiatric hospital9.9 mi
- Geisinger-Community Medical Center1822 Mulberry Street, Scranton, PA · Level II traumaAcute care hospital13 mi
- Moses Taylor Hospital700 Quincy Avenue, Scranton, PA · Emergency roomHospital14 mi
- Regional Hospital of Scranton746 Jefferson Avenue, Scranton, PA · Emergency roomAcute care hospital14 mi
- Allied Services Institute of Rehabilitation475 Morgan Highway, Scranton, PARehabilitation hospital15 mi
Frequently asked questions
Where is Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center located?
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center is at 1000 East Mountain Boulevard, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711 in Luzerne County.
Does Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center have an emergency room?
Yes. Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center reports emergency services to Medicare, and patients spent a median of 200 minutes in its emergency department before leaving. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
What is the CMS star rating of Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center?
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center has a CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating of 4 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 Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center a trauma center?
Yes. It is listed as a Level II 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 Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center?
The main phone number on record with Medicare is (570) 826-7300.
Would patients recommend Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center?
In the most recent HCAHPS patient survey (1,592 completed surveys), 63% of patients said they would definitely recommend the hospital, and 62% 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 Hospital to Give BirthLevels of maternal and newborn care, the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation, quality data and questions to ask on a tour.
- 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.