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Hospitals in Hazleton, PA

As of the July 2026 CMS release, Hazleton, Pennsylvania, has 1 hospital, and it has an emergency department. The one emergency room that reports a time has a median visit of 3 hr 14 min, 6 min longer than the Pennsylvania median of 3 hr 8 min. Hazleton General Hospital is the only one Medicare rates, at 2 out of 5 stars.

1 hospital 1 with an ER Luzerne County
Hospitals 1 152 beds
With an ER 1 emergency departments
Median ER visit 3 hr 14 min +6 min vs Pennsylvania
Average stars 2.0 / 5 1 rated by CMS

There is 1 hospital in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. 1 of them has an emergency department.

The median emergency department visit in Hazleton lasts 3 hr 14 min, 6 min longer than the Pennsylvania median of 3 hr 8 min. The shortest is at Hazleton General Hospital, 3 hr 14 min.

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Hazleton hospitals

No longer listed by Medicare (closed or merged): Hazleton-St Joseph Medical Ctr. These pages are kept for reference.

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Community health centers near Hazleton

Community health centers (federally qualified health centers) see patients with or without insurance and charge on a sliding scale based on income. They are not emergency rooms: call ahead for an appointment.

Source: HRSA Health Center Program (HHS).

Care after the hospital in Hazleton

Medicare-certified dialysis centers, home health agencies and hospices, with their CMS ratings.

Find doctors in Hazleton

Medicare-enrolled specialists with a practice in Hazleton, with addresses, phone numbers and the hospitals they work with.

People and health care in Hazleton

From the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024) for the city of Hazleton.

Population
30,111
Median age 37.5
Hospitals per 100,000
3.3
1 hospital listed
No health insurance
16.6%
above the U.S. 8.4%
Age 65 and over
15.1%
below the U.S. 17.2%
Median household income
$46,177
U.S. $80,734

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Questions about hospitals in Hazleton

How many hospitals are in Hazleton, Pennsylvania?

There is 1 hospital in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. 1 of them has an emergency department.

How long is the emergency room wait in Hazleton?

The median emergency department visit in Hazleton lasts 3 hr 14 min, based on CMS measure OP-18b. That is a median over a 12-month reporting period, not a live figure. The Pennsylvania median is 3 hr 8 min.

Which hospital in Hazleton has the shortest ER wait?

Hazleton General Hospital reports the shortest median emergency department visit in Hazleton at 3 hr 14 min.

Which hospital in Hazleton has the best Medicare star rating?

Hazleton General Hospital has 2 out of 5 stars, the highest overall rating among the 1 Hazleton hospital CMS rates.

Source: hospital listings from CMS and public records; emergency room wait times (measure OP-18b) and overall star ratings from CMS Care Compare. Wait times are 12-month medians, not live. Where these figures come from.

Not affiliated with CMS. For a medical emergency, call 911.