Symbol Legend
	Significantly higher than the expected rate.
	Not significantly different than the expected rate.
	Significantly lower than the expected rate.
	Not Reported. Had fewer than five cases evaluated.
	Not Available. Not reported due to missing/incomplete data.
UPMC Presby Shadyside
Outlier Cases Readmission % - Ratings Short LOS Long LOS Year Condition Cases Mortality Rating Length of Stay (LOS) % Rating % Rating For Any Reason For Complication or Infection Avg. Charge 2008 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair - Endovascular 145 1.8     $138,595 2007 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair - Endovascular 127 2.7     $125,312 2006 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair - Endovascular 136 2.0     $112,653 2008 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair - Open 32 8.1     $129,237 2007 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair - Open 52 7.3     $117,485 2006 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair - Open 52 7.6     $104,333 2005 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair - Open 61 8.6     $95,864 2004 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair - Open 80 7.3     $76,686 2003 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair - Open 43 6.4     $64,046 2002 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair - Open 31 6.7     25.9 10.1 $71,640 2001 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair - Open 39 7.3     25.7 9.4 $67,118 2008 Abnormal Heartbeat 1421 3.7 4.1 5.5 $35,248 2008 Blood Clot in Extremities 165 4.0 4.2 4.2 $22,563 2007 Blood Clot in Extremities 153 4.0 5.3 5.3 $21,721 2006 Blood Clot in Extremities 196 4.1 5.6 6.6 $20,755 2005 Blood Clot in Extremities 213 4.1 5.7 5.2 $20,300 2004 Blood Clot in Extremities 184 4.2 4.4 3.3 $16,267 2003 Blood Clot in Extremities 161 4.2 5.0 6.8 $15,298 2002 Blood Clot in Extremities 115 4.1 5.3 5.3 $13,091 2008 Blood Clot in Lung 273 5.6 3.7 10.4 $40,572 2007 Blood Clot in Lung 256 5.2 4.3 5.9 $40,648 2006 Blood Clot in Lung 251 5.4 5.2 7.6 $38,172 2005 Blood Clot in Lung 242 5.1 5.9 4.2 $31,589 2004 Blood Clot in Lung 221 5.3 5.6 3.2 $29,071 2003 Blood Clot in Lung 160 5.6 6.3 4.4 $26,593 2002 Blood Clot in Lung 105 5.9 4.9 2.0 $24,538 2008 Brain Surgery 926 5.0     $135,455 2008 Bronchitis and Asthma 201 3.5     $19,793 2008 Chest Pain 266 1.9 9.4 9.8 $19,666 2007 Chest Pain 259 1.9 12.7 12.7 $19,017 2006 Chest Pain 338 2.0 6.8 11.8 $16,881 2005 Chest Pain 338 2.0 7.7 13.0 $15,734 2004 Chest Pain 331 2.1 6.3 11.2 $14,397 2003 Chest Pain 299 1.9 7.7 9.0 $12,523 2002 Chest Pain 229 1.7 7.4 7.4 8.3 1.7 $10,956 2001 Chest Pain 317 1.4 9.1 3.8 14.3 2.8 $9,185 2008 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 426 4.4 9.0 4.5 $27,888 2007 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 359 4.5 5.9 5.0 $25,078 2006 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 402 4.3 7.5 4.0 $23,855 2005 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 503 4.1 7.4 3.2 $20,287 2004 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 449 4.2 5.2 3.2 $18,384 2003 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 287 3.9 7.7 1.8 $16,028 2002 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 148 3.9 13.6 4.8 29.2 8.2 $13,622 2001 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 145 3.7 14.9 1.4 23.7 5.2 $12,695 2008 Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis 411 5.7 3.1 5.2 $62,212 2007 Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis 425 5.3 8.6 7.3 $57,132 2006 Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis 333 6.1 5.0 6.7 $54,766 2005 Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis 387 5.8 4.4 5.5 $49,835 2004 Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis 371 5.8 6.7 7.6 $46,541 2003 Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis 409 5.7 5.7 6.9 $41,327 2002 Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis 397 5.2 8.3 5.4 46.4 5.0 $39,525 2001 Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis 371 5.3 6.6 4.2 45.1 6.4 $35,317 2008 Colorectal Procedures 626 8.2     $115,260 2007 Colorectal Procedures 572 8.5     $112,071 2006 Colorectal Procedures 573 8.7     $93,139 2005 Colorectal Procedures 564 8.8     $83,323 2004 Colorectal Procedures 565 9.0     $72,915 2003 Colorectal Procedures 425 9.3     $66,274 2002 Colorectal Procedures 244 9.8     $62,848 2001 Colorectal Procedures 290 8.7     $58,001 2008 Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) 1158 5.5 5.7 9.3 $31,546 2007 Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) 1212 5.4 5.4 9.6 $29,826 2006 Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) 1398 5.5 4.1 8.4 $28,162 2005 Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) 1496 5.3 3.5 6.0 $24,693 2004 Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) 1616 5.2 3.6 6.1 $22,265 2003 Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) 1092 5.2 3.8 5.9 $19,492 2002 Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) 732 5.4 6.7 7.2 28.2 3.7 $17,413 2001 Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) 716 5.4 8.7 8.7 30.7 3.7 $16,987 2008 Diabetes - Medical Management 464 4.1 6.1 8.3 $25,615 2007 Diabetes - Medical Management 436 4.1 4.4 4.4 $24,800 2006 Diabetes - Medical Management 405 4.3 3.5 7.4 $22,002 2005 Diabetes - Medical Management 430 4.0 4.5 7.3 $18,994 2004 Diabetes - Medical Management 418 4.1     $16,632 2003 Diabetes - Medical Management 334 4.0     $16,157 2002 Diabetes - Medical Management 233 4.0     23.9 4.7 $15,178 2008 Diabetes with Amputation 41 8.5     $70,677 2007 Diabetes with Amputation 44 10.9     $51,215 2006 Diabetes with Amputation 49 10.6     $55,372 2005 Diabetes with Amputation 40 9.6     $57,359 2004 Diabetes with Amputation 58 8.3     $45,958 2003 Diabetes with Amputation 49 9.2     $42,960 2002 Diabetes with Amputation 43 9.3     24.8 0.0 $46,117 2008 Gallbladder Removal - Laparoscopic 205 4.0     $51,648 2007 Gallbladder Removal - Laparoscopic 202 3.7     $45,344 2006 Gallbladder Removal - Laparoscopic 214 3.9     $45,197 2005 Gallbladder Removal - Laparoscopic 211 4.0     $42,070 2004 Gallbladder Removal - Laparoscopic 201 3.9     $39,425 2003 Gallbladder Removal - Laparoscopic 142 3.4     $34,582 2002 Gallbladder Removal - Laparoscopic 98 3.6     10.8 2.3 $30,909 2001 Gallbladder Removal - Laparoscopic 91 3.4     10.9 2.1 $28,069 2008 Gallbladder Removal - Open 72 6.3     $76,755 2007 Gallbladder Removal - Open 57 6.2     $77,859 2006 Gallbladder Removal - Open 64 6.5     $65,887 2005 Gallbladder Removal - Open 74 6.9     $61,730 2004 Gallbladder Removal - Open 60 6.3     $50,535 2003 Gallbladder Removal - Open 60 6.2     $45,601 2002 Gallbladder Removal - Open 54 6.8     20.3 8.2 $45,660 2001 Gallbladder Removal - Open 48 5.7     14.3 4.8 $45,672 2008 Heart Attack - Angioplasty/Stent 651 3.7 4.6 5.2 $89,159 2007 Heart Attack - Angioplasty/Stent 744 3.7 5.5 4.8 $81,763 2006 Heart Attack - Angioplasty/Stent 788 3.7 4.1 5.7 $82,742 2005 Heart Attack - Angioplasty/Stent 783 3.6 4.7 3.0 $74,899 2004 Heart Attack - Angioplasty/Stent 766 3.8 5.5 3.9 $66,576 2003 Heart Attack - Angioplasty/Stent 596 3.5 7.3 3.2 $54,074 2002 Heart Attack - Angioplasty/Stent 386 3.6     $51,933 2001 Heart Attack - Angioplasty/Stent 356 3.5     $45,697 2008 Heart Attack - Medical Management 351 5.3 7.4 2.6 $45,080 2007 Heart Attack - Medical Management 340 5.6 8.1 7.4 $42,538 2006 Heart Attack - Medical Management 364 5.4 3.4 8.0 $38,202 2005 Heart Attack - Medical Management 422 5.2 4.7 5.0 $36,599 2004 Heart Attack - Medical Management 491 5.8 4.2 5.4 $35,011 2003 Heart Attack - Medical Management 305 5.2 6.3 4.1 $29,165 2002 Heart Attack - Medical Management 191 5.9 6.0 6.0 $27,389 2001 Heart Attack - Medical Management 177 5.1 7.5 5.7 $25,041 2008 Hip Fracture - Surgical Repair 293 6.2     $68,436 2007 Hip Fracture - Surgical Repair 255 6.5     $63,178 2006 Hip Fracture - Surgical Repair 255 6.8     $55,798 2005 Hip Fracture - Surgical Repair 216 6.4     $51,430 2004 Hip Fracture - Surgical Repair 222 6.2     $46,809 2003 Hip Fracture - Surgical Repair 158 6.5     $42,987 2002 Hip Fracture - Surgical Repair 92 6.3     14.4 5.5 $40,671 2008 Hypotension and Fainting 309 2.7 4.2 3.6 $20,820 2008 Hysterectomy - Abdominal 115 2.4 14.9 5.3 $45,408 2007 Hysterectomy - Abdominal 77 2.9 0.0 5.2 $39,320 2006 Hysterectomy - Abdominal 100 3.1 2.9 10.8 $35,283 2005 Hysterectomy - Abdominal 98 3.2 2.0 6.1 $31,187 2004 Hysterectomy - Abdominal 140 3.0     $24,445 2003 Hysterectomy - Abdominal 80 2.8     $23,172 2008 Hysterectomy - Vaginal 16 1.4     $26,436 2007 Hysterectomy - Vaginal 14 2.3     $24,682 2006 Hysterectomy - Vaginal 24 1.7     $24,193 2005 Hysterectomy - Vaginal 32 2.1     $22,893 2004 Hysterectomy - Vaginal 63 2.1     $20,183 2003 Hysterectomy - Vaginal 32 2.2     $17,898 2008 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with Surgery 190 17.4     $182,606 2008 Intestinal Obstruction 272 4.6 5.5 5.5 $27,010 2007 Intestinal Obstruction 238 4.4 5.1 5.5 $26,295 2006 Intestinal Obstruction 249 4.6 2.8 6.9 $25,037 2005 Intestinal Obstruction 233 4.5 3.5 6.6 $19,548 2004 Intestinal Obstruction 254 4.6 4.4 6.0 $18,288 2003 Intestinal Obstruction 192 4.5     $15,481 2008 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections 583 4.1 7.2 4.5 $25,891 2007 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections 570 4.1 6.7 5.7 $23,971 2006 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections 518 4.1 5.1 3.7 $23,003 2005 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections 467 3.8 4.8 2.4 $18,796 2004 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections 448 3.9 7.9 4.5 $16,218 2003 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections 367 3.9 8.7 3.8 $15,231 2002 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections 229 3.7 8.4 1.8 19.6 5.4 $12,661 2008 Kidney Failure - Acute 528 6.0 4.5 5.1 $37,613 2007 Kidney Failure - Acute 651 5.9 6.4 6.6 $33,684 2008 Liver Disease except Cancer, Cirrhosis, or Alcoholic Hepatitis 328 4.5     $47,191 2008 Liver, Gallbladder or Pancreatic Cancer 307 5.1     $51,163 2007 Liver, Gallbladder or Pancreatic Cancer 293 4.9     $49,651 2006 Liver, Gallbladder or Pancreatic Cancer 290 5.0     $41,985 2005 Liver, Gallbladder or Pancreatic Cancer 278 5.1     $41,099 2004 Liver, Gallbladder or Pancreatic Cancer 247 4.7     $34,219 2003 Liver, Gallbladder or Pancreatic Cancer 245 4.7     $40,507 2002 Liver, Gallbladder or Pancreatic Cancer 189 4.9     $32,731 2001 Liver, Gallbladder or Pancreatic Cancer 163 4.4     $27,245 2008 Major Lung Surgery 462 7.1     $127,560 2007 Major Lung Surgery 551 7.0     $113,238 2006 Major Lung Surgery 508 7.3     $115,132 2005 Major Lung Surgery 548 6.9     $96,488 2004 Major Lung Surgery 562 7.0     $84,649 2003 Major Lung Surgery 376 7.4     $76,795 2002 Major Lung Surgery 288 7.1     $68,639 2001 Major Lung Surgery 276 7.0     $65,176 2008 Medical Back Problems 539 3.4     $35,165 2007 Medical Back Problems 491 3.6     $29,982 2006 Medical Back Problems 486 3.6     $29,179 2005 Medical Back Problems 447 3.6     $24,317 2004 Medical Back Problems 382 3.5     $19,325 2003 Medical Back Problems 311 3.3     $17,325 2002 Medical Back Problems 265 3.2     18.6 3.0 $15,008 2001 Medical Back Problems 229 3.1     12.2 2.8 $13,291 2008 Miscellaneous Lung Surgery 396 8.2     $94,268 2008 Miscellaneous Vascular Surgery 594 4.9     $86,666 2008 Noncancerous Pancreatic Disorders 469 5.3 4.9 8.2 $35,552 2007 Noncancerous Pancreatic Disorders 467 5.3 5.6 9.7 $31,522 2006 Noncancerous Pancreatic Disorders 489 5.2 4.3 7.2 $30,553 2005 Noncancerous Pancreatic Disorders 469 5.3 4.3 7.1 $27,418 2004 Noncancerous Pancreatic Disorders 489 5.3 5.0 7.5 $23,587 2003 Noncancerous Pancreatic Disorders 388 5.4 5.2 7.3 $21,408 2002 Noncancerous Pancreatic Disorders 269 4.8 6.0 5.3 29.2 2.3 $17,501 2001 Noncancerous Pancreatic Disorders 283 4.6 5.7 4.3 33.4 2.8 $17,907 2008 Pneumonia - Aspiration 368 6.4 6.8 3.6 $49,368 2007 Pneumonia - Aspiration 385 6.7 5.1 4.0 $44,189 2006 Pneumonia - Aspiration 343 6.2 6.9 4.7 $38,014 2005 Pneumonia - Aspiration 325 5.9 7.0 2.3 $33,312 2004 Pneumonia - Aspiration 319 6.6 7.6 4.9 $28,660 2003 Pneumonia - Aspiration 242 6.3 7.9 6.0 $26,399 2002 Pneumonia - Aspiration 132 7.5 10.9 6.7 24.2 10.8 $25,933 2008 Pneumonia - Infectious 895 5.1 5.3 7.3 $32,711 2007 Pneumonia - Infectious 831 4.9 6.1 4.8 $30,639 2006 Pneumonia - Infectious 874 5.0 5.4 4.3 $29,171 2005 Pneumonia - Infectious 1057 4.9 5.8 5.2 $24,242 2004 Pneumonia - Infectious 943 4.9 6.1 4.1 $21,833 2003 Pneumonia - Infectious 599 4.8 8.2 3.9 $19,713 2002 Pneumonia - Infectious 372 4.9 10.4 4.1 20.3 8.8 $17,483 2001 Pneumonia - Infectious 331 4.8 11.2 3.7 $16,199 2008 Postoperative and Posttraumatic Infections with Surgery 288 8.1     $87,515 2008 Postoperative and Posttraumatic Infections without Surgery 362 4.6 4.2 2.5 $34,355 2007 Postoperative and Posttraumatic Infections without Surgery 302 4.9 5.3 6.0 $33,529 2006 Postoperative and Posttraumatic Infections without Surgery 292 4.8 5.2 5.6 $28,178 2005 Postoperative and Posttraumatic Infections without Surgery 259 4.6 4.2 3.9 $24,791 2004 Postoperative and Posttraumatic Infections without Surgery 246 4.7 5.3 3.7 $22,098 2003 Postoperative and Posttraumatic Infections without Surgery 183 4.5 4.4 2.2 $20,472 2002 Postoperative and Posttraumatic Infections without Surgery 172 4.2 5.9 2.4 20.2 9.6 $17,692 2001 Postoperative and Posttraumatic Infections without Surgery 157 4.3 4.5 2.6 $16,071 2008 Prostatectomy - Radical 424 2.1 2.4 0.7 $45,264 2007 Prostatectomy - Radical 413 2.3 2.4 0.7 $44,310 2006 Prostatectomy - Radical 380 2.3 0.3 0.8 $44,014 2005 Prostatectomy - Radical 306 2.4     $36,453 2004 Prostatectomy - Radical 262 2.4     $31,329 2003 Prostatectomy - Radical 171 2.4     $28,440 2002 Prostatectomy - Radical 11 4.2     $31,635 2001 Prostatectomy - Radical 19 3.9     $30,410 2008 Prostatectomy - Transurethral 75 2.2     $23,739 2007 Prostatectomy - Transurethral 94 2.2     $25,759 2006 Prostatectomy - Transurethral 104 2.4     $23,435 2005 Prostatectomy - Transurethral 120 1.9     $20,509 2004 Prostatectomy - Transurethral 97 2.2     $18,439 2003 Prostatectomy - Transurethral 52 2.8     $16,627 2002 Prostatectomy - Transurethral 36 2.5     $13,001 2001 Prostatectomy - Transurethral 35 2.9     $13,093 2008 Removal of Blockage of Neck Vessels 124 2.6     $45,271 2007 Removal of Blockage of Neck Vessels 147 2.8     $46,052 2006 Removal of Blockage of Neck Vessels 121 2.2     $37,758 2005 Removal of Blockage of Neck Vessels 146 2.3     $34,774 2004 Removal of Blockage of Neck Vessels 231 2.6     $35,724 2008 Respiratory Failure with Mechanical Ventilation 272 12.4 2.6 10.7 $129,338 2007 Respiratory Failure with Mechanical Ventilation 249 11.2 5.6 11.2 $122,010 2006 Respiratory Failure with Mechanical Ventilation 262 11.9 5.0 9.4 $107,453 2005 Respiratory Failure with Mechanical Ventilation 190 10.9 5.8 9.5 $95,676 2004 Respiratory Failure with Mechanical Ventilation 147 11.6     $78,507 2003 Respiratory Failure with Mechanical Ventilation 96 11.9     $75,950 2008 Respiratory Failure without Mechanical Ventilation 145 6.4 6.6 5.8 $41,492 2007 Respiratory Failure without Mechanical Ventilation 114 7.1 10.3 13.4 $45,205 2006 Respiratory Failure without Mechanical Ventilation 98 7.1 6.0 7.1 $41,048 2005 Respiratory Failure without Mechanical Ventilation 88 6.8 6.0 6.0 $37,544 2004 Respiratory Failure without Mechanical Ventilation 61 5.9     $31,159 2003 Respiratory Failure without Mechanical Ventilation 36 7.1     $33,139 2008 Septicemia 881 8.4 5.2 10.6 $69,169 2007 Septicemia 724 8.6 5.6 9.3 $66,166 2006 Septicemia 671 8.2 3.7 8.7 $46,180 2005 Septicemia 480 7.8 6.0 8.4 $40,128 2004 Septicemia 553 7.4 4.9 5.2 $37,483 2003 Septicemia 271 7.0 6.3 6.3 $30,884 2002 Septicemia 145 7.6 12.1 13.1 $28,058 2001 Septicemia 172 7.7 8.8 7.2 $27,641 2008 Stomach and Intestinal Bleeding 562 4.6 7.7 8.3 $37,043 2007 Stomach and Intestinal Bleeding 575 4.4 6.6 7.3 $31,925 2006 Stomach and Intestinal Bleeding 523 4.4 5.5 6.5 $30,693 2005 Stomach and Intestinal Bleeding 594 4.2 5.3 6.5 $27,831 2004 Stomach and Intestinal Bleeding 597 4.5     $24,668 2003 Stomach and Intestinal Bleeding 428 4.4     $21,186 2002 Stomach and Intestinal Bleeding 280 4.1     22.6 5.3 $18,775 2008 Stomach and Intestinal Complications and Disorders 508 4.8     $36,532 2008 Stomach and Intestinal Infections and Disorders 968 3.7     $24,736 2008 Stomach and Small Intestine Surgery 537 7.7     $148,694 2008 Stroke - Hemorrhagic 339 4.8 2.0 2.4 $62,076 2007 Stroke - Hemorrhagic 290 5.9 5.2 6.7 $65,865 2006 Stroke - Hemorrhagic 319 6.2 3.1 5.7 $57,951 2005 Stroke - Hemorrhagic 313 5.8 3.0 5.1 $44,799 2004 Stroke - Hemorrhagic 278 6.1 3.0 3.0 $41,361 2003 Stroke - Hemorrhagic 245 6.2 3.0 3.0 $38,205 2002 Stroke - Hemorrhagic 219 6.2 3.3 2.0 20.0 8.9 $32,833 2001 Stroke - Hemorrhagic 199 6.1 5.1 2.9 22.8 10.3 $28,215 2008 Stroke - Non-Hemorrhagic 751 4.4 7.8 5.1 $54,501 2007 Stroke - Non-Hemorrhagic 730 4.6 5.2 4.2 $47,934 2006 Stroke - Non-Hemorrhagic 728 4.8 5.8 6.1 $43,511 2005 Stroke - Non-Hemorrhagic 694 4.5 6.8 4.6 $35,768 2004 Stroke - Non-Hemorrhagic 635 4.7 6.6 4.7 $31,605 2003 Stroke - Non-Hemorrhagic 501 4.9 8.5 4.9 $27,709 2002 Stroke - Non-Hemorrhagic 366 5.0 6.9 4.8 16.8 5.6 $27,564 2001 Stroke - Non-Hemorrhagic 383 5.3 8.0 4.7 17.0 6.8 $26,474