2451 Fillingim Street, Mobile, AL, 36617 · (251) 471-7110
Beds
265
FY 2025
Star rating
2 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$406.3M
FY 2025
Net income
-$14.8M
Patient care margin -16.9%
Discharges
12,654
Occupancy 95.4%
Clinicians
507
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $406.3M | $474.8M | -16.9% | -$14.8M | 12,654 | $28.5M | 11.4% | 17.9% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 11.5% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4.6% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 17% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 14% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.8% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 13.8% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $424.2M | $476.3M | -12.3% | -$15.4M | 12,216 | $21.6M | 12.8% | 23.8% |
| 2023 | $375.2M | $402.1M | -7.2% | $1.1M | 12,610 | $30.3M | 12.4% | 22.1% |
| 2022 | $348.5M | $370.7M | -6.4% | $2.5M | 11,320 | $25.1M | 14.8% | 24.6% |
| 2021 | $298.3M | $286.8M | 3.9% | $44.7M | 9,406 | $24.6M | 14.4% | 24.4% |
| 2020 | $249.6M | $241.7M | 3.1% | $44.1M | 9,461 | $19.4M | 17.2% | 21.5% |
| US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 19% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 16.3% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 1.33 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.47 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 1.03 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.47 | US median 0.72 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 2.19 | US median 0.60 · worse |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.30 | US median 0.40 · better |
| Doctors always communicated well | 79% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 76% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 53% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 66% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 60% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 70% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 2% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 211 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 14% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 65% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 85% | US median 79% |
| 39 |
| $37,417.62 |
| $7,657.15 |
| $7,474.08 |
| DRG 812 RED BLOOD CELL DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 31 | $30,539.61 | $7,518.32 | $7,177.67 |
| DRG 025 CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 30 | $104,457.33 | $27,949.87 | $37,824.45 |
| DRG 552 MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS WITHOUT MCC | 29 | $23,530.00 | $6,455.34 | $7,114.44 |
| DRG 291 HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 28 | $27,676.43 | $9,584.82 | $10,022.34 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 27 | $62,606.19 | $15,558.85 | $15,801.33 |
| DRG 330 MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITH CC | 20 | $39,934.70 | $13,763.95 | $18,026.21 |
| DRG 101 SEIZURES WITHOUT MCC | 18 | $18,024.83 | $7,254.83 | $7,312.59 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 18 | $30,988.28 | $8,543.17 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 18 | $24,917.28 | $7,298.11 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 083 TRAUMATIC STUPOR AND COMA >1 HOUR WITH CC | 17 | $33,050.76 | $11,285.59 | $11,369.52 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 17 | $140,117.76 | $35,841.12 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 027 CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 17 | $72,916.35 | $17,850.94 | $21,243.32 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 155 | 126 | $1,223.09 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 83 | 71 | $1,326.01 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 79 | 77 | $1,715.66 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 62 | 50 | $2,301.21 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 60 | 58 | $1,008.60 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5184 Level 4 Vascular Procedures | 58 | 50 | $3,627.10 | $3,945.82 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 56 | 50 | $2,099.00 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 38 | 38 | $3,237.30 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 34 | 33 | $1,826.26 | $2,141.49 |
| APC 5092 Level 2 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures | 31 | 31 | $4,307.98 | $4,981.95 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 30 | 30 | $1,871.50 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | 27 | 21 | $7,485.14 | $8,873.86 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
| Company | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. BMY | 1 | $369K |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. TAK | 94 | $112K |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC MRK | 6 | $89K |
| Eli Lilly and Company LLY | 4 | $68K |
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. SNN | 3 | $65K |
| Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ISRG | 9 | $52K |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP AZN | 1 | $36K |
| ModernaTX, Inc. MRNA | 2 | $30K |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 1 | $17K |
| Organon LLC OGN | 5 | $6,050 |
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays and outpatient services; groups with fewer than 11 cases are not published. Payments are those drug and device companies must report.
USA Health University Hospital is a government-owned short-term acute care hospital in Mobile, AL with 265 beds, part of University of South Alabama Hospitals and a 2-star overall rating.
USA Health University Hospital in Mobile, AL has 265 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 406 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 12,654 inpatients that year, with 95.4% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-09-30), USA Health University Hospital reported net patient revenue of $406.3M and operating expenses of $474.8M, a margin on patient care of -16.9%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$14.8M (-3.1% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
USA Health University Hospital is part of University of South Alabama Hospitals, a health system with 3 hospitals based in City: Mobile, AL. It is a government-owned hospital.
USA Health University Hospital has an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, USA Health University Hospital provides emergency services.
507 Medicare clinicians list USA Health University Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Internal Medicine, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (Crna).
In 2024, USA Health University Hospital had 698 Medicare inpatient stays in 36 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 57 stays; Medicare paid $15,202.02 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $855K in payments to USA Health University Hospital as a teaching hospital ($100K general and $754K for research) from 17 companies.