201 West Avalon Avenue, Muscle Shoals, AL, 35661 · (256) 386-1601
Beds
47
FY 2025
Star rating
Not rated
Overall rating
Net patient revenue
$44.4M
FY 2025
Net income
-$5.2M
Patient care margin -12.1%
Discharges
1,644
Occupancy 54.4%
Clinicians
168
Medicare clinicians who work here
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 | $44.4M | $49.8M | -12.1% | -$5.2M | 1,644 | $2.2M | 3.7% | 22.3% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4.1% | US median 3.9% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.97 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.28 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 88% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
| Diagnosis group | Stays | Average charge | Medicare pays per stay | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRG 897 ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE WITHOUT REHABILITATION THERAPY WITHOUT MCC | 21 | $16,848.43 | $6,836.24 | $7,306.07 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group |
|---|
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.
| 2024 | $39.6M | $45.4M | -14.6% | -$5.1M | 1,602 | $2.0M | 10.2% | 25.3% |
| 2023 | $31.2M | $35.6M | -14.2% | -$3.7M | 1,227 | $3.0M | 11.9% | 24.5% |
| 2022 | $29.9M | $33.9M | -13.3% | -$3.8M | 1,365 | $3.5M | 14.3% | 27.0% |
| 2021 | $28.9M | $29.9M | -3.3% | -$584K | 1,383 | $3.7M | 21.4% | 24.1% |
| 2020 | $32.1M | $33.0M | -2.8% | -$1.2M | 1,635 | $2.2M | 22.4% | 24.1% |
| 88% |
| US median 80% |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 76% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 81% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 82% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 84% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 1% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 103 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 13% | US median 15% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 62% | US median 79% |
| Services |
|---|
| Patients |
|---|
| Medicare pays per service |
|---|
| All hospitals |
|---|
| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 108 | 63 | $1,504.41 | $1,751.67 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 25 | 21 | $1,756.20 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 18 | 18 | $1,839.18 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | - | - | - | $2,141.49 |
| APC 5091 Level 1 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures | - | - | - | $2,930.15 |
| APC 5092 Level 2 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures | - | - | - | $4,981.95 |
| APC 5093 Level 3 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures | - | - | - | $7,546.33 |
| APC 5094 Level 4 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures | - | - | - | $15,548.74 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | - | - | - | $2,373.24 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | - | - | - | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5164 Level 4 ENT Procedures | - | - | - | $2,217.17 |
| APC 5182 Level 2 Vascular Procedures | - | - | - | $1,204.32 |
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.
North Alabama Shoals Hospital is a for-profit short-term acute care hospital in Muscle Shoals, AL with 47 beds, part of Lifepoint Health.
North Alabama Shoals Hospital in Muscle Shoals, AL has 47 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 198 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 1,644 inpatients that year, with 54.4% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-03-31), North Alabama Shoals Hospital reported net patient revenue of $44.4M and operating expenses of $49.8M, a margin on patient care of -12.1%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$5.2M (-11.6% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
North Alabama Shoals Hospital is part of Lifepoint Health, a health system with 123 hospitals based in Brentwood, TN. It is a for-profit hospital.
North Alabama Shoals Hospital has no overall star rating, usually because it reports too few quality measures (for example small, specialty or federal hospitals).
Yes, North Alabama Shoals Hospital provides emergency services.
168 Medicare clinicians list North Alabama Shoals Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Internal Medicine, Family Practice.
In 2024, North Alabama Shoals Hospital had 21 Medicare inpatient stays in 1 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 897 (alcohol, drug abuse or dependence without rehabilitation therapy without mcc) with 21 stays; Medicare paid $6,836.24 per stay on average, compared with $7,306.07 across all hospitals.