Po Box 649, Ft. Defiance, AZ, 86504 · (928) 729-8000
Beds
70
Certified beds
Star rating
Not rated
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
-
No cost report
Net income
-
Discharges
-
Clinicians
134
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 | - | $234.9M | - | -$234.9M | 2,084 | - | 25.0% | 53.9% |
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 | 3.8% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 14.5% | US median 15.2% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.8% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.97 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) |
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.
| 2024 | - | $225.4M | - | -$225.4M | 1,772 | - | 28.4% | 49.1% |
| 2023 | - | $221.0M | - | -$221.0M | 2,291 | - | 25.6% | 45.2% |
| 2022 | - | $226.2M | - | -$226.2M | 2,432 | - | 27.7% | 51.2% |
| 2021 | - | $197.9M | - | -$197.9M | 2,308 | - | 27.9% | 50.4% |
| 2020 | - | $182.6M | - | -$182.6M | 2,241 | - | 27.2% | 56.0% |
| 0.84 |
| US median 0.28 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 77% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 75% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 65% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 73% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 69% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 62% | US median 71% |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 20% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 24% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 58% | US median 79% |
| 23 |
| $14,948.26 |
| $9,027.04 |
| $5,985.69 |
| DRG 194 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH CC | 23 | $17,886.48 | $9,367.70 | $5,880.23 |
| DRG 871 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC | 20 | $14,919.85 | $20,167.80 | $15,524.21 |
| DRG 392 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 19 | $10,166.00 | $8,671.05 | $5,662.18 |
| DRG 603 CELLULITIS WITHOUT MCC | 16 | $14,473.00 | $9,597.63 | $6,446.25 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 15 | $17,282.20 | $10,775.33 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 638 DIABETES WITH CC | 14 | $21,058.14 | $9,801.79 | $6,926.41 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 14 | $17,939.29 | $13,997.93 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 689 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 11 | $15,711.09 | $12,871.27 | $8,838.11 |
| DRG 442 DISORDERS OF LIVER EXCEPT MALIGNANCY, CIRRHOSIS OR ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS WITH CC | 11 | $12,014.36 | $11,726.82 | $8,006.74 |
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.
Fort Defiance Indian Hospital is a government-owned short-term acute care hospital in Ft. Defiance, AZ with 70 beds, part of Navajo Area Office.
Fort Defiance Indian Hospital in Ft. Defiance, AZ has 70 beds.
Fort Defiance Indian Hospital is part of Navajo Area Office, a health system with 6 hospitals based in Window Rock, AZ. It is a government-owned hospital.
Fort Defiance Indian Hospital has no overall star rating, usually because it reports too few quality measures (for example small, specialty or federal hospitals).
Yes, Fort Defiance Indian Hospital provides emergency services.
134 Medicare clinicians list Fort Defiance Indian Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Diagnostic Radiology, Internal Medicine, Family Practice.
In 2024, Fort Defiance Indian Hospital had 216 Medicare inpatient stays in 12 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 189 (pulmonary edema and respiratory failure) with 25 stays; Medicare paid $12,886.96 per stay on average, compared with $9,973.97 across all hospitals.