24 Stevens Street, Norwalk, CT, 06856 · (203) 852-2000
Beds
186
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$381.1M
FY 2025
Net income
-$36.7M
Patient care margin -17.9%
Discharges
9,016
Occupancy 59.4%
Clinicians
564
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 | $381.1M | $449.2M | -17.9% | -$36.7M | 9,016 | $21.2M | 35.2% | 18.6% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for COPD patients | 7.3% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 10.9% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 10.7% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 14% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 9.1% | US median 11.6% |
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 | $374.1M | $435.1M | -16.3% | -$20.6M | 8,788 | $14.4M | 37.2% | 16.5% |
| 2023 | $354.9M | $413.7M | -16.6% | -$18.9M | 8,468 | $13.6M | 39.5% | 18.5% |
| 2022 | $334.9M | $394.3M | -17.7% | -$48.4M | 8,889 | $12.6M | 38.8% | 16.8% |
| 2021 | $344.6M | $372.8M | -8.2% | $22.0M | 8,688 | $10.9M | 38.8% | 18.6% |
| 2020 | $320.8M | $381.9M | -19.0% | $6.2M | 9,126 | $11.6M | 39.5% | 18.8% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 21.3% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 15.1% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 23% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 18.2% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.98 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.26 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.48 · better |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.84 | US median 0.72 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.56 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.69 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 77% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 74% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 49% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 64% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 73% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 68% | 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) | 200 min | US median 148 min |
| 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 | 52% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 76% | US median 79% |
| 95 |
| $44,015.21 |
| $9,268.42 |
| $7,681.44 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 76 | $48,380.32 | $14,742.04 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 689 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 60 | $39,062.50 | $10,190.82 | $8,838.11 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 49 | $181,891.69 | $47,619.31 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 45 | $49,456.80 | $10,785.80 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 42 | $84,557.98 | $18,679.31 | $15,801.33 |
| DRG 378 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC | 42 | $35,866.98 | $8,610.86 | $7,294.77 |
| DRG 640 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 41 | $41,480.02 | $12,322.05 | $10,642.23 |
| DRG 698 OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 39 | $56,848.15 | $14,708.31 | $13,076.55 |
| DRG 377 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH MCC | 35 | $63,865.23 | $17,112.54 | $14,301.50 |
| DRG 308 CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH MCC | 34 | $50,212.76 | $11,015.85 | $9,138.57 |
| DRG 309 CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC | 34 | $32,172.62 | $6,445.74 | $5,247.13 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 34 | $35,775.56 | $8,200.71 | $6,629.69 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 538 | 500 | $2,439.44 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 130 | 118 | $987.11 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 105 | 97 | $1,716.14 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 69 | 57 | $3,125.83 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 69 | 53 | $1,825.92 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 63 | 63 | $5,173.60 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 49 | 45 | $2,799.68 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 46 | 46 | $13,151.65 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5091 Level 1 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures | 36 | 35 | $3,417.75 | $2,930.15 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 33 | 29 | $4,639.54 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5341 Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures | 30 | 29 | $3,102.07 | $2,635.67 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 24 | 22 | $2,037.06 | $2,141.49 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
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.
Norwalk Hospital is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Norwalk, CT with 186 beds, part of Northwell Health and a 3-star overall rating.
Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, CT has 186 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 328 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 9,016 inpatients that year, with 59.4% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-09-30), Norwalk Hospital reported net patient revenue of $381.1M and operating expenses of $449.2M, a margin on patient care of -17.9%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$36.7M (-9.0% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Norwalk Hospital is part of Northwell Health, a health system with 21 hospitals based in Westbury, NY. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Norwalk Hospital has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey. 1 death rate measures are better and 0 worse than the national rate.
Yes, Norwalk Hospital provides emergency services.
564 Medicare clinicians list Norwalk Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Internal Medicine, Physician Assistant, Diagnostic Radiology.
In 2024, Norwalk Hospital had 2,078 Medicare inpatient stays in 60 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 474 stays; Medicare paid $17,915.50 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $215K in payments to Norwalk Hospital as a teaching hospital ($14K general and $201K for research) from 6 companies.