7th and Clayton Sts, Wilmington, DE, 19805 · (302) 421-4100
Beds
146
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 2 of 5
Net patient revenue
$116.2M
FY 2025
Net income
-$5.7M
Patient care margin -6.9%
Discharges
3,497
Occupancy 27.4%
Clinicians
250
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 | $116.2M | $124.2M | -6.9% | -$5.7M | 3,497 | $6.8M | 22.8% | 6.4% |
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 | 10.2% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 13.1% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 9.1% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.8% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 12.5% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 9.8% | 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 | $134.2M | $127.4M | 5.1% | $8.9M | 4,150 | $6.0M | 20.7% | 6.6% |
| 2023 | $129.0M | $132.3M | -2.5% | -$1.3M | 5,220 | $7.1M | 28.4% | 5.3% |
| 2022 | $146.0M | $161.0M | -10.3% | -$6.0M | 5,220 | $6.0M | 25.1% | 9.2% |
| 2021 | $156.8M | $165.8M | -5.8% | $10.1M | 5,579 | $5.7M | 28.8% | 8.1% |
| 2020 | $152.6M | $165.9M | -8.7% | -$6.0M | 6,532 | $5.4M | 31.1% | 8.4% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 21.8% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14.1% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 20.5% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.7% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.88 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.53 | US median 0.28 |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 1.46 | US median 0.48 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.71 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 76% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 76% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 2 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 61% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 63% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 62% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 64% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 8% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 192 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 13% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 93% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 44% | US median 79% |
| 24 |
| $28,843.04 |
| $7,344.63 |
| $7,681.44 |
| DRG 640 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 21 | $37,931.29 | $10,772.95 | $10,642.23 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 16 | $60,087.19 | $9,671.63 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 16 | $29,663.25 | $7,271.13 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 15 | $30,738.33 | $10,030.33 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 190 CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH MCC | 15 | $32,319.20 | $9,239.40 | $8,466.56 |
| DRG 308 CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH MCC | 14 | $35,034.93 | $9,980.64 | $9,138.57 |
| DRG 641 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC | 13 | $30,414.69 | $5,864.85 | $5,829.71 |
| DRG 603 CELLULITIS WITHOUT MCC | 13 | $24,373.46 | $6,483.46 | $6,446.25 |
| DRG 698 OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 12 | $51,550.42 | $12,396.83 | $13,076.55 |
| DRG 065 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 11 | $30,578.45 | $7,772.55 | $7,474.08 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 11 | $30,992.36 | $6,435.55 | $5,985.69 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 164 | 154 | $2,139.70 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 159 | 153 | $4,424.04 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 56 | 30 | $1,269.62 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 36 | 36 | $2,537.28 | $2,373.24 |
| APC 5341 Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures | 28 | 28 | $2,642.15 | $2,635.67 |
| APC 5414 Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures | 27 | 26 | $2,448.60 | $2,389.24 |
| APC 5223 Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures | 26 | 25 | $8,863.66 | $8,569.01 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 24 | 24 | $2,297.39 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 19 | 18 | $11,296.49 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5165 Level 5 ENT Procedures | 17 | 17 | $4,590.50 | $4,436.36 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 12 | 12 | $2,290.37 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 11 | 11 | $5,607.88 | $5,338.75 |
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.
St Francis Hospital is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Wilmington, DE with 146 beds, part of Trinity Health and a 3-star overall rating.
St Francis Hospital in Wilmington, DE has 146 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 395 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 3,497 inpatients that year, with 27.4% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), St Francis Hospital reported net patient revenue of $116.2M and operating expenses of $124.2M, a margin on patient care of -6.9%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$5.7M (-4.8% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
St Francis Hospital is part of Trinity Health, a health system with 62 hospitals based in Livonia, MI. It is a nonprofit hospital.
St Francis Hospital has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 2 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, St Francis Hospital provides emergency services.
250 Medicare clinicians list St Francis Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Family Practice, Diagnostic Radiology, Nurse Practitioner.
In 2024, St Francis Hospital had 283 Medicare inpatient stays in 14 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 66 stays; Medicare paid $15,235.05 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $64K in payments to St Francis Hospital as a teaching hospital ($30K general and $34K for research) from 3 companies.