333 N Madison St, Joliet, IL, 60435 · (815) 725-7133
Beds
263
FY 2025
Star rating
1 of 5
Patient survey: 2 of 5
Net patient revenue
$235.8M
FY 2025
Net income
-$57.0M
Patient care margin -24.9%
Discharges
12,088
Occupancy 71.3%
Clinicians
498
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 | $235.8M | $294.6M | -24.9% | -$57.0M | 12,088 | $9.6M | 28.1% | 5.0% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate after heart bypass surgery | 2.7% | US median 2.3% |
| Death rate for COPD patients | 8.2% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 13% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 9.4% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4.5% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 13.2% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients |
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 | $318.4M | $417.4M | -31.1% | -$95.6M | 14,124 | $13.2M | 30.3% | 4.6% |
| 2023 | $352.7M | $388.1M | -10.0% | -$32.4M | 14,290 | $13.7M | 34.5% | 4.8% |
| 2022 | $367.9M | $389.9M | -6.0% | -$17.6M | 14,679 | $13.4M | 35.4% | 5.4% |
| 2021 | $338.2M | $367.2M | -8.6% | $2.4M | 14,030 | $16.9M | 38.3% | 5.0% |
| 2020 | $335.7M | $374.9M | -11.7% | -$13.3M | 16,701 | $16.3M | 40.1% | 6.4% |
| 14.5% |
| US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate after heart bypass surgery | 11.5% | US median 10.9% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 20.4% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 15.5% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 20.5% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.5% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 1.37 | US median 0.96 · worse |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.71 | US median 0.28 |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.59 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.96 | US median 0.72 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 1.17 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 1.61 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 69% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 69% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 2 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 58% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 52% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 56% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 50% | US median 71% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 197 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 39% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 68% | US median 79% |
| 171 |
| $77,120.54 |
| $10,998.53 |
| $12,667.88 |
| DRG 885 PSYCHOSES | 75 | $36,470.33 | $9,435.32 | $11,869.17 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 71 | $60,880.73 | $8,626.65 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 280 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 64 | $94,170.58 | $10,592.92 | $12,400.10 |
| DRG 682 RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 61 | $69,935.84 | $9,731.51 | $11,457.18 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 61 | $42,107.16 | $5,020.28 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 59 | $59,472.68 | $8,414.12 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 689 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 58 | $56,525.53 | $7,767.71 | $8,838.11 |
| DRG 064 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCC | 57 | $87,045.42 | $12,310.07 | $15,695.20 |
| DRG 392 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 54 | $42,483.44 | $4,815.96 | $5,662.18 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 49 | $45,496.88 | $5,903.33 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 065 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 44 | $75,418.55 | $6,222.07 | $7,474.08 |
| DRG 377 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH MCC | 44 | $89,749.57 | $12,786.30 | $14,301.50 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 359 | 324 | $2,058.41 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 179 | 179 | $2,173.58 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | 108 | 101 | $8,802.86 | $8,873.86 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 103 | 98 | $2,609.65 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 75 | 73 | $3,908.89 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5431 Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 74 | 60 | $1,440.79 | $1,406.61 |
| APC 5213 Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures | 66 | 61 | $20,852.28 | $21,117.37 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 63 | 62 | $4,364.67 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 61 | 53 | $1,420.20 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5492 Level 2 Intraocular Procedures | 58 | 53 | $3,021.73 | $3,116.50 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 53 | 52 | $2,407.60 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5194 Level 4 Endovascular Procedures | 47 | 46 | $14,976.08 | $14,606.35 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
| Company | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. BIO | 9 | $4,062 |
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.
Saint Joseph Medical Center is a for-profit short-term acute care hospital in Joliet, IL with 263 beds, part of Prime Healthcare and a 1-star overall rating.
Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, IL has 263 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 443 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 12,088 inpatients that year, with 71.3% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), Saint Joseph Medical Center reported net patient revenue of $235.8M and operating expenses of $294.6M, a margin on patient care of -24.9%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$57.0M (-24.0% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Saint Joseph Medical Center is part of Prime Healthcare, a health system with 47 hospitals based in Ontario, CA. It is a for-profit hospital.
Saint Joseph Medical Center has an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 2 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Saint Joseph Medical Center provides emergency services.
498 Medicare clinicians list Saint Joseph Medical Center as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Diagnostic Radiology, Internal Medicine.
In 2024, Saint Joseph Medical Center had 2,839 Medicare inpatient stays in 87 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 226 stays; Medicare paid $13,167.63 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $4,062 in payments to Saint Joseph Medical Center as a teaching hospital ($4,062 general and - for research) from 1 companies.