1901 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL, 60612 · (312) 864-6000
Beds
429
FY 2025
Star rating
2 of 5
Patient survey: 2 of 5
Net patient revenue
$224.0M
FY 2025
Net income
$8.4M
Patient care margin -501.8%
Discharges
15,820
Occupancy 56.0%
Clinicians
673
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 | $224.0M | $1.35B | -501.8% | $8.4M | 15,820 | $396.0M | 8.3% | 11.3% |
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 | 6.6% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 12.1% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 8.3% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.1% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 11.6% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 9.4% | 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 | $485.3M | $1.30B | -168.1% | $83.2M | 15,073 | $330.2M | 8.2% | 12.9% |
| 2023 | $669.1M | $1.16B | -74.0% | $498.5M | 15,873 | $152.7M | 9.6% | 14.6% |
| 2022 | $945.3M | $1.16B | -22.4% | $326.0M | 15,773 | $193.3M | 9.5% | 11.8% |
| 2021 | $711.0M | $946.2M | -33.1% | $157.6M | 15,950 | $207.0M | 9.4% | 16.9% |
| 2020 | $802.4M | $958.6M | -19.5% | $84.7M | 15,808 | $297.2M | 10.2% | 24.8% |
| Readmission rate after heart bypass surgery | 12.3% | US median 10.9% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.7% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14.4% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 20.9% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 16.8% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.91 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.53 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.55 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.41 | US median 0.72 |
| Surgical site infections after hysterectomy (ratio to expected) | 0.80 | US median 0.81 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 1.09 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.63 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 79% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 72% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 2 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 50% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 66% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 58% | 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) | 293 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 5% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 42% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 83% | US median 79% |
| 21 |
| $254,259.52 |
| $152,783.90 |
| $40,556.82 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 17 | $53,578.06 | $53,074.41 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 286 CIRCULATORY DISORDERS EXCEPT AMI, WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITH MCC | 16 | $51,511.88 | $65,149.94 | $17,632.75 |
| DRG 312 SYNCOPE AND COLLAPSE | 16 | $28,112.88 | $50,492.38 | $6,636.32 |
| DRG 682 RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 14 | $42,237.43 | $55,679.21 | $11,457.18 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 14 | $28,932.36 | $56,631.29 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 280 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 14 | $65,796.50 | $65,546.43 | $12,400.10 |
| DRG 552 MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS WITHOUT MCC | 13 | $25,019.08 | $57,930.46 | $7,114.44 |
| DRG 603 CELLULITIS WITHOUT MCC | 13 | $19,774.54 | $47,245.85 | $6,446.25 |
| DRG 190 CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH MCC | 12 | $28,939.25 | $53,888.83 | $8,466.56 |
| DRG 064 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCC | 11 | $83,481.73 | $58,458.00 | $15,695.20 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 11 | $34,785.55 | $54,098.91 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 640 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 11 | $53,635.64 | $67,368.91 | $10,642.23 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 252 | 223 | $2,060.72 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5372 Level 2 Urology and Related Services | 100 | 55 | $511.24 | $502.15 |
| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 98 | 85 | $1,741.83 | $1,751.67 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 78 | 67 | $1,517.29 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 59 | 54 | $1,202.36 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 46 | 42 | $2,403.68 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 42 | 31 | $2,570.73 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 32 | 31 | $2,218.06 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 26 | 23 | $3,903.44 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 26 | 26 | $2,149.43 | $2,141.49 |
| APC 5192 Level 2 Endovascular Procedures | 25 | 21 | $4,323.58 | $4,338.16 |
| APC 5184 Level 4 Vascular Procedures | 19 | 16 | $3,718.85 | $3,945.82 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
| Company | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Biotronik Inc. | 3 | $9,569 |
| Eidos Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $2,778 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc MMSI | 1 | $163 |
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.
John H Stroger Jr Hospital is a government-owned short-term acute care hospital in Chicago, IL with 429 beds, part of Cook County Health and Hospital System and a 2-star overall rating.
John H Stroger Jr Hospital in Chicago, IL has 429 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 918 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 15,820 inpatients that year, with 56.0% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-11-30), John H Stroger Jr Hospital reported net patient revenue of $224.0M and operating expenses of $1.35B, a margin on patient care of -501.8%. After other income and expenses its net income was $8.4M (0.6% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
John H Stroger Jr Hospital is part of Cook County Health and Hospital System, a health system with 2 hospitals based in Chicago, IL. It is a government-owned hospital.
John H Stroger Jr Hospital has an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 2 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, John H Stroger Jr Hospital provides emergency services.
673 Medicare clinicians list John H Stroger Jr Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Internal Medicine, Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner.
In 2024, John H Stroger Jr Hospital had 318 Medicare inpatient stays in 16 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 291 (heart failure and shock with mcc) with 70 stays; Medicare paid $60,722.51 per stay on average, compared with $10,022.34 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $13K in payments to John H Stroger Jr Hospital as a teaching hospital ($9,731 general and $2,778 for research) from 3 companies.