4321 Fir Street, East Chicago, IN, 46312 · (219) 392-7004
Beds
128
FY 2025
Star rating
4 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$166.8M
FY 2025
Net income
$8.9M
Patient care margin -13.3%
Discharges
5,111
Occupancy 56.4%
Clinicians
460
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 | $166.8M | $188.9M | -13.3% | $8.9M | 5,111 | $5.3M | 20.0% | 5.0% |
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 | 8.4% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 8.3% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4.1% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 11.8% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 7.9% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 18.6% |
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 | $163.5M | $173.6M | -6.2% | $7.9M | 5,158 | $3.8M | 19.2% | 9.1% |
| 2023 | $138.3M | $153.8M | -11.2% | $197K | 5,269 | $3.3M | 20.9% | 6.5% |
| 2022 | $133.3M | $150.4M | -12.8% | $7.1M | 5,174 | $3.4M | 21.6% | 7.2% |
| 2021 | $135.3M | $143.7M | -6.2% | $939K | 5,634 | $3.5M | 24.0% | 7.4% |
| 2020 | $131.8M | $146.0M | -10.8% | $10.7M | 5,614 | $5.1M | 28.2% | 9.0% |
| US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14.2% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.4% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 16% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 1.12 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.44 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.48 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 75% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 80% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 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 | 72% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 78% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 72% | 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) | 127 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 19% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 68% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 88% | US median 79% |
| Stroke patients who got a brain scan within 45 minutes of arrival | 92% | US median 74% |
| 40 |
| $54,255.53 |
| $13,734.85 |
| $15,524.21 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 23 | $49,822.83 | $9,720.13 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 23 | $123,667.30 | $34,164.52 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 20 | $29,154.10 | $5,398.80 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 16 | $39,534.38 | $9,735.13 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 640 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 14 | $42,246.07 | $9,559.93 | $10,642.23 |
| DRG 190 CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH MCC | 14 | $36,752.57 | $7,929.14 | $8,466.56 |
| DRG 641 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC | 13 | $25,202.00 | $5,652.85 | $5,829.71 |
| DRG 065 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 11 | $37,257.27 | $7,006.27 | $7,474.08 |
| DRG 271 OTHER MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH CC | 11 | $148,419.91 | $25,313.45 | $28,049.44 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 11 | $31,915.55 | $6,022.55 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 698 OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 11 | $45,530.64 | $12,060.00 | $13,076.55 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 172 | 161 | $1,999.33 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5112 Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 45 | 38 | $1,175.27 | $1,196.16 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 41 | 39 | $3,782.67 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 37 | 36 | $1,207.65 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 33 | 33 | $2,202.99 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5192 Level 2 Endovascular Procedures | 22 | 14 | $4,274.30 | $4,338.16 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 21 | 18 | $10,452.51 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 20 | 20 | $2,258.20 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 18 | 15 | $1,522.50 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 16 | 15 | $2,421.63 | $2,373.24 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 16 | 14 | $2,129.19 | $2,141.49 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 15 | 15 | $4,323.55 | $4,357.80 |
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 Catherine Hospital Inc is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in East Chicago, IN with 128 beds, part of Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana and a 4-star overall rating.
St Catherine Hospital Inc in East Chicago, IN has 128 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 189 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 5,111 inpatients that year, with 56.4% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), St Catherine Hospital Inc reported net patient revenue of $166.8M and operating expenses of $188.9M, a margin on patient care of -13.3%. After other income and expenses its net income was $8.9M (4.5% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
St Catherine Hospital Inc is part of Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana, a health system with 4 hospitals based in Munster, IN. It is a nonprofit hospital.
St Catherine Hospital Inc has an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, St Catherine Hospital Inc provides emergency services.
460 Medicare clinicians list St Catherine Hospital Inc as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Internal Medicine, Family Practice.
In 2024, St Catherine Hospital Inc had 470 Medicare inpatient stays in 14 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 885 (psychoses) with 209 stays; Medicare paid $10,043.85 per stay on average, compared with $11,869.17 across all hospitals.