701 Superior Ave, Munster, IN, 46321 · (219) 922-4200
Beds
78
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$157.8M
FY 2025
Net income
-$2.8M
Patient care margin -13.8%
Discharges
4,248
Occupancy 63.1%
Clinicians
473
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 | $157.8M | $179.6M | -13.8% | -$2.8M | 4,248 | $5.8M | 31.4% | 1.2% |
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 | 9.5% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 12.5% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 10.7% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.6% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 15.6% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 10% | 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 | $153.5M | $156.4M | -1.9% | $7.0M | 2,931 | $4.6M | 29.9% | 1.1% |
| 2023 | $153.4M | $163.2M | -6.4% | -$6.7M | 3,735 | $5.3M | 36.8% | 6.1% |
| 2022 | $139.8M | $147.4M | -5.4% | -$4.3M | 3,715 | $4.8M | 33.4% | 11.7% |
| 2021 | $127.8M | $119.9M | 6.2% | $12.7M | 2,862 | $4.5M | 36.5% | 7.5% |
| 2020 | $104.1M | $103.7M | 0.4% | $5.4M | 2,658 | $7.4M | 39.5% | 6.0% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 18.9% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 15.1% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.1% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 5.6% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.8% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 3.8% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.87 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.67 | US median 0.28 |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.88 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 1.32 | US median 0.72 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.41 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 77% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 80% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 65% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 75% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 73% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 73% | 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) | 150 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 | 64% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 32% | US median 79% |
| Stroke patients who got a brain scan within 45 minutes of arrival | 11% | US median 74% |
| 47 |
| $40,757.11 |
| $8,278.72 |
| $9,867.73 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 42 | $37,015.50 | $8,581.76 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 37 | $61,578.32 | $11,848.41 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 378 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC | 28 | $40,931.36 | $6,463.39 | $7,294.77 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 23 | $31,028.70 | $5,873.43 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 392 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 23 | $25,881.52 | $5,134.83 | $5,662.18 |
| DRG 698 OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 22 | $44,321.41 | $10,899.68 | $13,076.55 |
| DRG 689 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 21 | $34,025.81 | $7,557.67 | $8,838.11 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 20 | $165,760.10 | $32,562.45 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 280 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 19 | $58,498.84 | $9,662.63 | $12,400.10 |
| DRG 682 RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 19 | $43,928.79 | $10,366.37 | $11,457.18 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 18 | $31,991.83 | $6,065.78 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 641 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC | 18 | $26,106.56 | $4,899.78 | $5,829.71 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 307 | 181 | $1,722.82 | $1,751.67 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 172 | 155 | $1,414.46 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 157 | 147 | $10,589.46 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 148 | 144 | $1,954.03 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5492 Level 2 Intraocular Procedures | 145 | 133 | $3,002.20 | $3,116.50 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 66 | 63 | $1,188.14 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 51 | 48 | $2,419.14 | $2,373.24 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 46 | 46 | $1,963.47 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5154 Level 4 Airway Endoscopy | 38 | 36 | $2,806.07 | $2,832.62 |
| APC 5313 Level 3 Lower GI Procedures | 34 | 34 | $2,148.68 | $2,176.09 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 33 | 32 | $5,202.36 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 27 | 27 | $4,163.42 | $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.
Franciscan Health Munster is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Munster, IN with 78 beds, part of Franciscan Health and a 3-star overall rating.
Franciscan Health Munster in Munster, IN has 78 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 63 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 4,248 inpatients that year, with 63.1% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), Franciscan Health Munster reported net patient revenue of $157.8M and operating expenses of $179.6M, a margin on patient care of -13.8%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$2.8M (-1.6% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Franciscan Health Munster is part of Franciscan Health, a health system with 10 hospitals based in Mishawaka, IN. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Franciscan Health Munster has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 4 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Franciscan Health Munster provides emergency services.
473 Medicare clinicians list Franciscan Health Munster as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Family Practice, Internal Medicine.
In 2024, Franciscan Health Munster had 620 Medicare inpatient stays in 24 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 80 stays; Medicare paid $12,175.74 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.