7952 W Jefferson Blvd, Ft Wayne, IN, 46804 · (260) 435-2999
Beds
37
FY 2025
Star rating
Not rated
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$225.4M
FY 2025
Net income
$55.5M
Patient care margin 24.3%
Discharges
1,592
Occupancy 28.5%
Clinicians
188
Medicare clinicians who work here
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 | $225.4M | $170.6M | 24.3% | $55.5M | 1,592 | $1.1M | 22.2% | 8.1% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.8% | US median 3.9% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 7.1% | US median 5.8% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 4.3% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.84 | US median 0.96 |
| Doctors always communicated well |
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.
| 2024 | $208.8M | $157.3M | 24.6% | $51.8M | 1,582 | $1.2M | 22.8% | 7.6% |
| 2023 | $196.0M | $146.2M | 25.4% | $50.1M | 1,457 | $933K | 25.3% | 8.7% |
| 2022 | $168.9M | $126.7M | 25.0% | $43.5M | 1,495 | $516K | 23.0% | 8.6% |
| 2021 | $144.6M | $110.2M | 23.8% | $36.7M | 1,591 | $552K | 21.3% | 7.6% |
| 2020 | $125.5M | $95.3M | 24.1% | $30.9M | 1,719 | $407K | 24.9% | 7.5% |
| 83% |
| US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 78% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 64% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 71% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 74% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 69% | US median 71% |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 29% | US median 15% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 61% | US median 79% |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC |
| 26 |
| $121,995.04 |
| $11,497.62 |
| $15,801.33 |
| DRG 467 REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITH CC | 19 | $220,727.63 | $22,037.37 | $26,100.04 |
| DRG 522 HIP REPLACEMENT WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF HIP FRACTURE WITHOUT MCC | 19 | $149,865.53 | $12,198.05 | $15,768.13 |
| DRG 468 REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITHOUT CC/MCC | 19 | $238,454.58 | $15,692.68 | $19,721.95 |
| DRG 472 CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITH CC | 16 | $186,081.75 | $17,530.25 | $22,616.88 |
| DRG 483 MAJOR JOINT OR LIMB REATTACHMENT PROCEDURES OF UPPER EXTREMITIES | 14 | $193,125.07 | $15,214.29 | $19,439.49 |
| DRG 455 COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITHOUT CC/MCC | 13 | $364,060.46 | $26,736.92 | $33,846.56 |
| DRG 454 COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITH CC | 11 | $420,822.73 | $38,991.00 | $49,528.71 |
| DRG 493 LOWER EXTREMITY AND HUMERUS PROCEDURES EXCEPT HIP, FOOT AND FEMUR WITH CC | 11 | $114,433.55 | $14,435.73 | $18,731.31 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 524 | 495 | $9,621.26 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 230 | 230 | $4,575.81 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5112 Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 186 | 169 | $962.61 | $1,196.16 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 183 | 177 | $1,996.63 | $2,373.24 |
| APC 5116 Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 137 | 130 | $14,304.47 | $15,762.73 |
| APC 5431 Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 54 | 47 | $1,205.02 | $1,406.61 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 30 | 30 | $1,863.84 | $2,141.49 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 11 | 11 | $963.89 | $1,219.56 |
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.
The Orthopaedic Hospital of Lutheran Health Networ is a for-profit short-term acute care hospital in Ft Wayne, IN with 37 beds, part of Community Health Systems.
The Orthopaedic Hospital of Lutheran Health Networ in Ft Wayne, IN has 37 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 44 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 1,592 inpatients that year, with 28.5% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), The Orthopaedic Hospital of Lutheran Health Networ reported net patient revenue of $225.4M and operating expenses of $170.6M, a margin on patient care of 24.3%. After other income and expenses its net income was $55.5M (24.6% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
The Orthopaedic Hospital of Lutheran Health Networ is part of Community Health Systems (listed company, ticker CYH), a health system with 60 hospitals based in Franklin, TN. It is a for-profit hospital.
The Orthopaedic Hospital of Lutheran Health Networ has no overall star rating, usually because it reports too few quality measures (for example small, specialty or federal hospitals).
No, The Orthopaedic Hospital of Lutheran Health Networ does not list emergency services.
188 Medicare clinicians list The Orthopaedic Hospital of Lutheran Health Networ as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (Crna), Orthopedic Surgery.
In 2024, The Orthopaedic Hospital of Lutheran Health Networ had 234 Medicare inpatient stays in 11 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 460 (spinal fusion except cervical without mcc) with 59 stays; Medicare paid $22,085.56 per stay on average, compared with $27,891.78 across all hospitals.