1001 E Pennsylvania, Ottumwa, IA, 52501 · (641) 682-7511
Beds
76
FY 2025
Star rating
2 of 5
Patient survey: 1 of 5
Net patient revenue
$81.6M
FY 2025
Net income
-$19.0M
Patient care margin -23.7%
Discharges
1,643
Occupancy 19.7%
Clinicians
117
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 | $81.6M | $100.9M | -23.7% | -$19.0M | 1,643 | $2.6M | 27.5% | 2.8% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 12.1% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 16.8% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 5% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 15.9% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 12.1% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.3% |
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 | $83.1M | $99.7M | -19.9% | -$16.1M | 1,514 | $1.9M | 27.4% | 2.4% |
| 2023 | $74.6M | $95.0M | -27.4% | -$19.9M | 1,459 | $1.8M | 27.9% | 2.7% |
| 2022 | $89.7M | $101.0M | -12.7% | -$10.7M | 1,978 | $1.8M | 36.7% | 1.6% |
| 2021 | $86.1M | $92.0M | -6.8% | $3.8M | 2,018 | $2.3M | 39.2% | 2.2% |
| 2020 | $76.0M | $70.9M | 6.6% | $1.1M | 2,070 | $1.8M | 39.5% | 0.6% |
| US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.4% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.91 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.86 | US median 0.28 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 64% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 65% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 1 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 47% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 45% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 61% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 41% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 4% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 166 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 17% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 62% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 71% | US median 79% |
| Stroke patients who got a brain scan within 45 minutes of arrival | 69% | US median 74% |
| 23 |
| $42,931.26 |
| $9,652.43 |
| $9,867.73 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 16 | $43,745.69 | $12,731.81 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 15 | $31,521.67 | $6,194.13 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 280 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 15 | $46,333.80 | $11,167.87 | $12,400.10 |
| DRG 309 CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC | 13 | $28,002.46 | $5,126.69 | $5,247.13 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 13 | $65,108.31 | $15,720.46 | $15,801.33 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 12 | $49,819.00 | $9,232.50 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 11 | $38,472.91 | $7,336.18 | $7,681.44 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 105 | 105 | $2,139.03 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 64 | 61 | $1,980.74 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 51 | 43 | $10,502.62 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 43 | 42 | $1,418.01 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 26 | 25 | $1,399.68 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5223 Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures | 24 | 24 | $8,222.60 | $8,569.01 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 23 | 23 | $3,807.54 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 20 | 18 | $2,308.74 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5222 Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures | 19 | 19 | $6,237.98 | $6,513.82 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 14 | 14 | $4,888.28 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 13 | 13 | $4,233.92 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 12 | 12 | $2,381.81 | $2,373.24 |
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.
Ottumwa Regional Health Center is a for-profit short-term acute care hospital in Ottumwa, IA with 76 beds, part of Lifepoint Health and a 2-star overall rating.
Ottumwa Regional Health Center in Ottumwa, IA has 76 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 235 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 1,643 inpatients that year, with 19.7% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-04-30), Ottumwa Regional Health Center reported net patient revenue of $81.6M and operating expenses of $100.9M, a margin on patient care of -23.7%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$19.0M (-23.2% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Ottumwa Regional Health Center is part of Lifepoint Health, a health system with 123 hospitals based in Brentwood, TN. It is a for-profit hospital.
Ottumwa Regional Health Center has an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 1 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Ottumwa Regional Health Center provides emergency services.
117 Medicare clinicians list Ottumwa Regional Health Center as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Diagnostic Radiology, Family Practice.
In 2024, Ottumwa Regional Health Center had 198 Medicare inpatient stays in 10 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 53 stays; Medicare paid $15,467.36 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.