150 North Eagle Creek Drive, Lexington, KY, 40509 · (859) 967-5000
Beds
108
FY 2025
Star rating
2 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$200.6M
FY 2025
Net income
$16.0M
Patient care margin 5.7%
Discharges
5,411
Occupancy 38.6%
Clinicians
533
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 | $200.6M | $189.1M | 5.7% | $16.0M | 5,411 | $5.7M | 9.2% | 4.1% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 8.3% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.4% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 13.1% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 10.6% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.9% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 15.6% |
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 | $219.5M | $196.2M | 10.6% | $28.6M | 5,666 | $6.3M | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| 2023 | $209.5M | $204.0M | 2.6% | $14.0M | 5,543 | $4.5M | 12.1% | 2.0% |
| 2022 | $218.7M | $215.5M | 1.5% | $14.0M | 5,741 | $4.9M | 15.1% | 2.5% |
| 2021 | $221.4M | $211.8M | 4.3% | $21.4M | 5,857 | $4.4M | 20.1% | 3.3% |
| 2020 | $200.6M | $189.1M | 5.7% | $24.6M | 6,247 | $6.7M | 18.6% | 2.6% |
| US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 22.1% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 5.4% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 18.3% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 3.6% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.88 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Doctors always communicated well | 78% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 79% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 61% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 69% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 70% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 69% | 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) | 131 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 12% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 81% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 45% | US median 79% |
| 21 |
| $33,676.38 |
| $6,485.62 |
| $7,681.44 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 16 | $28,722.81 | $8,516.63 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 15 | $19,820.40 | $7,609.40 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 470 MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 14 | $45,922.00 | $11,514.43 | $14,289.25 |
| DRG 309 CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC | 13 | $21,674.00 | $5,189.54 | $5,247.13 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 13 | $34,873.77 | $9,934.62 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 682 RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 13 | $44,000.62 | $10,136.69 | $11,457.18 |
| DRG 467 REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITH CC | 11 | $88,271.64 | $18,563.73 | $26,100.04 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 104 | 98 | $2,352.57 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 80 | 78 | $9,505.12 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 75 | 75 | $1,971.16 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 61 | 58 | $1,091.47 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5431 Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 46 | 41 | $1,299.86 | $1,406.61 |
| APC 5362 Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 27 | 27 | $7,267.91 | $8,164.45 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 23 | 20 | $1,340.10 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 21 | 20 | $3,565.29 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 20 | 20 | $1,888.62 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5091 Level 1 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures | 20 | 18 | $2,630.02 | $2,930.15 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 19 | 19 | $3,771.63 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 16 | 16 | $4,925.94 | $5,338.75 |
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.
Saint Joseph East is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Lexington, KY with 108 beds, part of CommonSpirit Health and a 2-star overall rating.
Saint Joseph East in Lexington, KY has 108 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 217 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 5,411 inpatients that year, with 38.6% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), Saint Joseph East reported net patient revenue of $200.6M and operating expenses of $189.1M, a margin on patient care of 5.7%. After other income and expenses its net income was $16.0M (7.8% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Saint Joseph East is part of CommonSpirit Health, a health system with 129 hospitals based in San Francisco, CA. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Saint Joseph East has an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Saint Joseph East provides emergency services.
533 Medicare clinicians list Saint Joseph East as a hospital they work at, most often in Internal Medicine, Family Practice, Nurse Practitioner.
In 2024, Saint Joseph East had 219 Medicare inpatient stays in 10 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 70 stays; Medicare paid $11,787.96 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.