420 W High St, Dowagiac, MI, 49047 · (269) 782-8681
Beds
25
FY 2025
Star rating
Not rated
Overall rating
Net patient revenue
$15.9M
FY 2025
Net income
-$1.5M
Patient care margin -12.4%
Discharges
249
Occupancy 13.9%
Clinicians
75
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 | $15.9M | $17.9M | -12.4% | -$1.5M | 249 | $1.9M | 29.4% | 3.0% |
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 | 4.7% | US median 3.9% |
| Doctors always communicated well | 88% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 85% | US median 80% |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 60% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 76% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 76% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
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 | $17.3M | $18.5M | -6.9% | -$618K | 285 | $645K | 29.3% | 2.4% |
| 2023 | $18.2M | $21.8M | -19.8% | -$3.0M | 356 | $1.4M | 30.4% | 2.5% |
| 2022 | $23.4M | $24.8M | -5.8% | $342K | 378 | $1.8M | 30.4% | 2.4% |
| 2021 | $24.9M | $24.9M | -0.1% | $1.8M | 652 | $1.5M | 34.3% | 1.8% |
| 2020 | $23.0M | $25.9M | -12.7% | $285K | 463 | $1.9M | 33.4% | 0.6% |
| US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 76% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 0% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 74 min | US median 148 min |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 59% | US median 79% |
Ascension Borgess Lee Hospital is a nonprofit critical access hospital in Dowagiac, MI with 25 beds, part of Beacon Health System.
Ascension Borgess Lee Hospital in Dowagiac, MI has 25 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report). It discharged 249 inpatients that year, with 13.9% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), Ascension Borgess Lee Hospital reported net patient revenue of $15.9M and operating expenses of $17.9M, a margin on patient care of -12.4%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$1.5M (-9.2% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Ascension Borgess Lee Hospital is part of Beacon Health System, a health system with 8 hospitals based in Lansing, MI. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Ascension Borgess Lee Hospital has no overall star rating, usually because it reports too few quality measures (for example small, specialty or federal hospitals).
Yes, Ascension Borgess Lee Hospital provides emergency services.
75 Medicare clinicians list Ascension Borgess Lee Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Emergency Medicine, Nurse Practitioner, Internal Medicine.