3565 S State Road, Ionia, MI, 48846 · (616) 527-4200
Beds
22
FY 2025
Star rating
2 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$73.8M
FY 2025
Net income
$13.6M
Patient care margin 17.2%
Discharges
762
Occupancy 30.3%
Clinicians
176
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 | $73.8M | $61.1M | 17.2% | $13.6M | 762 | $2.4M | 18.1% | 2.3% |
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 | 7.7% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 10.4% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.2% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 15.2% | US median 15.2% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 18.8% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 20.8% |
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.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $71.4M | $59.2M | 17.0% | $14.1M | 615 | $1.8M | 26.0% | 2.3% |
| 2022 | $65.0M | $58.7M | 9.7% | $9.3M | 843 | $1.4M | 24.3% | 2.6% |
| 2021 | $64.7M | $57.2M | 11.6% | $8.6M | 889 | $1.9M | 26.6% | 3.0% |
| 2020 | $52.7M | $53.7M | -2.0% | $7.3M | 589 | $2.8M | 27.7% | 2.7% |
| US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 15.9% | US median 17.2% |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.28 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 72% | 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 | 69% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 73% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 86% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 74% | 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) | 158 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 17% | US median 15% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 66% | US median 79% |
Sparrow Ionia Hospital is a nonprofit critical access hospital in Ionia, MI with 22 beds, part of University of Michigan Health System and a 2-star overall rating.
Sparrow Ionia Hospital in Ionia, MI has 22 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 25 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 762 inpatients that year, with 30.3% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), Sparrow Ionia Hospital reported net patient revenue of $73.8M and operating expenses of $61.1M, a margin on patient care of 17.2%. After other income and expenses its net income was $13.6M (18.2% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Sparrow Ionia Hospital is part of University of Michigan Health System, a health system with 8 hospitals based in Lansing, MI. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Sparrow Ionia Hospital has an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 4 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Sparrow Ionia Hospital provides emergency services.
176 Medicare clinicians list Sparrow Ionia Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Family Practice, Internal Medicine.