303 Catlin Street, Buffalo, MN, 55313 · (763) 682-1212
Beds
40
FY 2025
Star rating
5 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$113.7M
FY 2025
Net income
$19.7M
Patient care margin 13.5%
Discharges
2,622
Occupancy 54.5%
Clinicians
284
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 | $113.7M | $98.4M | 13.5% | $19.7M | 2,622 | $2.0M | 21.3% | 6.2% |
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 | 8.7% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 2.9% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 13.2% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 10.1% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 20.3% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 18.8% |
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 | $104.2M | $91.0M | 12.6% | $17.3M | 2,381 | $1.7M | 21.4% | 7.0% |
| 2023 | $99.3M | $87.5M | 11.9% | $15.7M | 2,142 | $1.5M | 21.2% | 6.0% |
| 2022 | $90.0M | $82.5M | 8.4% | $11.5M | 1,975 | $2.0M | 22.6% | 6.7% |
| 2021 | $88.3M | $80.2M | 9.2% | $10.7M | 1,966 | $1.8M | 22.3% | 6.8% |
| 2020 | $81.7M | $81.6M | 0.1% | $4.7M | 1,924 | $2.1M | 25.6% | 7.6% |
| US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 5.9% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 4.2% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.91 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.28 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 85% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 83% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 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 | 74% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 65% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 72% | 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) | 138 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 11% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 56% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 58% | US median 79% |
| DRG 291 HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 28 | $23,376.54 | $9,028.93 | $10,022.34 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 21 | $17,738.90 | $7,814.33 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 18 | $23,936.56 | $10,019.06 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 15 | $15,939.33 | $5,737.80 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 194 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH CC | 12 | $14,987.00 | $6,223.17 | $5,880.23 |
| DRG 065 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 11 | $23,806.45 | $7,226.64 | $7,474.08 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 11 | $17,038.91 | $7,054.36 | $6,629.69 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 306 | 178 | $1,756.41 | $1,751.67 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 111 | 101 | $2,065.88 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 47 | 44 | $10,930.04 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 42 | 40 | $2,402.00 | $2,373.24 |
| APC 5493 Level 3 Intraocular Procedures | 29 | 18 | $3,980.52 | $4,003.85 |
| APC 5112 Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 23 | 20 | $1,117.60 | $1,196.16 |
| APC 5492 Level 2 Intraocular Procedures | 20 | 17 | $3,093.48 | $3,116.50 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 19 | 19 | $4,163.13 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 15 | 12 | $5,085.30 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 13 | 12 | $1,139.80 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 13 | 13 | $2,164.08 | $2,141.49 |
| APC 5431 Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 11 | - | $1,470.48 | $1,406.61 |
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.
Buffalo Hospital is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Buffalo, MN with 40 beds, part of Allina Health and a 5-star overall rating.
Buffalo Hospital in Buffalo, MN has 40 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 65 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 2,622 inpatients that year, with 54.5% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), Buffalo Hospital reported net patient revenue of $113.7M and operating expenses of $98.4M, a margin on patient care of 13.5%. After other income and expenses its net income was $19.7M (16.6% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Buffalo Hospital is part of Allina Health, a health system with 10 hospitals based in Minneapolis, MN. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Buffalo Hospital has an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 4 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
No, Buffalo Hospital does not list emergency services.
284 Medicare clinicians list Buffalo Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Physician Assistant, Family Practice, Nurse Practitioner.
In 2024, Buffalo Hospital had 215 Medicare inpatient stays in 9 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 67 stays; Medicare paid $14,620.69 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.