3801 South National Avenue, Springfield, MO, 65807 · (417) 269-6000
Beds
771
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 2 of 5
Net patient revenue
$1.76B
FY 2025
Net income
$17.4M
Patient care margin -6.9%
Discharges
32,655
Occupancy 62.8%
Clinicians
1,179
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 | $1.76B | $1.88B | -6.9% | $17.4M | 32,655 | $49.1M | 16.6% | 7.1% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate after heart bypass surgery | 2.5% | US median 2.3% |
| Death rate for COPD patients | 7.3% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 12.3% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 13.4% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.5% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 12.3% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients |
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 | $1.69B | $1.77B | -4.7% | $166.8M | 33,515 | $46.7M | 17.8% | 9.4% |
| 2023 | $1.55B | $1.61B | -4.5% | $97.1M | 32,089 | $37.6M | 18.4% | 11.7% |
| 2022 | $1.38B | $1.48B | -7.6% | -$15.7M | 30,384 | $49.7M | 19.2% | 15.7% |
| 2021 | $1.32B | $1.37B | -4.2% | $196.8M | 31,138 | $72.2M | 21.6% | 13.4% |
| 2020 | $1.15B | $1.21B | -4.8% | -$146.3M | 30,655 | $67.7M | 23.0% | 16.3% |
| 14.1% |
| US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate after heart bypass surgery | 10.5% | US median 10.9% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.9% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14.9% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 19.8% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 6.1% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 16.8% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 4.3% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 1.20 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.47 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.42 | US median 0.48 · better |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.60 | US median 0.72 |
| Surgical site infections after hysterectomy (ratio to expected) | 0.80 | US median 0.81 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.20 | US median 0.60 · better |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.53 | US median 0.40 · better |
| Doctors always communicated well | 74% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 73% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 2 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 49% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 65% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 61% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 71% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 3% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 219 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 15% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 66% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 97% | US median 79% |
| Stroke patients who got a brain scan within 45 minutes of arrival | 47% | US median 74% |
| 128 |
| $47,139.02 |
| $9,226.36 |
| $9,867.73 |
| DRG 065 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 111 | $42,849.80 | $6,674.54 | $7,474.08 |
| DRG 291 HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 106 | $44,208.58 | $8,923.00 | $10,022.34 |
| DRG 309 CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC | 99 | $21,831.94 | $5,096.27 | $5,247.13 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 92 | $28,902.66 | $6,441.48 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 640 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 91 | $47,004.91 | $9,025.34 | $10,642.23 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 90 | $34,834.31 | $6,602.16 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 84 | $50,813.63 | $11,190.65 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 682 RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 74 | $44,264.20 | $10,524.69 | $11,457.18 |
| DRG 194 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH CC | 73 | $27,688.38 | $5,761.62 | $5,880.23 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 72 | $33,123.81 | $5,784.76 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 641 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC | 70 | $25,673.36 | $5,482.96 | $5,829.71 |
| DRG 392 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 67 | $29,071.66 | $5,461.69 | $5,662.18 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 428 | 415 | $1,808.50 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5431 Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 418 | 317 | $1,273.76 | $1,406.61 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 391 | 367 | $9,321.59 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 360 | 338 | $1,066.24 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 271 | 236 | $1,258.11 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 266 | 223 | $2,280.84 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 250 | 247 | $1,953.41 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 247 | 230 | $3,422.89 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 232 | 221 | $4,709.25 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 205 | 139 | $1,549.92 | $1,751.67 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 199 | 195 | $3,806.27 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 189 | 170 | $1,987.31 | $2,405.01 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
| Company | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC JNJ | 15 | $57K |
| Abbvie Inc. ABBV | 6 | $20K |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $13K |
| Insulet Corporation PODD | 11 | $12K |
| Stryker Corporation SYK | 4 | $9,035 |
| Genentech, Inc. ROG.SW | 2 | $4,900 |
| Baxter Healthcare BAX | 13 | $3,674 |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC MRK | 1 | $3,615 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. 4578.T | 3 | $3,000 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. LNTH | 1 | $2,500 |
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.
Cox Medical Centers is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Springfield, MO with 771 beds, part of CoxHealth and a 3-star overall rating.
Cox Medical Centers in Springfield, MO has 771 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 867 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 32,655 inpatients that year, with 62.8% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-09-30), Cox Medical Centers reported net patient revenue of $1.76B and operating expenses of $1.88B, a margin on patient care of -6.9%. After other income and expenses its net income was $17.4M (0.9% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Cox Medical Centers is part of CoxHealth, a health system with 4 hospitals based in Springfield, MO. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Cox Medical Centers has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 2 out of 5 stars in the patient survey. 0 death rate measures are better and 1 worse than the national rate.
Yes, Cox Medical Centers provides emergency services.
1,179 Medicare clinicians list Cox Medical Centers as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Family Practice, Physician Assistant.
In 2024, Cox Medical Centers had 4,879 Medicare inpatient stays in 146 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 435 stays; Medicare paid $13,108.31 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $148K in payments to Cox Medical Centers as a teaching hospital ($51K general and $97K for research) from 22 companies.