1201 S Grand Blvd, Saint Louis, MO, 63104 · (314) 257-8000
Beds
391
FY 2025
Star rating
1 of 5
Patient survey: 2 of 5
Net patient revenue
$963.5M
FY 2025
Net income
$126.2M
Patient care margin -6.0%
Discharges
19,909
Occupancy 90.9%
Clinicians
816
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 | $963.5M | $1.02B | -6.0% | $126.2M | 19,909 | $15.2M | 17.0% | 8.1% |
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 | 2.2% | US median 2.3% |
| Death rate for COPD patients | 7.4% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 12.8% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 11.5% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.1% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 14.1% | 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 | $861.8M | $920.7M | -6.8% | $13.8M | 16,904 | $27.2M | 17.9% | 7.9% |
| 2023 | $803.2M | $871.0M | -8.4% | -$31.4M | 23,767 | $27.0M | 18.0% | 9.0% |
| 2022 | $772.2M | $821.5M | -6.4% | -$4.9M | 14,341 | $28.3M | 20.2% | 12.2% |
| 2021 | $693.5M | $743.3M | -7.2% | $9.6M | 13,951 | $37.5M | 21.5% | 12.6% |
| 2020 | $600.8M | $658.3M | -9.6% | -$18.2M | 12,614 | $44.3M | 24.8% | 13.3% |
| 11.3% |
| US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate after heart bypass surgery | 12.4% | US median 10.9% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.1% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 15% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.7% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 1.14 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.23 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.96 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.68 | US median 0.72 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 1.12 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.39 | US median 0.40 · better |
| Doctors always communicated well | 75% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 74% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 2 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 62% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 63% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 60% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 65% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 5% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 335 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 | 39% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 53% | US median 79% |
| DRG 064 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCC |
| 61 |
| $88,436.79 |
| $18,550.07 |
| $15,695.20 |
| DRG 291 HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 60 | $54,783.87 | $12,899.03 | $10,022.34 |
| DRG 065 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 44 | $50,042.34 | $9,766.91 | $7,474.08 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 39 | $273,672.87 | $51,263.85 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 38 | $111,788.89 | $19,357.82 | $15,801.33 |
| DRG 274 PERCUTANEOUS AND OTHER INTRACARDIAC PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 38 | $112,883.53 | $29,894.50 | $24,748.54 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 33 | $53,346.70 | $11,979.97 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 699 OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH CC | 31 | $46,156.45 | $9,529.74 | $8,250.73 |
| DRG 432 CIRRHOSIS AND ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS WITH MCC | 30 | $80,847.00 | $19,221.27 | $16,644.91 |
| DRG 698 OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 29 | $83,337.52 | $16,325.79 | $13,076.55 |
| DRG 870 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITH MV >96 HOURS | 28 | $220,675.54 | $58,551.79 | $58,777.93 |
| DRG 480 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH MCC | 28 | $134,876.86 | $26,553.36 | $23,191.08 |
| DRG 441 DISORDERS OF LIVER EXCEPT MALIGNANCY, CIRRHOSIS OR ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS WITH MCC | 28 | $56,506.75 | $18,013.07 | $16,563.51 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 202 | 164 | $1,319.45 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 161 | 144 | $1,880.49 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 130 | 117 | $1,047.02 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 126 | 78 | $1,622.29 | $1,751.67 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 99 | 81 | $1,977.01 | $2,141.49 |
| APC 5184 Level 4 Vascular Procedures | 76 | 61 | $3,222.27 | $3,945.82 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 76 | 68 | $2,117.64 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | 72 | 57 | $7,866.79 | $8,873.86 |
| APC 5153 Level 3 Airway Endoscopy | 64 | 47 | $1,180.94 | $1,264.08 |
| APC 5154 Level 4 Airway Endoscopy | 62 | 55 | $2,608.02 | $2,832.62 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 53 | 52 | $2,045.88 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 51 | 40 | $1,417.29 | $1,516.28 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
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.
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Saint Louis, MO with 391 beds, part of SSM Health and a 1-star overall rating.
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital in Saint Louis, MO has 391 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 438 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 19,909 inpatients that year, with 90.9% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital reported net patient revenue of $963.5M and operating expenses of $1.02B, a margin on patient care of -6.0%. After other income and expenses its net income was $126.2M (10.8% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital is part of SSM Health, a health system with 24 hospitals based in St. Louis, MO. It is a nonprofit hospital.
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital has an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 2 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital provides emergency services.
816 Medicare clinicians list SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Hospitalist, Internal Medicine.
In 2024, SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital had 1,852 Medicare inpatient stays in 84 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 142 stays; Medicare paid $18,472.89 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $167K in payments to SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital as a teaching hospital ($111K general and $56K for research) from 8 companies.