400 S Clark St, Butte, MT, 59701 · (406) 723-2500
Beds
69
FY 2025
Star rating
2 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$134.1M
FY 2025
Net income
-$9.9M
Patient care margin -6.0%
Discharges
2,502
Occupancy 37.2%
Clinicians
338
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 | $134.1M | $142.1M | -6.0% | -$9.9M | 2,502 | $4.6M | 30.3% | 19.2% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 10.2% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 11.7% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.6% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 16.3% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 8.2% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 20% |
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 | $130.4M | $135.4M | -3.8% | -$3.7M | 2,641 | $4.4M | 36.1% | 19.6% |
| 2023 | $134.0M | $141.8M | -5.8% | -$9.8M | 2,693 | $3.2M | 37.7% | 20.8% |
| 2022 | $164.5M | $177.5M | -7.9% | $738K | 2,857 | $2.3M | 40.8% | 21.6% |
| 2021 | $156.0M | $159.1M | -2.0% | $11.2M | 3,279 | $2.5M | 43.9% | 23.4% |
| 2020 | $135.6M | $135.1M | 0.3% | $10.7M | 3,161 | $2.1M | 45.0% | 21.2% |
| US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 19.4% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 16.7% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 1.16 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.92 | US median 0.28 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 82% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 81% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 64% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 72% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 68% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 66% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 2% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 153 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 16% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 68% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 89% | US median 79% |
| 36 |
| $41,179.42 |
| $11,627.00 |
| $10,022.34 |
| DRG 698 OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 32 | $41,135.81 | $15,054.13 | $13,076.55 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 28 | $33,384.82 | $14,136.50 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 17 | $28,278.29 | $11,288.76 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 17 | $115,051.76 | $46,254.76 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 15 | $67,718.87 | $18,315.53 | $15,801.33 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 15 | $39,123.20 | $9,753.67 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 322 PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITHOUT MCC | 14 | $67,892.86 | $15,933.07 | $12,904.99 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 11 | $24,746.36 | $7,523.45 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 522 HIP REPLACEMENT WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF HIP FRACTURE WITHOUT MCC | 11 | $72,739.55 | $18,829.64 | $15,768.13 |
| DRG 065 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 11 | $30,081.55 | $8,348.09 | $7,474.08 |
| DRG 175 PULMONARY EMBOLISM WITH MCC OR ACUTE COR PULMONALE | 11 | $54,388.45 | $12,721.27 | $10,788.07 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 222 | 204 | $2,178.64 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 157 | 154 | $2,321.73 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5431 Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 83 | 70 | $1,544.66 | $1,406.61 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 62 | 55 | $2,544.72 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | 54 | 47 | $9,399.73 | $8,873.86 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 52 | 48 | $1,297.07 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5223 Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures | 43 | 42 | $9,072.06 | $8,569.01 |
| APC 5182 Level 2 Vascular Procedures | 33 | 31 | $1,281.27 | $1,204.32 |
| APC 5222 Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures | 32 | 31 | $6,896.58 | $6,513.82 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 29 | 28 | $11,562.19 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 19 | 19 | $2,273.27 | $2,141.49 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 19 | 12 | $1,531.22 | $1,516.28 |
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.
St James Hospital is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Butte, MT with 69 beds, part of Intermountain Health and a 2-star overall rating.
St James Hospital in Butte, MT has 69 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 98 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 2,502 inpatients that year, with 37.2% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), St James Hospital reported net patient revenue of $134.1M and operating expenses of $142.1M, a margin on patient care of -6.0%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$9.9M (-7.0% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
St James Hospital is part of Intermountain Health, a health system with 29 hospitals based in Salt Lake City, UT. It is a nonprofit hospital.
St James 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, St James Hospital provides emergency services.
338 Medicare clinicians list St James Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Diagnostic Radiology, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant.
In 2024, St James Hospital had 460 Medicare inpatient stays in 14 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 188 stays; Medicare paid $17,624.11 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.