555 South 70th St, Lincoln, NE, 68510 · (402) 219-7700
Beds
137
FY 2025
Star rating
4 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$202.2M
FY 2025
Net income
$20.2M
Patient care margin -1.6%
Discharges
8,207
Occupancy 66.8%
Clinicians
529
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 | $202.2M | $205.5M | -1.6% | $20.2M | 8,207 | $7.6M | 26.3% | 3.9% |
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 | 14.3% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 14.2% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 10.5% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.9% |
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 | $181.1M | $191.9M | -6.0% | $10.7M | 7,874 | $6.6M | 26.7% | 4.2% |
| 2023 | $163.6M | $186.0M | -13.7% | -$16.2M | 6,601 | $7.6M | 27.4% | 5.0% |
| 2022 | $160.6M | $181.0M | -12.7% | -$19.9M | 6,500 | $3.9M | 27.9% | 3.3% |
| 2021 | $162.7M | $176.2M | -8.3% | $36.8M | 7,126 | $10.0M | 32.2% | 4.8% |
| 2020 | $148.4M | $171.3M | -15.4% | -$8.3M | 6,194 | $9.4M | 35.8% | 2.9% |
| US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 20.9% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 7.3% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 18.2% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 3.7% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.79 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.10 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 1.25 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.38 | US median 0.72 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.42 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 73% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 73% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 55% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 65% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 65% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 67% | 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 | 19% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 76% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 88% | US median 79% |
| 52 |
| $139,086.69 |
| $36,089.96 |
| $40,556.82 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 48 | $31,346.54 | $6,282.19 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 467 REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITH CC | 35 | $90,106.57 | $20,351.80 | $26,100.04 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 34 | $54,892.85 | $12,972.21 | $15,801.33 |
| DRG 698 OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 33 | $56,749.97 | $11,450.88 | $13,076.55 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 30 | $62,319.43 | $11,752.30 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 470 MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 28 | $52,315.82 | $11,740.79 | $14,289.25 |
| DRG 468 REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITHOUT CC/MCC | 25 | $78,203.84 | $16,636.44 | $19,721.95 |
| DRG 682 RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 23 | $44,183.91 | $8,421.96 | $11,457.18 |
| DRG 522 HIP REPLACEMENT WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF HIP FRACTURE WITHOUT MCC | 21 | $55,553.52 | $13,552.71 | $15,768.13 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 21 | $37,443.43 | $7,676.52 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 480 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH MCC | 20 | $65,621.75 | $18,150.30 | $23,191.08 |
| DRG 377 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH MCC | 19 | $51,086.26 | $11,259.05 | $14,301.50 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 132 | 127 | $1,901.02 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 115 | 111 | $9,931.27 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 84 | 77 | $2,440.59 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 62 | 53 | $1,131.01 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5153 Level 3 Airway Endoscopy | 52 | 51 | $1,207.52 | $1,264.08 |
| APC 5465 Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures | 50 | 50 | $25,509.25 | $26,719.00 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 49 | 43 | $1,266.55 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 33 | 32 | $5,084.04 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5154 Level 4 Airway Endoscopy | 31 | 30 | $2,574.98 | $2,832.62 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 31 | 31 | $4,096.80 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5165 Level 5 ENT Procedures | 25 | 24 | $4,166.35 | $4,436.36 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 23 | 16 | $1,377.90 | $1,516.28 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
| Company | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker Corporation SYK | 3 | $13K |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $1,568 |
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.
CHI Health St. Elizabeth is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Lincoln, NE with 137 beds, part of CommonSpirit Health and a 4-star overall rating.
CHI Health St. Elizabeth in Lincoln, NE has 137 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 265 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 8,207 inpatients that year, with 66.8% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), CHI Health St. Elizabeth reported net patient revenue of $202.2M and operating expenses of $205.5M, a margin on patient care of -1.6%. After other income and expenses its net income was $20.2M (8.9% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
CHI Health St. Elizabeth is part of CommonSpirit Health, a health system with 129 hospitals based in San Francisco, CA. It is a nonprofit hospital.
CHI Health St. Elizabeth has an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, CHI Health St. Elizabeth provides emergency services.
529 Medicare clinicians list CHI Health St. Elizabeth as a hospital they work at, most often in Family Practice, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant.
In 2024, CHI Health St. Elizabeth had 912 Medicare inpatient stays in 32 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 237 stays; Medicare paid $12,465.13 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $14K in payments to CHI Health St. Elizabeth as a teaching hospital ($14K general and - for research) from 2 companies.