2157 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14214 · (716) 862-1000
Beds
276
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$426.0M
FY 2025
Net income
$12.1M
Patient care margin -17.4%
Discharges
14,234
Occupancy 70.3%
Clinicians
1,286
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 | $426.0M | $500.2M | -17.4% | $12.1M | 14,234 | $10.0M | 9.0% | 9.8% |
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 | 9.1% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 11.1% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.8% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 11.6% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 9.9% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 20.7% |
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 | $398.8M | $471.8M | -18.3% | $32.3M | 11,165 | $8.4M | 8.7% | 6.0% |
| 2023 | $341.4M | $433.8M | -27.1% | -$12.4M | 10,989 | $6.5M | 9.9% | 3.9% |
| 2022 | $314.5M | $417.7M | -32.8% | -$51.5M | 11,156 | $5.8M | 13.5% | 4.1% |
| 2021 | $303.5M | $398.8M | -31.4% | -$33.4M | 11,514 | $7.9M | 13.5% | 3.6% |
| 2020 | $276.3M | $373.9M | -35.3% | -$18.2M | 11,244 | $6.5M | 14.3% | 3.6% |
| US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14.3% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 22.3% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 5.3% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 18.3% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 4% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 1.71 | US median 0.96 · worse |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.04 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.23 | US median 0.48 · better |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.89 | US median 0.72 |
| Surgical site infections after hysterectomy (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.81 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.26 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.40 · better |
| Doctors always communicated well | 78% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 79% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 47% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 65% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 59% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 66% | 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) | 203 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 13% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 27% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 54% | US median 79% |
| 27 |
| $33,223.74 |
| $12,029.81 |
| $12,667.88 |
| DRG 603 CELLULITIS WITHOUT MCC | 22 | $15,811.73 | $6,954.50 | $6,446.25 |
| DRG 378 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC | 22 | $17,065.05 | $7,388.18 | $7,294.77 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 20 | $30,169.85 | $10,279.70 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 682 RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 19 | $43,970.79 | $13,327.53 | $11,457.18 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 19 | $99,049.11 | $41,333.74 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 895 ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE WITH REHABILITATION THERAPY | 17 | $61,415.65 | $12,558.71 | $12,280.05 |
| DRG 300 PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISORDERS WITH CC | 17 | $24,836.88 | $8,304.71 | $8,373.64 |
| DRG 640 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 16 | $25,435.00 | $10,984.81 | $10,642.23 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 16 | $25,748.38 | $7,863.56 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 15 | $25,745.13 | $9,357.33 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 392 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 15 | $14,125.93 | $6,211.93 | $5,662.18 |
| DRG 377 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH MCC | 14 | $30,950.57 | $16,005.00 | $14,301.50 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 241 | 232 | $11,840.36 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 184 | 164 | $2,271.96 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 47 | 45 | $4,767.29 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 34 | 26 | $1,669.97 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5116 Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 34 | 33 | $16,483.71 | $15,762.73 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 29 | 27 | $4,370.98 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5165 Level 5 ENT Procedures | 29 | 29 | $4,614.94 | $4,436.36 |
| APC 5414 Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures | 27 | 27 | $2,640.95 | $2,389.24 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 27 | 23 | $2,835.82 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 26 | 25 | $5,578.45 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 24 | 22 | $1,624.13 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 23 | 23 | $2,692.58 | $2,405.01 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
| Company | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Microgenics Corporation | 19 | $85K |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $8,148 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $8,000 |
| Stryker Corporation SYK | 4 | $7,286 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 3 | $4,050 |
| Linvatec Corporation CNMD | 1 | $2,358 |
| Becton, Dickinson and Company BDX | 1 | $2,174 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. TNDM | 4 | $1,400 |
| Organon LLC OGN | 1 | $700 |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ZBH | 1 | $222 |
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.
Sisters of Charity Hospital is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Buffalo, NY with 276 beds, part of Catholic Health Systems and a 3-star overall rating.
Sisters of Charity Hospital in Buffalo, NY has 276 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 413 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 14,234 inpatients that year, with 70.3% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), Sisters of Charity Hospital reported net patient revenue of $426.0M and operating expenses of $500.2M, a margin on patient care of -17.4%. After other income and expenses its net income was $12.1M (2.4% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Sisters of Charity Hospital is part of Catholic Health Systems, a health system with 5 hospitals based in Buffalo, NY. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Sisters of Charity Hospital has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Sisters of Charity Hospital provides emergency services.
1,286 Medicare clinicians list Sisters of Charity Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, Internal Medicine.
In 2024, Sisters of Charity Hospital had 441 Medicare inpatient stays in 21 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 69 stays; Medicare paid $15,708.39 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $119K in payments to Sisters of Charity Hospital as a teaching hospital ($111K general and $8,000 for research) from 12 companies.