420 S 5th Avenue, West Reading, PA, 19611 · (610) 988-8000
Beds
580
FY 2025
Star rating
4 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$1.46B
FY 2025
Net income
$221.5M
Patient care margin 12.8%
Discharges
34,184
Occupancy 81.8%
Clinicians
1,405
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 | $1.46B | $1.27B | 12.8% | $221.5M | 34,184 | $35.9M | 25.3% | 4.5% |
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% | US median 2.3% |
| Death rate for COPD patients | 8.5% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 10.3% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 8.5% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 2.7% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 12.4% | 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 | $1.27B | $1.15B | 9.0% | $255.8M | 34,024 | $24.0M | 26.2% | 2.6% |
| 2023 | $1.15B | $1.08B | 6.1% | $172.9M | 32,599 | $21.0M | 26.2% | 1.7% |
| 2022 | $1.09B | $968.7M | 10.9% | $184.4M | 30,475 | $18.4M | 27.9% | 2.7% |
| 2021 | $1.06B | $941.5M | 10.8% | $187.1M | 31,830 | $20.1M | 30.3% | - |
| 2020 | $934.7M | $968.7M | -3.6% | $68.5M | 30,601 | $25.8M | 30.8% | - |
| 10% |
| US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate after heart bypass surgery | 14% | US median 10.9% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 22.7% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 16.1% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 24.1% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 5.3% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.3% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 3.6% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 1.17 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.36 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.49 | US median 0.48 · better |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 1.42 | US median 0.72 |
| Surgical site infections after hysterectomy (ratio to expected) | 3.02 | US median 0.81 · worse |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.71 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.61 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 75% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 76% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 45% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 67% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 75% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 64% | 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) | 230 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 17% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 53% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 93% | US median 79% |
| 159 |
| $42,233.26 |
| $7,520.06 |
| $7,681.44 |
| DRG 312 SYNCOPE AND COLLAPSE | 149 | $41,139.09 | $6,197.38 | $6,636.32 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 147 | $33,534.15 | $5,708.15 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 392 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 140 | $34,965.36 | $5,617.86 | $5,662.18 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 135 | $51,021.25 | $9,733.47 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 470 MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 123 | $70,642.71 | $14,108.97 | $14,289.25 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 117 | $58,608.62 | $12,388.05 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 689 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 115 | $46,953.17 | $8,632.27 | $8,838.11 |
| DRG 552 MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS WITHOUT MCC | 103 | $37,254.17 | $6,841.44 | $7,114.44 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 101 | $160,204.87 | $37,652.55 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 640 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 99 | $48,520.41 | $9,976.99 | $10,642.23 |
| DRG 698 OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 95 | $55,272.13 | $12,314.22 | $13,076.55 |
| DRG 378 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC | 92 | $45,913.27 | $7,091.32 | $7,294.77 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 1,129 | 1,031 | $1,975.49 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 306 | 288 | $10,274.08 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 284 | 272 | $1,166.94 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 271 | 269 | $2,132.09 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 253 | 204 | $1,385.46 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 194 | 179 | $2,306.46 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 153 | 66 | $1,481.37 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 143 | 133 | $3,713.30 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 123 | 115 | $2,068.07 | $2,141.49 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 113 | 98 | $2,536.04 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 93 | 92 | $4,200.20 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5222 Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures | 86 | 86 | $6,184.34 | $6,513.82 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
| Company | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Genentech, Inc. ROG.SW | 56 | $175K |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC JNJ | 30 | $161K |
| Pfizer Inc. PFE | 2 | $67K |
| BeiGene, Ltd. ONC | 1 | $34K |
| BeOne Medicines USA, Inc. ONC | 4 | $31K |
| EMD Serono, Inc. MRK.DE | 2 | $27K |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. 4568.T | 2 | $27K |
| Insulet Corporation PODD | 24 | $26K |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. SHL.DE | 2 | $25K |
| Astellas Pharma Global Development 4503.T | 17 | $24K |
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.
Reading Hospital is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in West Reading, PA with 580 beds, part of Tower Health and a 4-star overall rating.
Reading Hospital in West Reading, PA has 580 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 602 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 34,184 inpatients that year, with 81.8% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), Reading Hospital reported net patient revenue of $1.46B and operating expenses of $1.27B, a margin on patient care of 12.8%. After other income and expenses its net income was $221.5M (14.8% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Reading Hospital is part of Tower Health, a health system with 4 hospitals based in Reading, PA. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Reading Hospital 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. 3 death rate measures are better and 0 worse than the national rate.
Yes, Reading Hospital provides emergency services.
1,405 Medicare clinicians list Reading Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Internal Medicine.
In 2024, Reading Hospital had 7,009 Medicare inpatient stays in 168 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 814 stays; Medicare paid $14,829.53 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $691K in payments to Reading Hospital as a teaching hospital ($161K general and $530K for research) from 33 companies.