501 Bath Road, Bristol, PA, 19007 · (215) 785-9200
Beds
105
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 2 of 5
Net patient revenue
$83.8M
FY 2025
Net income
$6.1M
Patient care margin 5.4%
Discharges
3,822
Occupancy 28.6%
Clinicians
163
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 | $83.8M | $79.3M | 5.4% | $6.1M | 3,822 | $4.1M | 18.4% | 3.0% |
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 | 11.6% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 10.9% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 14.1% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 10.4% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 22% |
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 | $72.1M | $72.0M | 0.1% | $1.1M | 3,324 | $2.2M | 20.3% | 3.3% |
| 2023 | $62.8M | $71.7M | -14.2% | -$8.1M | 2,907 | $1.7M | 21.5% | 3.2% |
| 2022 | $63.6M | $73.0M | -14.7% | -$7.9M | 2,912 | $2.1M | 22.4% | 2.5% |
| 2021 | $63.3M | $73.4M | -15.9% | -$8.7M | 2,900 | $2.3M | 26.6% | 4.1% |
| 2020 | $63.9M | $70.6M | -10.4% | -$1.2M | 2,605 | $3.1M | 28.6% | 3.2% |
| US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14.6% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.8% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 19.5% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.92 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.18 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Doctors always communicated well | 66% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 70% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 2 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 49% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 59% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 67% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 58% | 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) | 150 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 12% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 64% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 76% | US median 79% |
| 27 |
| $45,543.37 |
| $10,123.48 |
| $9,867.73 |
| DRG 286 CIRCULATORY DISORDERS EXCEPT AMI, WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITH MCC | 19 | $86,348.37 | $16,440.11 | $17,632.75 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 17 | $66,763.82 | $13,401.18 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 074 CRANIAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 15 | $43,087.27 | $8,563.87 | $8,244.12 |
| DRG 641 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC | 13 | $26,003.08 | $6,115.08 | $5,829.71 |
| DRG 280 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 12 | $78,745.58 | $12,883.58 | $12,400.10 |
| DRG 603 CELLULITIS WITHOUT MCC | 12 | $28,323.08 | $6,971.25 | $6,446.25 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 11 | $32,491.91 | $7,173.55 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 392 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 11 | $32,018.18 | $5,796.27 | $5,662.18 |
| DRG 640 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 11 | $28,324.91 | $9,926.36 | $10,642.23 |
| DRG 682 RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 11 | $55,508.64 | $11,325.18 | $11,457.18 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 28 | 23 | $1,942.03 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 21 | 18 | $2,257.24 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | 15 | 11 | $8,963.00 | $8,873.86 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | - | - | - | $2,373.24 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | - | - | - | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5192 Level 2 Endovascular Procedures | - | - | - | $4,338.16 |
| APC 5194 Level 4 Endovascular Procedures | - | - | - | $14,606.35 |
| APC 5341 Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures | - | - | - | $2,635.67 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | - | - | - | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | - | - | - | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | - | - | - | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | - | - | - | $3,917.51 |
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.
Lower Bucks Hospital is a for-profit short-term acute care hospital in Bristol, PA with 105 beds, part of Prime Healthcare and a 3-star overall rating.
Lower Bucks Hospital in Bristol, PA has 105 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 128 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 3,822 inpatients that year, with 28.6% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), Lower Bucks Hospital reported net patient revenue of $83.8M and operating expenses of $79.3M, a margin on patient care of 5.4%. After other income and expenses its net income was $6.1M (7.1% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Lower Bucks Hospital is part of Prime Healthcare, a health system with 47 hospitals based in Ontario, CA. It is a for-profit hospital.
Lower Bucks Hospital has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 2 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Lower Bucks Hospital provides emergency services.
163 Medicare clinicians list Lower Bucks Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Nurse Practitioner.
In 2024, Lower Bucks Hospital had 252 Medicare inpatient stays in 13 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 56 stays; Medicare paid $14,961.21 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $21K in payments to Lower Bucks Hospital as a teaching hospital ($21K general and - for research) from 3 companies.