401 Sewell Dr, Sparta, TN, 38583 · (931) 738-9211
Beds
14
FY 2025
Star rating
Not rated
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$28.4M
FY 2025
Net income
$1.0M
Patient care margin 3.0%
Discharges
794
Occupancy 33.4%
Clinicians
120
Medicare clinicians who work here
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 | $28.4M | $27.5M | 3.0% | $1.0M | 794 | $2.8M | 40.3% | - |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 5.2% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 16% | US median 15.2% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.4% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.99 | US median 0.96 |
| Doctors always communicated well |
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.
| 2024 | $23.3M | $25.6M | -10.0% | -$1.3M | 546 | $2.1M | 34.4% | - |
| 2023 | $21.5M | $24.1M | -11.9% | -$2.2M | 420 | $2.2M | 31.6% | - |
| 2022 | $20.5M | $23.7M | -15.6% | -$2.8M | 391 | $2.1M | 38.4% | - |
| 2021 | $18.0M | $22.2M | -23.4% | -$3.6M | 323 | $2.0M | 35.9% | - |
| 2020 | $17.3M | $21.9M | -26.8% | -$3.2M | 392 | $1.9M | 47.9% | - |
| 90% |
| US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 86% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 70% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 80% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 87% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 84% | US median 71% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 167 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 15% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 51% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 67% | US median 79% |
| 15 |
| $18,264.27 |
| $8,385.87 |
| $5,985.69 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 13 | $24,376.23 | $13,303.23 | $12,667.88 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 85 | 82 | $1,867.75 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 29 | 29 | $3,835.63 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 19 | 18 | $2,205.74 | $2,373.24 |
| APC 5091 Level 1 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures | - | - | - | $2,930.15 |
| APC 5112 Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures | - | - | - | $1,196.16 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | - | - | - | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | - | - | - | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5182 Level 2 Vascular Procedures | - | - | - | $1,204.32 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | - | - | - | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5313 Level 3 Lower GI Procedures | - | - | - | $2,176.09 |
| APC 5341 Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures | - | - | - | $2,635.67 |
| APC 5362 Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services | - | - | - | $8,164.45 |
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.
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Sparta, TN with 14 beds, part of Ascension.
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital in Sparta, TN has 14 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 60 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 794 inpatients that year, with 33.4% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital reported net patient revenue of $28.4M and operating expenses of $27.5M, a margin on patient care of 3.0%. After other income and expenses its net income was $1.0M (3.6% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital is part of Ascension, a health system with 58 hospitals based in Indianapolis, IN. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital has no overall star rating, usually because it reports too few quality measures (for example small, specialty or federal hospitals).
Yes, Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital provides emergency services.
120 Medicare clinicians list Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Nurse Practitioner.
In 2024, Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital had 61 Medicare inpatient stays in 4 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 17 stays; Medicare paid $15,998.53 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.