1401 St. Joseph Parkway, Houston, TX, 77002 · (713) 757-1000
Beds
131
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 2 of 5
Net patient revenue
$177.4M
FY 2025
Net income
-$43.1M
Patient care margin -24.5%
Discharges
6,891
Occupancy 65.3%
Clinicians
50
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 | $177.4M | $221.0M | -24.5% | -$43.1M | 6,891 | $1.4M | 3.7% | 5.7% |
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 | 4.6% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 11.2% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.8% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14.6% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 22.4% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
| Diagnosis group | Stays | Average charge | Medicare pays per stay | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRG 871 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC | 11 | $97,233.27 | $23,077.64 | $15,524.21 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
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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 | $175.6M | $180.7M | -2.9% | -$36.6M | 6,502 | $22.5M | 3.3% | 28.4% |
| 2023 | $200.9M | $238.1M | -18.5% | -$36.8M | 8,061 | $27.4M | 4.2% | 32.4% |
| 2022 | $242.6M | $257.6M | -6.2% | -$6.1M | 9,194 | $26.3M | 5.7% | 32.2% |
| 2021 | $234.0M | $257.9M | -10.2% | $1.9M | 10,701 | $29.1M | 7.4% | 16.9% |
| 2020 | $182.0M | $227.6M | -25.0% | -$21.7M | 10,414 | $30.1M | 7.1% | 22.1% |
| US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.94 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.48 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.51 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.50 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 73% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 72% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 2 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 59% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 58% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 77% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 55% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 7% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 180 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 9% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 61% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 80% | US median 79% |
| Services |
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| Patients |
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| Medicare pays per service |
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| All hospitals |
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| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 21 | 17 | $2,022.13 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 14 | 14 | $2,169.89 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5091 Level 1 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures | - | - | - | $2,930.15 |
| APC 5092 Level 2 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures | - | - | - | $4,981.95 |
| APC 5093 Level 3 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures | - | - | - | $7,546.33 |
| APC 5112 Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures | - | - | - | $1,196.16 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | - | - | - | $2,373.24 |
| 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 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | - | - | - | $8,873.86 |
| APC 5213 Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures | - | - | - | $21,117.37 |
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.
St Joseph Medical Center is a for-profit short-term acute care hospital in Houston, TX with 131 beds, part of Healthcare Systems of America and a 3-star overall rating.
St Joseph Medical Center in Houston, TX has 131 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 314 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 6,891 inpatients that year, with 65.3% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-10-31), St Joseph Medical Center reported net patient revenue of $177.4M and operating expenses of $221.0M, a margin on patient care of -24.5%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$43.1M (-24.3% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
St Joseph Medical Center is part of Healthcare Systems of America, a health system with 4 hospitals based in Glendale, CA. It is a for-profit hospital.
St Joseph Medical Center 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, St Joseph Medical Center provides emergency services.
50 Medicare clinicians list St Joseph Medical Center as a hospital they work at, most often in Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, General Surgery.
In 2024, St Joseph Medical Center had 11 Medicare inpatient stays in 1 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 11 stays; Medicare paid $23,077.64 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $160K in payments to St Joseph Medical Center as a teaching hospital ($160K general and - for research) from 6 companies.