4502 Medical Dr, San Antonio, TX, 78229 · (210) 358-2000
Beds
844
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$1.76B
FY 2025
Net income
$362.0M
Patient care margin -120.0%
Discharges
43,787
Occupancy 86.3%
Clinicians
1,460
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 | $1.76B | $3.87B | -120.0% | $362.0M | 43,787 | $347.4M | 11.5% | 6.7% |
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 | 2.9% | US median 2.3% |
| Death rate for COPD patients | 7.7% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 11.6% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 10.6% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.6% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 13.3% | 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 | $1.46B | $3.23B | -121.6% | $372.3M | 39,411 | $354.9M | 11.5% | 7.6% |
| 2023 | $1.28B | $2.92B | -127.6% | $373.1M | 81,994 | $353.9M | 13.0% | 7.0% |
| 2022 | $1.10B | $2.66B | -142.3% | $236.8M | 31,480 | $328.9M | 11.0% | 8.4% |
| 2021 | $909.4M | $2.24B | -145.9% | $292.7M | 28,946 | $317.1M | 12.7% | 32.1% |
| 2020 | $736.2M | $2.07B | -180.8% | $250.2M | 24,731 | $234.6M | 13.7% | 14.6% |
| 12.3% |
| US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate after heart bypass surgery | 9.5% | US median 10.9% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 18.6% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 15.2% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 20.6% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 16.5% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.97 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.30 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.39 | US median 0.48 · better |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.55 | US median 0.72 |
| Surgical site infections after hysterectomy (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.81 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.36 | US median 0.60 · better |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.41 | US median 0.40 · better |
| Doctors always communicated well | 79% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 78% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 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 | 77% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 76% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 78% | 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) | 366 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 11% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 82% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 99% | US median 79% |
| 74 |
| $62,017.36 |
| $21,725.32 |
| $10,022.34 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 73 | $226,904.52 | $58,126.30 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 69 | $92,042.48 | $26,155.03 | $15,801.33 |
| DRG 698 OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 56 | $68,580.36 | $22,895.16 | $13,076.55 |
| DRG 885 PSYCHOSES | 55 | $33,171.02 | $21,297.00 | $11,869.17 |
| DRG 699 OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH CC | 51 | $38,687.35 | $18,381.31 | $8,250.73 |
| DRG 064 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCC | 50 | $100,451.46 | $27,515.18 | $15,695.20 |
| DRG 652 KIDNEY TRANSPLANT | 48 | $174,985.06 | $25,779.40 | $26,483.52 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 47 | $39,001.72 | $17,542.55 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 267 ENDOVASCULAR CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 47 | $129,951.60 | $53,322.96 | $40,566.75 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 45 | $73,249.84 | $23,424.60 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 43 | $70,560.33 | $20,690.42 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 682 RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 40 | $59,872.53 | $22,258.93 | $11,457.18 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 323 | 298 | $1,086.37 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 305 | 203 | $1,560.84 | $1,751.67 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 202 | 192 | $1,279.89 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 135 | 124 | $2,199.45 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 122 | 119 | $1,997.12 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 112 | 88 | $1,375.89 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 88 | 85 | $3,894.30 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5153 Level 3 Airway Endoscopy | 88 | 60 | $1,156.61 | $1,264.08 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 83 | 81 | $3,575.79 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5154 Level 4 Airway Endoscopy | 81 | 72 | $2,588.90 | $2,832.62 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | 80 | 67 | $7,899.47 | $8,873.86 |
| APC 5184 Level 4 Vascular Procedures | 74 | 70 | $3,654.66 | $3,945.82 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
| Company | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. GILD | 4 | $397K |
| KLS-Martin L.P. | 29 | $117K |
| Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ISRG | 12 | $114K |
| AngioDynamics, Inc. ANGO | 3 | $36K |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $24K |
| B. Braun Medical Inc. | 1 | $10K |
| Pinnacle Biologics, Inc | 6 | $2,200 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. SHL.DE | 1 | $1,608 |
| Microline Surgical Inc | 3 | $1,471 |
| Organon LLC OGN | 2 | $1,400 |
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.
University Health System is a government-owned short-term acute care hospital in San Antonio, TX with 844 beds, part of University Health System and a 3-star overall rating.
University Health System in San Antonio, TX has 844 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 1,034 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 43,787 inpatients that year, with 86.3% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), University Health System reported net patient revenue of $1.76B and operating expenses of $3.87B, a margin on patient care of -120.0%. After other income and expenses its net income was $362.0M (8.6% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
University Health System is part of University Health System, a health system with 1 hospitals based in San Antonio, TX. It is a government-owned hospital.
University Health System has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 4 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, University Health System provides emergency services.
1,460 Medicare clinicians list University Health System as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Family Practice, Physician Assistant.
In 2024, University Health System had 3,013 Medicare inpatient stays in 110 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 340 stays; Medicare paid $26,806.11 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $706K in payments to University Health System as a teaching hospital ($706K general and - for research) from 14 companies.