454 McDowell Street, Welch, WV, 24801 · (304) 436-8461
Beds
49
FY 2025
Star rating
Not rated
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$13.3M
FY 2025
Net income
-$17.6M
Patient care margin -180.2%
Discharges
336
Occupancy 7.9%
Clinicians
47
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 | $13.3M | $37.2M | -180.2% | -$17.6M | 336 | $47K | 25.9% | 5.4% |
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 | 6.1% | US median 3.9% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 20.3% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 16.4% | US median 17.2% |
| Doctors always communicated well | 87% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 89% | US median 80% |
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 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 13 | $12,906.54 | $10,914.69 | $5,985.69 |
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.
| 2024 | $10.7M | $36.8M | -245.4% | -$21.1M | 268 | $54K | 27.2% | 5.3% |
| 2023 | $19.7M | $35.4M | -79.9% | -$9.0M | 394 | $69K | 26.8% | 11.0% |
| 2022 | $21.7M | $35.1M | -61.5% | $3.4M | 491 | $89K | 31.2% | 8.0% |
| 2021 | $8.9M | $31.6M | -255.7% | -$2.2M | 441 | $63K | 40.7% | 6.0% |
| 2020 | $14.4M | $26.5M | -83.8% | $1.5M | 530 | $1.2M | 48.0% | 5.1% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 72% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 77% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 86% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 83% | US median 71% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 199 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 67% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 55% | US median 79% |
| Services |
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| Patients |
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| Medicare pays per service |
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| All hospitals |
|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 45 | 37 | $1,908.39 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | - | - | - | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | - | - | - | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | - | - | - | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5341 Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures | - | - | - | $2,635.67 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | - | - | - | $1,219.56 |
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.
Welch Community Hospital is a government-owned short-term acute care hospital in Welch, WV with 49 beds.
Welch Community Hospital in Welch, WV has 49 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 55 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 336 inpatients that year, with 7.9% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), Welch Community Hospital reported net patient revenue of $13.3M and operating expenses of $37.2M, a margin on patient care of -180.2%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$17.6M (-89.8% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Welch Community Hospital is not part of a multi-hospital health system in the official ownership records. It is a government-owned hospital (Government (state)).
Welch Community Hospital has no overall star rating, usually because it reports too few quality measures (for example small, specialty or federal hospitals).
Yes, Welch Community Hospital provides emergency services.
47 Medicare clinicians list Welch Community Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Diagnostic Radiology, Family Practice.
In 2024, Welch Community Hospital had 13 Medicare inpatient stays in 1 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 690 (kidney and urinary tract infections without mcc) with 13 stays; Medicare paid $10,914.69 per stay on average, compared with $5,985.69 across all hospitals.