3237 S 16th St, Milwaukee, WI, 53215 · (414) 647-5000
Beds
73
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 2 of 5
Net patient revenue
$106.2M
FY 2025
Net income
-$6.7M
Patient care margin -26.9%
Discharges
1,986
Occupancy 34.0%
Clinicians
301
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 | $106.2M | $134.8M | -26.9% | -$6.7M | 1,986 | $11.6M | 13.5% | 8.9% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 11.7% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.6% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 12.6% | US median 15.2% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.7% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.3% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 16.7% |
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 | $113.3M | $115.0M | -1.5% | -$8.0M | 2,397 | $7.4M | 16.4% | 7.1% |
| 2023 | $115.0M | $139.6M | -21.4% | -$27.1M | 2,567 | $7.4M | 18.7% | 8.9% |
| 2022 | $121.7M | $151.7M | -24.6% | -$9.9M | 3,630 | $7.5M | 19.9% | 8.1% |
| 2021 | $135.0M | $152.5M | -12.9% | $6.0M | 4,246 | $7.6M | 21.6% | 7.3% |
| 2020 | $150.1M | $173.5M | -15.6% | -$2.8M | 4,699 | $10.3M | 24.7% | 8.7% |
| US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.96 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.82 | US median 0.28 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 73% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 74% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 2 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 58% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 61% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 74% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 59% | US median 71% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 136 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 78% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 86% | US median 79% |
| 15 |
| $28,615.07 |
| $9,937.07 |
| $10,022.34 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 19 | 18 | $1,882.18 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 13 | 13 | $1,176.78 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | - | - | - | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | - | - | - | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5154 Level 4 Airway Endoscopy | - | - | - | $2,832.62 |
| APC 5165 Level 5 ENT Procedures | - | - | - | $4,436.36 |
| APC 5182 Level 2 Vascular Procedures | - | - | - | $1,204.32 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | - | - | - | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | - | - | - | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | - | - | - | $8,873.86 |
| APC 5222 Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures | - | - | - | $6,513.82 |
| APC 5223 Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures | - | - | - | $8,569.01 |
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.
Ascension St Francis Hospital is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Milwaukee, WI with 73 beds, part of Ascension and a 3-star overall rating.
Ascension St Francis Hospital in Milwaukee, WI has 73 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 270 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 1,986 inpatients that year, with 34.0% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), Ascension St Francis Hospital reported net patient revenue of $106.2M and operating expenses of $134.8M, a margin on patient care of -26.9%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$6.7M (-5.2% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Ascension St Francis Hospital is part of Ascension, a health system with 58 hospitals based in Indianapolis, IN. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Ascension St Francis 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, Ascension St Francis Hospital provides emergency services.
301 Medicare clinicians list Ascension St Francis Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Emergency Medicine, Nurse Practitioner, Internal Medicine.
In 2024, Ascension St Francis Hospital had 67 Medicare inpatient stays in 3 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 885 (psychoses) with 31 stays; Medicare paid $11,040.48 per stay on average, compared with $11,869.17 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $1,817 in payments to Ascension St Francis Hospital as a teaching hospital ($1,603 general and $214 for research) from 3 companies.