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Hospital · Short-term acute hospital

Who owns Palos Community Hospital?

12251 South 80th Avenue · Palos Heights, IL · 60463

Overview

Beds354
Discharges17,790cost report 2025
Occupancy65%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)1,850

Palos Community Hospital is a short-term acute hospital in Palos Heights, Illinois, operated by Palos Community Hospital.

Ownership

Palos Community Hospital is operated by Palos Community Hospital, part of Northwestern Medicine.

Operator
Palos Community Hospital
Owner group
Northwestern Medicine
Ownership type
Private Nonprofit
Sources

Ownership history

Every dated change of operator and owner for Palos Community Hospital, with the source for each.

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Full ownership tree of Northwestern Medicine

Every entity between this facility and its ultimate owner, with ownership percentages and dates.

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Finances

From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2025.

Net patient revenue$485.7M
Operating expenses$600.9M
Net income−$60.2M
Net income as a share of net patient revenue-12.4%
Uncompensated care cost$12.9M
Charity care cost$9.0M
Medicaid net revenue$45.5M

Payer mix by inpatient days (2025)

  • Commercial and other 56.7%
  • Medicare 40.1%
  • Medicaid 3.2%

Services

Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceDischargesAverage total payment
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871559$14K
Heart failure and shock with MCC · 291450$9K
Respiratory infections and inflammations with MCC · 177304$11K
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with CC · 378139$7K
Esophagitis, gastroenteritis and miscellaneous digestive disorders without MCC · 392129$6K

Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceServices
Comprehensive Observation Services · 80111,257
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures · 5191257
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage · 5072240
Level 3 Vascular Procedures · 5183196
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services · 5361172

Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.

Location and market

Address
12251 South 80th Avenue · Palos Heights, IL · 60463
State
Illinois

3 off-site locations

Campuses, off-site emergency departments and outpatient departments under this hospital's certification.

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Sources and identifiers

  • Operator: CMS Hospital Enrollments and All Owners (PECOS): hospital ownership graph · CMS record · AHRQ Compendium of U.S. Health Systems (hospital linkage) · Company website
  • Finances and payer mix: CMS hospital cost reports (HCRIS), fiscal year 2025
  • Services: CMS Medicare inpatient and outpatient utilization
  • Ownership type and beds: CMS Provider of Services file
  • Location: CMS and Census Bureau geography
CMS certification number
140062
NPI
1851386692
Last confirmed
2026-10-23

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