Hospital · Short-term acute hospital
Who owns Upmc Altoona?
620 Howard Avenue · Altoona, PA · 16601
Overview
Beds319
Discharges15,876cost report 2025
Occupancy69%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)1,649
Upmc Altoona is a short-term acute hospital in Altoona, Pennsylvania, operated by UPMC. Blair County has 5 hospitals, 9 nursing homes and 5 urgent care centers.
Ownership
Upmc Altoona is operated by UPMC.
- Operator
- UPMC
- Owner group
- UPMC
- Ownership type
- Private Nonprofit
- Sources
- CMS Hospital All Owners · 2026-09-29
- CMS record · 2024
- Company website · 2026-10-25
Ownership history
Every dated change of operator and owner for Upmc Altoona, with the source for each.
Full ownership tree of UPMC
Every entity between this facility and its ultimate owner, with ownership percentages and dates.
Finances
From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2025.
| Net patient revenue | $596.1M |
| Operating expenses | $595.6M |
| Net income | $47.5M |
| Net income as a share of net patient revenue | 8.0% |
| Uncompensated care cost | $8.9M |
| Charity care cost | $6.6M |
| Medicaid net revenue | $44.4M |
| Medicare disproportionate share percentage | 12.0% |
Payer mix by inpatient days (2025)
- Commercial and other 81.3%
- Medicare 16.4%
- Medicaid 2.4%
Services
Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Discharges | Average total payment |
|---|---|---|
| Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871 | 165 | $16K |
| Percutaneous and other intracardiac procedures without MCC · 274 | 111 | $25K |
| Heart failure and shock with MCC · 291 | 103 | $10K |
| Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with MCC · 280 | 72 | $12K |
| Respiratory infections and inflammations with MCC · 177 | 67 | $13K |
Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Services |
|---|---|
| Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011 | 207 |
| Level 1 Endovascular Procedures · 5191 | 170 |
| Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage · 5072 | 122 |
| Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures · 5213 | 88 |
| Level 3 Endovascular Procedures · 5193 | 83 |
Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.
Location and market
- Address
- 620 Howard Avenue · Altoona, PA · 16601
- County
- Blair County
- State
- Pennsylvania
Hospitals in the county5
Nursing homes9
Urgent care centers5
10 off-site locations
Campuses, off-site emergency departments and outpatient departments under this hospital's certification.
Nearby hospitals
| Name | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital Of Altoon | Altoona | 1.6 mi |
| James E. Van Zandt Va Medical Center (Altoona) | Altoona | 2.2 mi |
| Conemaugh Nason Medical Center | Roaring Spring | 12.7 mi |
| Penn Highlands Tyrone | Tyrone | 13.1 mi |
| Penn Highlands Huntingdon | Huntingdon | 20.3 mi |
Sources and identifiers
- Operator: CMS Hospital All Owners · CMS record · 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
- 390073
- NPI
- 1649278730
- Last confirmed
- 2026-10-23
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