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St Joseph's Hospital

12866 Troxler Avenue, Highland, IL 62249 · (618) 651-2600

Rural (critical access) hospitalVoluntary non-profit - ChurchEmergency room

St Joseph's Hospital is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Highland, Illinois (Madison County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 3 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. In CMS's patient survey it scores 4 of 5 stars, and 79% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. It lists $4.69 for every $1 its care costs, close to the typical Illinois hospital ($4.83).

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★★★★★CMS overall quality rating
★★★★★patients' own rating (136 surveys)
$4.69listed for every $1 its care costs Illinois typical $4.83
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★4 of 5 · 136 surveys

79%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
86%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

  • Nurses communicated well★★★★★
  • Doctors communicated well★★★★★
  • Staff explained medicines★★★★★
  • Information for going home★★★★★
  • Room was clean★★★★★
  • Quiet at night★★★★★

Emergency room and urgent care

0%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%
62%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%

ER volume: low.

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Heart failure
12.4%
Pneumonia
16.4%
Stroke
15.2%
COPD
8.1%
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Heart failure
23.2%
Pneumonia
17.4%
Infections and complications lower is better
Catheter urinary tract infections
0.00
≈ Same as US
C. diff intestinal infections
0.80
≈ Same as US

US typical hospital. Infection figures are a ratio: 1.00 means as many infections as expected for a hospital like this one. CMS adjusts these rates for how sick the patients are; a small gap from the typical hospital can be chance, so a verdict is shown only where CMS gives one.

Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

The money

$21what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$13.8Mnet income, all sources
20.0%margin on patient care alone
$607,928cost of charity care (1.6% of costs)
$2.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
151full-time staff (equivalent)

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. The hospital publishes them on its own price page.

This hospital has no Medicare stay data for 2024. Medicare data covers mostly patients 65 and older, so psychiatric, children's and very small hospitals often don't appear.

Nearby hospitals

12 miles awaySt Josephs HospitalBreese, IL★★★★★$4.30 listed per $1 of cost15 miles awayAnderson HospitalMaryville, IL★★★★★$5.21 listed per $1 of cost17 miles awayHSHS Holy Family Hospital IncGreenville, IL★★★★★$3.50 listed per $1 of cost19 miles awayHSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon, IL★★★★★$5.87 listed per $1 of cost19 miles awayCommunity Hospital of StauntonStaunton, ILNot rated$2.91 listed per $1 of cost

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