Hospital · Short-term acute hospital
Who owns Helen Keller Hospital?
1300 South Montgomery Avenue · Sheffield, AL · 35660
Overview
Beds178
Discharges6,362cost report 2024
Occupancy39%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)691
Helen Keller Hospital is a short-term acute hospital in Sheffield, Alabama. Colbert County has 2 hospitals, 3 nursing homes and 2 urgent care centers.
Ownership
The operator and owner of Helen Keller Hospital are in the full report, with sources and dates.
- Ownership type
- Government (hospital district)
Ownership history
Every dated change of operator and owner for Helen Keller Hospital, with the source for each.
Finances
From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2024.
| Net patient revenue | $99.6M |
| Operating expenses | $123.8M |
| Net income | −$8.1M |
| Net income as a share of net patient revenue | -8.2% |
| Uncompensated care cost | $6.2M |
| Charity care cost | $1.8M |
| Medicaid net revenue | $7.4M |
| Medicare disproportionate share percentage | 12.0% |
Payer mix by inpatient days (2024)
- Commercial and other 52.7%
- Medicare 27.0%
- Medicaid 20.3%
Services
Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Discharges | Average total payment |
|---|---|---|
| Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871 | 94 | $13K |
| Heart failure and shock with MCC · 291 | 80 | $8K |
| Kidney and urinary tract infections without MCC · 690 | 61 | $6K |
| Esophagitis, gastroenteritis and miscellaneous digestive disorders without MCC · 392 | 47 | $5K |
| Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with MCC · 193 | 41 | $9K |
Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Services |
|---|---|
| Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011 | 154 |
| Level 1 Intraocular Procedures · 5491 | 136 |
| Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5115 | 91 |
| Level 5 Urology and Related Services · 5375 | 71 |
| Level 2 Upper GI Procedures · 5302 | 67 |
Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.
Location and market
- Address
- 1300 South Montgomery Avenue · Sheffield, AL · 35660
- County
- Colbert County
- State
- Alabama
Hospitals in the county2
Nursing homes3
Urgent care centers2
Nearby hospitals
| Name | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| North Alabama Shoals Hospital | Muscle Shoals | 1.3 mi |
| North Alabama Medical Center | Florence | 4.9 mi |
| Tishomingo Health Services Inc | IUKA | 29.1 mi |
Sources and identifiers
- Finances and payer mix: CMS hospital cost reports (HCRIS), fiscal year 2024
- 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
- 010019
- NPI
- 1508952235
- Last confirmed
- 2026-10-23
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