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Hospital · Short-term acute hospital

Who owns University Health System?

4502 Medical Dr · San Antonio, TX · 78229

Overview

Beds774
Discharges39,411cost report 2024
Occupancy89%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)9,953

University Health System is a short-term acute hospital in San Antonio, Texas, operated by Bexar County Hospital District. Bexar County has 24 hospitals, 57 nursing homes and 130 urgent care centers.

Ownership

University Health System is operated by Bexar County Hospital District, part of University Health System, Inc..

Operator
Bexar County Hospital District
Owner group
University Health System, Inc.
Ownership type
Government (hospital district)
Sources

Ownership history

Every dated change of operator and owner for University Health System, with the source for each.

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Full ownership tree of University Health System, Inc.

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 2024.

Net patient revenue$1.46B
Operating expenses$3.23B
Net income$372.3M
Net income as a share of net patient revenue25.5%
Uncompensated care cost$354.9M
Charity care cost$324.2M
Medicaid net revenue$223.1M
Medicare disproportionate share percentage34.0%

Payer mix by inpatient days (2024)

  • Commercial and other 80.9%
  • Medicare 11.5%
  • Medicaid 7.6%
  • Other government 0.0%

Services

Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceDischargesAverage total payment
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871340$36K
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours without MCC · 87275$24K
Heart failure and shock with MCC · 29174$29K
Infectious and parasitic diseases with o.r. procedures with MCC · 85373$76K
Hip and femur procedures except major joint with CC · 48169$32K

Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceServices
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage · 5072323
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures · 5491305
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures · 5302202
Level 3 Vascular Procedures · 5183135
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures · 5191122

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

Location and market

Address
4502 Medical Dr · San Antonio, TX · 78229
County
Bexar County
State
Texas
Hospitals in the county24
Nursing homes57
Urgent care centers130

49 off-site locations

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

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Nearby hospitals

Sources and identifiers

  • Operator: CMS Hospital Enrollments and All Owners (PECOS): hospital ownership graph · AHRQ Compendium of U.S. Health Systems (hospital linkage)
  • 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
450213
NPI
1821011248
Last confirmed
2026-10-23

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