CommonSpirit Health

What CommonSpirit Health does

CommonSpirit Health is one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the United States, formed in 2019 through the merger of Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI). Headquartered in Chicago, the organization operates 159 acute care hospitals and more than 2,200 care sites across 24 states, supported by approximately 160,000 employees including 35,000+ physicians and advanced practice providers and 45,000 nurses. It delivers a comprehensive care continuum spanning primary care, specialty services (cancer, heart, neurology, orthopedics, women's health), emergency services, behavioral health, home-based care through CommonSpirit Health at Home, imaging, rehabilitation, wound care, and transplant surgery. The system provides over $5 billion in community benefit annually, consistent with its faith-based, mission-driven nonprofit status.

Revenue is generated predominantly through patient care services billed on a fee-for-service basis to Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance, with payer relationships spanning all 50 states but anchored in 24-state physical coverage. Distribution is direct-to-consumer via hospital visits, scheduled appointments, physician referrals, urgent care walk-ins, telehealth, and home-based care; key commercial partnerships include a three-year national network agreement with Humana covering Medicare Advantage and commercial patients. The system also operates under multiple regional brands (Dignity Health, CHI Health, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, CHI Memorial, CHI St. Vincent, and others), reflecting the legacy operating footprint of its predecessor systems. Pricing follows CMS-aligned fee schedules and commercial negotiated rates, with machine-readable price transparency files and consumer cost estimators published per CMS requirements.

The technology infrastructure supports electronic health records, revenue cycle management, and clinical operations across the network. CommonSpirit has deployed AI-enabled tools for cancer screening and a virtual nursing model demonstrating measurable ROI (43% reduction in RN voluntary turnover, 21% decrease in ED hold hours), and has entered into AI partnerships with Midstream Health (financial operations) and Guideway Care (patient activation). The organization is currently executing a multiyear turnaround plan called Project ImpACT, which includes exiting its $1.9 billion revenue cycle management contract with Conifer Health Solutions and divesting assets such as Trinity Health System to UPMC.

Name

CommonSpirit Health

Legal name

CommonSpirit Health

Website

https://commonspirit.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Formed in 2019 from the merger of Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives, CommonSpirit Health is one of the largest US nonprofit health systems. It operates 159 hospitals and 2,200+ care sites across 24 states, delivering acute, ambulatory, home-based, and specialty care to a broad patient population.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospital and Health Care Services

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), Home Health Care Services (621610)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospitals, Clinics & Charitable Healthcare Providers (BPAGACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Medicare-Certified Skilled Home Health Agencies (HHA) (HLADAFAA), Home Health Remote Patient Monitoring & Virtual Nursing Providers (HLAFAEAN)

Keywords

• Hospital healthcare services
• Acute care hospitals
• Home health care
• Clinical specialty care
• Nonprofit health system

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Patient Care Services: Acute care hospitals, outpatient clinics, emergency services, and specialty care services billed to patients and payers. Revenue generated from fee-for-service payments from Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance.
2. Healthcare Services Revenue: Operating revenue from hospital operations, physician services, and home-based care across 159+ hospitals in 24 states. CommonSpirit reported net loss of $3.4 billion in Q2 FY2026 due to $2.2 billion charge for exiting RCM contract with Conifer Health Solutions.
3. Community Benefit: Provides over $5 billion in community benefit annually as a nonprofit health system.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CommonSpirit Health operates one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the United States, delivering acute care, outpatient, specialty, emergency, home-based, and behavioral health services across 159 hospitals and 2,200+ care sites in 24 states. It supports patients through a digital ecosystem including a patient portal, telehealth visits, and price transparency cost estimators, and is increasingly deploying AI-enabled clinical and financial tools internally.

Product overview

CommonSpirit Health operates as a large nonprofit health system with a unified service delivery model rather than a modular software product. The organization provides integrated healthcare services across 140+ hospitals and 2,300 care sites in 24 states, supported by 35,000+ physicians/APPs and 45,000 nurses. Clinical services include primary care, specialty care (cancer, heart, neurology, orthopedics, women's health), emergency services, behavioral health, home-based care, imaging, rehabilitation, wound care, and transplant surgery. Digital patient-facing services include a patient portal, telehealth, and price transparency cost estimators. Technology-enabled initiatives include AI-enabled cancer screening tools, a virtual nursing model with measurable ROI (43% RN turnover reduction), and partnerships with Midstream Health for AI financial operations and Guideway Care for patient activation AI—though these latter two are partner-provided platforms rather than CommonSpirit-built products. The organization also implements clinical care bundles for quality improvement outcomes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cancer Care Comprehensive oncology services including personalized treatment, team-based care with surgeons, radiologists, radiation oncologists, pathologists, nurses, genetic counselors, and social workers. Treats common and rare cancers at specialized sites.
• Heart Care (Cardiology) Cardiovascular prevention, disease management, and advanced treatments covering heart attack, heart failure, valve conditions, catheter procedures, minimally invasive and open-heart surgery, and cardiac rehabilitation.
• Primary Care Routine checkups, wellness visits, chronic condition management, and preventive care delivered through family medicine and internal medicine providers.
• Emergency Services 24/7 emergency room care with specialized emergency physicians and equipment for urgent and life-threatening conditions.
• Neurology Diagnosis and treatment of brain, spinal cord, nerve, and muscle disorders including neurosurgery services.
• Orthopedics Bone, joint, and muscle care including orthopedic surgery, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation tailored to specific patient needs.
• Women's Health OB/GYN services covering preventive, prenatal, and women's health across all life stages, including gynecological care and surgery.
• Urgent Care Walk-in treatment for non-life threatening illnesses, minor injuries, and conditions requiring prompt attention.
• Behavioral Health Mental health services including treatment for anxiety, depression, trauma, and psychiatric care by trained specialists.
• Home-Based Care Care and support delivered in patients' homes including home health, hospice, palliative care, and home infusion services through 94 CommonSpirit Health at Home locations across the U.S.
• Imaging Diagnostic imaging services including standardized tests to uncover information about health conditions and treatment needs.
• Rehabilitation Therapy Therapeutic services to aid recovery from illness or injury including physical, occupational, and speech therapy.
• Wound Care Specialty treatment for chronic wounds, non-healing wounds, and wounds requiring emergent care, including hyperbaric oxygen therapy and cellular tissue-based products.
• Transplant Surgery Organ transplantation services including heart, lung, kidney, pancreas, and liver transplants.
• Patient Portal Online patient portal for accessing medical records, messaging providers, and managing healthcare information.
• Telehealth Services Virtual care visits enabling remote consultations with healthcare providers, recommended for non-critical cases as a cost-effective alternative to emergency room visits.
• Price Transparency Cost Estimator Consumer-friendly pricing tools and machine-readable standard charges files for estimating out-of-pocket expenses for services at each hospital facility, compliant with 45 CFR 180.20.

Quantifiable outcome

• Heart failure mortality ratio reduced by 42%, moving to 86th percentile nationally and saving estimated 500 lives each year
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor, major, flagship and core.

• Guideway CareminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 May 2026CommonSpirit Health executives and physicians participating on Guideway Care's Patient Activation Clinical Advisory Board. Advisory board aims to position patient follow-through as distinct healthcare infrastructure category.
• UPMCmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 May 2026UPMC signed definitive agreement to acquire Trinity Health System from CommonSpirit Health, expanding into Ohio with four hospitals and clinic network in the Ohio Valley. Deal expected to close fall 2026 pending regulatory review. Both health systems have partnered for over 20 years providing cancer and bone and joint care.
• Denver Summit FCminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 23 March 2026CommonSpirit Health supporting Denver Summit FC women's professional soccer team through naming rights payments for the team's new practice facility. Mesirow arranged $40 million private placement backed by this naming rights agreement.
• HumanaflagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 23 March 2026Three-year national network agreement across 24 states, reestablishing relationships in Colorado and Texas. Part of ongoing efforts to address rising healthcare costs and reimbursement issues in Medicare Advantage.
• Midstream HealthcoreTechnology or Integration · 10 February 2026AI financial operations platform partnership. Midstream Health's contract-aware AI agents identify missed rebates, pricing leakage, and underpayments in healthcare financial data. CommonSpirit's venture arm is an initial investor in Midstream Health. CIO reported measurable gains within days of implementation.
• Boehringer IngelheimflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 January 2026CARES program collaboration to address cardio-kidney-metabolic (CKM) diseases. Program begins in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Omaha, Nebraska. Focus on evidence-based guidelines to improve screening and diagnosis for at-risk individuals, particularly Black and Hispanic populations facing higher rates of kidney disease.
• Arabian Healthcare GroupminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 January 2025Partnership to expand healthcare infrastructure in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE through new community clinics to meet expected demand growth from the insured population under UAE's mandatory health insurance scheme.
• Dignity HealthcoreOthersDignity Health is a member organization of CommonSpirit Health, operating 29 acute care hospitals and over 200 care centers across California. Dignity Health announced 2025 sustainability achievements including shredding over 3,341 tons of paper, recycling 814+ tons of materials, and reprocessing 50 tons of medical devices.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Universal Health Services: For-profit hospital operator with ~400+ acute care and behavioral health facilities. Comparable acute-care delivery at scale, though behavioral health focus and for-profit structure differ from CommonSpirit's nonprofit, full-service model.
• Tenet Healthcare: For-profit hospital and ambulatory operator with ~50+ hospitals and a major RCM subsidiary (Conifer Health Solutions) — the counterparty in CommonSpirit's $1.9B RCM contract exit. Relevant peer for hospital operations and as the in-house RCM benchmark.
• Kaiser Permanente: Integrated nonprofit health plan and provider system with ~40 hospitals across the western and mid-Atlantic U.S., combining payer and provider functions. Comparable nonprofit scale but distinct payer-provider integration model.

Direct peers

• Ascension Health: One of the largest Catholic nonprofit health systems in the U.S., operating ~140 hospitals across 19 states with comparable mission, integrated delivery model (acute, outpatient, home health), and faith-based identity. Most structurally similar peer to CommonSpirit.
• HCA Healthcare: Largest for-profit hospital operator in the U.S. with ~190 hospitals and extensive ambulatory and physician networks. Closest direct peer to CommonSpirit by acute-care scale and geographic breadth, differing primarily in for-profit vs nonprofit status.
• AdventHealth: Large nonprofit (Seventh-day Adventist) health system with ~50 hospitals across 12 states, with comparable full-service delivery model spanning acute, ambulatory, home health, and physician enterprise.
• Providence Health & Services: Large Catholic nonprofit health system with ~50+ hospitals across the western U.S., operating integrated acute, outpatient, and home-based services with similar mission-driven and value-based care orientation.
• Trinity Health: Large Catholic nonprofit health system operating ~90 hospitals across 25 states. Comparable scale, mission, and integrated delivery including home health; directly relevant given the UPMC acquisition of Trinity from CommonSpirit.
• Bon Secours Mercy Health: Large Catholic nonprofit health system operating ~50 hospitals across 7 states with comparable integrated acute, outpatient, and home-based services and faith-based mission.
• Advocate Health: Major nonprofit health system formed by the Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health merger, operating ~70+ hospitals across the Midwest, Southeast, and beyond. Comparable scale, nonprofit status, and cross-state acute and ambulatory footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A2 records

Investments10 records

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