Carle

What Carle does

Carle Health, operating as The Carle Foundation, is a non-profit integrated regional health system headquartered in Urbana, Illinois, serving central and southeastern Illinois through eight award-winning hospitals, over 100 clinic locations, and a multispecialty provider group of more than 1,500 doctors and advanced practice providers, supported by nearly 17,000 team members. Its core operating assets include Carle Foundation Hospital (the flagship acute care facility in Urbana), seven additional community hospitals across the region (including Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center, Carle Richland Memorial Hospital, Carle Eureka Hospital, and three Greater Peoria facilities), and the Carle Illinois Advanced Imaging Center which operates the highest magnetic field MRI scanner commercially available in the U.S. The system's underlying technology stack centers on EpicCare Link electronic medical records with Community Connect Partners integration across the region, plus the MyCarle patient portal for scheduling, records access, and bill pay, and a Health Information Exchange enabling cross-provider care coordination.

The business model is diversified across patient care services (acute care, outpatient, specialty, behavioral health, diagnostics), self-insured employee health plans, tuition-based educational programs (Carle Illinois College of Medicine — the world's first engineering-based medical school — and Methodist College nursing programs), and philanthropic contributions routed through the Carle Health Center for Philanthropy. Specialized service lines include the ECHO Program (Expanding Children's Hearing Opportunities) and the Carle Auditory Oral School for children who are deaf or hard of hearing, supported by a long-standing FDA research partnership on cochlear implants dating to 1987, and the Stephens Family Clinical Research Institute which conducts clinical research with real-world applications. Customer segments span individual patients and families across central and southeastern Illinois, employers and health plans seeking benefits partnerships, medical and nursing students, and children with hearing loss and their families served through ECHO and CAOS. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer via self-referral, physician referrals, emergency departments, the MyCarle portal, community mobile health clinics, and community-based events across the regional footprint.

Name

Carle

Legal name

The Carle Foundation

Website

https://carle.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1930

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Carle Health is a non-profit integrated regional health system operating eight hospitals and 100+ clinic locations across central and southeastern Illinois, serving patients, students, and families through acute care, specialty services, education, and clinical research.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Integrated Healthcare Services

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (621340), All Other Outpatient Care Centers (621498), Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (622310)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Hospital & Medical Service Plans (6324), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospital-Based/Home Health System-Affiliated Skilled Home Health (HLADAFAB)

Keywords

• Integrated healthcare system
• Acute hospital care
• Clinical research
• Medical education
• Specialty hearing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Urbana

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Patient Care Services: Acute care hospital services, outpatient clinics, physician services, diagnostic imaging, laboratory services, and specialty care across the integrated health system
2. Health Insurance Plans: Carle Health offers health plan options including traditional low-deductible copay plans and HDHP high-deductible plans with HSA for team member benefits
3. Educational Programs: Tuition-based educational programs including Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Methodist College nursing programs, and CAOS educational services
4. Philanthropy and Donations: Charitable donations through Carle Health Center for Philanthropy supporting programs, services, and community health initiatives

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Carle Health is an integrated non-profit health system that delivers acute and outpatient clinical care across eight award-winning hospitals and 100+ clinic locations in central and southeastern Illinois, anchored by Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. It also operates medical and nursing education through Carle Illinois College of Medicine and Methodist College, runs clinical research through Stephens Family Clinical Research Institute, and provides specialty hearing-loss services through the ECHO Program and the Carle Auditory Oral School (CAOS). Patients access services through emergency departments, scheduled appointments via the MyCarle portal, physician referrals, mobile health clinics, and community events.

Product overview

Carle Health is an integrated health system comprising eight award-winning hospitals, a multispecialty provider group with over 1,500 doctors and advanced practice providers, and affiliated educational and research institutions. The core service offering centers on Carle Foundation Hospital and the hospital network providing acute care, while MyCarle serves as the patient-facing digital portal for appointments, billing, and medical records. Educational initiatives include the Carle Illinois College of Medicine (the world's first engineering-based medical school) and Methodist College for nursing education. Specialized programs include the ECHO Program and Carle Auditory Oral School for children who are deaf or hard of hearing, and the Stephens Family Clinical Research Institute for clinical research. The system also offers transparent pricing tools, mobile health clinics, and community health programs across central and southeastern Illinois.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Carle Illinois College of Medicine: World's first engineering-based medical school providing medical education
• Stephens Family Clinical Research Institute
• MyCarle
• CAOS (Carle Auditory Oral School)
• ECHO Program
• Methodist College

Products and services

• Carle Health Hospitals (8-Facility Network) Network of eight award-winning hospitals across central and southeastern Illinois, including Carle Foundation Hospital (Urbana), Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center, Carle Richland Memorial Hospital (Olney), Carle BroMenn Medical Center (Normal), Carle Eureka Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital (Peoria), Carle Health Pekin Hospital, and Carle Health Proctor Hospital (Peoria). Provides acute care, emergency, inpatient, and outpatient services for patients and families.
• Carle Foundation Hospital Primary acute care hospital in Urbana, Illinois, serving as the flagship facility of the Carle Health system and operating as a wholly-owned core subsidiary.
• Carle Illinois College of Medicine World's first engineering-based medical school, training future physicians through an integrated engineering and medicine curriculum. Medical students are guided by experienced Carle physicians at the College Clinic.
• Stephens Family Clinical Research Institute Research enterprise enabling new healthcare discoveries with real-world applications and developing best practices for improved quality of care. Offers clinical trials and research services for patients and providers.
• Carle Illinois Advanced Imaging Center Advanced imaging facility offering the highest magnetic field imaging strength commercially available in the United States for clinical diagnostics and research.
• Carle Auditory Oral School (CAOS) Private early childhood education program serving children who are deaf or hard of hearing using listening and spoken language strategies, with an 11-month academic program, 200 school days, and support services including birth-to-three therapy, preschool through second grade, and outreach programs. Tuition is determined by intensity of services, family size, and income.
• ECHO Program (Expanding Children's Hearing Opportunities) Comprehensive program providing audiology services, speech-language therapy, and family-centered support for children who are deaf or hard of hearing, including the ECHO Birth-to-Three Program and outreach services for mainstream educational settings. Includes tele-therapy video conferencing connecting early intervention therapists to families in natural environments.
• Methodist College Affiliated college offering nursing and healthcare education programs with clinical rotations at Carle Health facilities and guaranteed job placement for qualifying graduates. New Academic Investment Program forgives tuition for nursing programs, and Carle team members receive tuition reimbursement.
• Mobile Health Clinic Mobile healthcare units providing community-based health services in various locations across central Illinois, including Vermilion County, McLean County, and Champaign/Vermilion County areas, to expand access to underserved populations.
• Carle Health Team Member Health Plans Employer-sponsored health plan options offered to Carle Health team members, including traditional low-deductible copay plans and HDHP high-deductible plans with HSA. Carle covers the larger percentage of premium costs for full-time team members and more than half for part-time team members. Includes prescription drug coverage.

Quantifiable outcome

• Highest magnetic field imaging strength commercially available in the United States at Carle Illinois Advanced Imaging Center

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• University of IllinoiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGraduate student research collaborations in audiology and speech-language pathology. University of Illinois students participate in clinical rotations and research projects at Carle and CAOS facilities. Joint research on vocabulary and reading skills development in children with hearing loss.
• Eastern Illinois UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGraduate student research collaborations in speech-language pathology. Eastern Illinois University students conduct research projects at CAOS on children with hearing loss and secondary learning issues.
• Illinois State UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGraduate student research collaborations in audiology and speech-language pathology. Research projects examining progress of children with hearing loss and other secondary learning issues.
• University of MiamiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIRB approval partnership for CAOS outcome data collection, analysis, presentation and publication through OPTION coalition research initiatives.
• OPTION (Oral deaf Education Option)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational coalition of private listening and spoken-language programs committed to excellence in education of children who are deaf and hard of hearing. CAOS is a member program contributing annual outcome data to the LSL-DR (Listening and Spoken Language Data Repository). OPTION establishes best practices and raises awareness through advocacy.
• Methodist CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCarle Health affiliate offering nursing and healthcare programs. Students experience clinical rotations at eight partner hospitals and over 100 clinic locations. Guaranteed job placement for qualifying graduates. Carle Health team members benefit from tuition reimbursement programs. New Academic Investment Program forgives tuition for nursing programs.
• Child Care Resource ServiceminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorState program partner that helps reduce cost of attendance for families qualifying for childcare assistance at CAOS.
• Federal Drug Administration (FDA)minorOthersThrough the Pediatric Hearing Center, Carle has participated in several FDA studies regarding approval of new cochlear implant devices and expansion of cochlear implant candidacy criteria since 1987.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• OSF HealthCare: Peoria, Illinois-based non-profit Catholic health system operating 15+ hospitals across Illinois and Michigan. Directly comparable to Carle as a regional non-profit integrated system anchored in central Illinois with a major academic and research footprint (University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, OSF Innovation).
• Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS): Springfield, Illinois-based Catholic non-profit health system operating hospitals and clinics across Illinois and Wisconsin. Closely comparable in mission, non-profit structure, regional Illinois footprint, and integration of hospitals with physician groups.

Broad incumbents

• Northwestern Medicine: Chicago-anchored academic non-profit health system with a flagship Northwestern Memorial Hospital and a network across northern Illinois. Overlaps with Carle as an Illinois non-profit integrated system but operates at materially larger scale and a more urban/suburban service area.
• Advocate Health (Advocate Aurora Health): One of the largest non-profit health systems in the U.S., formed by the merger of Advocate Health Care (Illinois) and Aurora Health Care (Wisconsin). Comparable as a large non-profit regional system serving the Upper Midwest, but with significantly greater scale and capital base than Carle.
• SSM Health: St. Louis-based Catholic non-profit health system with hospitals and clinics across Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin. Comparable as a faith-based non-profit regional system, with overlapping presence in the Metro East/St. Louis region that could draw patients from Carle's service area.
• UnityPoint Health: Iowa-based non-profit health system operating hospitals and clinics across Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Comparable in scale, non-profit structure, and Midwestern rural/small-metro footprint, with overlapping presence in western Illinois.
• Mercy Health (Bon Secours Mercy Health): Large Catholic non-profit health system serving Ohio, Kentucky, and other states. Comparable in mission, Catholic-affiliated non-profit structure, and integrated care model, though Carle is non-Catholic; useful as a scale and operating-model benchmark.
• Ascension Health: One of the largest non-profit Catholic health systems in the U.S., with hospitals across multiple states including Illinois. Comparable in non-profit integrated structure, scale of clinical operations, and community-benefit orientation.

Regional players

• Indiana University Health: Indianapolis-based non-profit academic health system serving Indiana. Comparable as a non-profit academic-adjacent health system, and a relevant competitor for tertiary patient outflow from Carle's eastern Illinois catchment.
• BJC HealthCare: St. Louis-based non-profit health system affiliated with Washington University. Comparable as a non-profit academic-adjacent regional system, and a relevant competitor for tertiary referrals from Carle's southwestern Illinois catchment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Carle_org
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@carlehealth
• Facebookfacebook.com/CarleFoundation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/carlehealth
• Instagraminstagram.com/carlehealth

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments2 records

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