HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital

What HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital does

HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital is an acute care hospital operating two campuses in Breese, Illinois and Highland, Illinois, serving rural communities in southern Illinois. The hospital traces its Breese campus to 1898 and operates as part of Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS), a Catholic nonprofit health system with nearly 11,000 employees system-wide.

As an acute care facility, the hospital provides inpatient, emergency, surgical, and outpatient clinical services typical of a community hospital, with revenue mechanics driven by Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance reimbursement for clinical encounters, supplemented by outpatient and ancillary service lines. The business model is the standard nonprofit community hospital model: services are reimbursed under fee-for-service and prospective payment frameworks, with margin dependence on payer mix, volume, and cost discipline.

The hospital's competitive position is anchored by its local physical presence, its longstanding community standing, and integration with the broader HSHS system, which provides shared back-office, supply chain, and clinical infrastructure. As a faith-based nonprofit, the organization reinvests operating margin into mission-driven clinical services rather than distributing profit, and is governed within HSHS's Catholic health ministry framework.

Name

HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital

Legal name

Hospital Sisters Health System

Website

https://hshs.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1875

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital is a nonprofit Catholic acute care hospital operating two campuses in Breese, Illinois and Highland, Illinois, serving rural southern Illinois communities as part of Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Acute Care Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (62211), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Other Ambulatory Health Care Services (6219)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based & Nonprofit Hospital Systems (HLAFAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Critical Access & Rural Hospitals (HLAFAAAG)

Keywords

• Acute care hospital
• Emergency medical services
• Cardiac care
• Home health hospice
• Nursing education

Headquarters

HQ city

Chippewa Falls

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Patient Care Services: Acute care hospital services including emergency, surgical, diagnostic, and therapeutic medical services billed to patients and insurance providers
2. Physician Services: Outpatient clinic and physician practice services through HSHS Medical Group and Prairie Cardiovascular
3. Home Health and Hospice: Home health and hospice programs serving patients in Central and Southern Illinois
4. Philanthropy: Hospital foundations accepting charitable donations to support facilities, equipment, and community health programs

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital operates acute care hospital facilities in Breese, IL and Highland, IL as part of Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS), a nonprofit Catholic health care ministry. The hospital provides emergency, surgical, diagnostic, maternity, pediatric, cardiac, cancer, and rehabilitation services, supported by the HSHS Medical Group physician network and Prairie Cardiovascular specialists.

Product overview

HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital operates as part of Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS), a Catholic nonprofit health care network with 13 hospitals across Illinois and Wisconsin. The hospital's services are supported by a unified product portfolio including the MyHSHS patient portal for secure medical records and billing access, the HSHS Medical Group network of aligned physicians and specialists, Prairie Cardiovascular for heart and vascular care, and the St. John's College of Nursing for nursing education. The system also provides price estimation tools for cost transparency. HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital locations include facilities in Breese, IL and Highland, IL.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HSHS Medical Group: Physician practice network providing primary and specialty care
• Prairie Cardiovascular
• MyHSHS
• Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach
• Prevea Health

Products and services

• Acute Care Hospital Services (Breese, IL) Acute care hospital services delivered at HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital in Breese, Illinois, providing emergency, surgical, diagnostic imaging, laboratory, maternity, pediatric, cardiac, cancer, and rehabilitation services to patients in southern Illinois communities.
• Acute Care Hospital Services (Highland, IL)

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered notable and core.

• World Wide Technology RacewaynotableStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2026Hospital Sisters Health System named Official Medical Care Provider of World Wide Technology Raceway. Through this multi-year partnership, HSHS staffs two on-site medical care centers during all national NASCAR, INDYCAR, and NHRA events at the Madison-based track. HSHS provides health care personnel throughout the facility during all national events residing in the infield medical center and the midway first aid center.
• Prevea HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Prevea Health for physician services in Eastern Wisconsin markets where HSHS operates hospitals
• Saint Louis University (SLU)notableStrategic or Co-development PartnerCombined civilian-military family medicine residency program sponsored by Saint Louis University, HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital, 375th Medical Group at Scott Air Force Base, and SIHF Healthcare. Trains 42 residents over 3 years.
• Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) School of PharmacynotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerSIUE School of Pharmacy partnership for teaching certificate programs and clinical rotation opportunities for pharmacy residents at HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• OSF HealthCare: Catholic, nonprofit, multi-hospital health system headquartered in Peoria, IL, serving Central and Northern Illinois with a similar mix of acute care, physician networks, and faith-based mission. Directly comparable in scale, geography, and religious affiliation.
• Advocate Aurora Health: Major nonprofit health system operating across Illinois and Wisconsin with a large employed-physician network and community hospital footprint. Competes head-to-head with HSHS in the Wisconsin markets (Green Bay, Sheboygan) and overlaps in Illinois.
• SSM Health: Catholic, nonprofit health system operating hospitals across the Midwest (including Illinois and Wisconsin) with comprehensive acute care and physician integration. Mirrors HSHS's faith-based mission, regional footprint, and physician-group structure.

Broad incumbents

• Ascension Health: One of the largest Catholic nonprofit health systems in the U.S., operating numerous acute care hospitals across multiple states including Illinois and Wisconsin. Broader portfolio but directly overlapping in Catholic mission and community hospital model.
• Trinity Health: National Catholic nonprofit health system operating more than 90 hospitals. While much larger, it shares HSHS's religious-affiliation, mission-driven identity, and integrated physician-hospital delivery model.
• CommonSpirit Health: Catholic-affiliated nonprofit health system formed by the merger of Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives, with hospitals spanning many states. Comparable in faith-based mission and broad community-hospital orientation, though much larger in scale.
• Mercy Health (Bon Secours Mercy Health): Large Catholic-affiliated nonprofit health system with hospitals across multiple states. Shares faith-based mission, nonprofit community-hospital orientation, and integrated physician network structure with HSHS, though operating on a larger footprint.

Regional players

• Aspirus Health: Nonprofit community health system serving northern and central Wisconsin with multiple hospitals, primary/specialty clinics, and home health. Overlaps with HSHS's Wisconsin footprint and comparable rural/community-hospital service profile.
• Marshfield Clinic Health System: Wisconsin-based integrated nonprofit health system combining a large physician group with hospital facilities. Directly comparable physician-led delivery model serving similar rural/small-community Wisconsin markets as HSHS.
• Bellin Health (Bellin / Gundersen Health System): Wisconsin-based nonprofit integrated health system formed by the Gundersen-Bellin merger. Competes in Northeastern Wisconsin (Green Bay area) with similar physician-hospital integration and community health services to HSHS.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/stjoeschipfalls
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/st-john-s-college-of-nursing
• Instagraminstagram.com/stjohnscollegespringfield
• Xx.com/stjoeshospital

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries16 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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Investments

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