St. Vincent Health

What St. Vincent Health does

St. Vincent Health, legally St. Vincent General Hospital District, is a Colorado special hospital district operating a rural community hospital in Leadville at 10,000 feet elevation. It is the only hospital serving Leadville and Lake County and runs a 24/7 emergency room staffed by board-certified ER physicians at 816 West 4th Street, alongside the St. Vincent Family Health Center primary care clinic at 822 W 4th Street. Its service portfolio covers emergency medicine, primary care, inpatient and acute care, surgical services delivered in a modern surgical suite, imaging and radiology, laboratory, outpatient nursing, rehabilitation and therapy, sleep studies, swing-bed skilled nursing, wound care, ambulance transport, and telehealth. It supplements core services with a Visiting Specialists Program that brings cardiology, urology, general surgery, podiatry, ophthalmology, pain management, pediatric cardiology, regenerative medicine, and sports medicine expertise from Colorado regional and Front Range hospitals directly to the local community.\n\nThe organization is structured as a governmental special district with public oversight via a District and Board of Directors, has 101-250 employees, and was founded in 1879. Revenue is generated through patient care services — emergency, primary, inpatient, surgical, imaging, laboratory, and specialty — with a Hospital Discounted Care Program and an online price estimator supporting patient billing. Distribution is direct-to-consumer through the physical ER, the family practice clinic, and visiting specialist visits. Patient engagement is supported by an athenahealth-hosted patient portal and an SVH newsletter. Strategically, the facility has recently stabilized financially after prior struggles and has invested in a new hospital building and surgical suite, but faces near-term headwinds from a 2% Colorado Medicaid rate reduction starting in July and the potential loss of 340B drug pricing eligibility.

Name

St. Vincent Health

Legal name

St. Vincent General Hospital District

Website

https://svghd.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1879

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

St. Vincent Health is a rural Colorado special hospital district operating the only hospital in Leadville and Lake County at 10,000 feet elevation, providing 24/7 emergency, primary, inpatient, surgical, and specialty care to the local mountain community.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rural Hospital Services

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), Offices of Physicians (62111)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Critical Access & Rural Hospitals (HLAFAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public/County Primary Care Clinics (HLAFAGAI)

Keywords

• Rural hospital services
• Emergency medical care
• Primary care services
• Diagnostic imaging services
• Visiting specialist care

Headquarters

HQ city

Leadville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Patient Care Services: Revenue from providing healthcare services to patients including emergency care, primary care, inpatient care, surgical services, imaging, laboratory, and specialty care. Faces challenges from Colorado Medicaid rate reductions (2% cut starting July) and potential loss of 340B drug pricing eligibility.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

St. Vincent Health operates a rural community hospital and family health clinic in Leadville, Colorado, providing 24/7 emergency medicine, primary care, inpatient/acute care, surgical services, imaging, laboratory, rehabilitation, wound care, telehealth, and visiting specialty services (cardiology, urology, podiatry, ophthalmology, pain management, pediatric cardiology, and more) to residents of Lake County.

Product overview

St. Vincent General Hospital District operates as a rural healthcare system in Leadville, Colorado at 10,000 feet elevation. The organization provides a unified suite of healthcare services consisting of core hospital services (Emergency Medicine, Primary Care, Inpatient/Acute Care, Laboratory, Imaging/Radiology, Surgical Services, Ambulance, and Telehealth) complemented by specialty care programs (Rehab/Therapy, Sleep Studies, Wound Care, Swing Bed, and Outpatient Nursing Services). The system also brings visiting specialist services to the rural community through partnerships with Colorado-based specialists. A patient portal powered by athenahealth and a price transparency tool support patient access and financial planning.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Medicine 24/7 Emergency Room staffed with board-certified ER physicians located at 816 West 4th Street in Leadville, providing walk-in emergency care to the local community.
• Primary Care
• Ambulance Services
• Imaging/Radiology
• Inpatient/Acute Care
• Laboratory Services
• Outpatient Nursing Services
• Rehab / Therapy
• Sleep Studies
• Swing Bed
• Surgical Services
• Telehealth
• Wound Care
• Visiting Specialists
• Patient Portal
• Price Transparency Tool

Quantifiable outcome

• Stabilized financially after previous struggles
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Colorado Regional and Front Range HospitalscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with visiting surgeons and specialists from Colorado regional and Front Range hospitals. These partners travel to Leadville to provide surgical expertise and specialty care locally, enabling St. Vincent Health to offer services such as cardiology, urology, general surgery, podiatry, ophthalmology, pain management, and pediatric cardiology without requiring patients to travel to larger facilities.
• Leadville Community Health FoundationcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Leadville Community Health Foundation is the charitable arm of St. Vincent Health, focused on supporting community health initiatives and providing resources for healthcare access in the Leadville area.
• Bruce E. Noxon, DPMminorOthersVisiting podiatry specialist providing foot and ankle care services at St. Vincent Health.
• Sonja Stilp, MDminorOthersVisiting specialist providing services at St. Vincent Health.
• Kevin May, MDminorOthersVisiting specialist providing services at St. Vincent Health.
• Clay Pendleton, MDminorOthersVisiting specialist providing services at St. Vincent Health.
• Zachary Hartman, MDminorOthersVisiting specialist providing services at St. Vincent Health.
• Dunbar Ivy, MDminorOthersVisiting pediatric cardiology specialist providing services at St. Vincent Health.
• Parth Makker, MDminorOthersVisiting cardiology specialist providing heart care services at St. Vincent Health.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Delta Health: Delta Health is a rural Colorado community hospital system that, per the source data, sits in the same cohort of rural facilities as St. Vincent Health that have stabilized financially but face parallel Medicaid and 340B policy headwinds — the most directly comparable peer in the dataset.
• Gunnison Valley Health: Gunnison Valley Health is a rural Colorado critical access–style health system serving a small mountain county. It mirrors SVH's mix of 24/7 emergency, primary care, specialty outreach, and swing-bed skilled services in a remote mountain setting.
• Mt. San Rafael Hospital & Health Centers: Mt. San Rafael is a critical access hospital in rural southern Colorado offering a similar integrated ER, primary care, imaging, lab, and visiting-specialist model — providing a like-for-like peer for SVH's care model and rural payer mix.
• Pagosa Springs Medical Center: Pagosa Springs Medical Center is a rural Colorado district hospital in a mountain town, with 24/7 emergency, primary care, imaging, and outpatient services that closely parallel St. Vincent's service portfolio in geography and scale.
• Memorial Regional Health (Craig, CO): Memorial Regional Health is a rural Colorado hospital serving Moffat County with an integrated mix of emergency, primary care, specialty outreach, and rehab services — directly comparable in scale, geography, and care model.
• Rio Grande Hospital: Rio Grande Hospital is a small rural Colorado critical access hospital with emergency, primary care, imaging, and lab offerings — a comparable facility to SVH in both size and rural community role.

Broad incumbents

• Mercy Regional Medical Center (Durango): Operated by Centura Health, Mercy Regional is a larger southwestern Colorado referral hospital that supplies SVH's visiting specialists and receives referred patients. Comparable as the upstream regional hub from which SVH draws specialty capacity.
• Centura Health: Centura Health is the large Colorado health system whose regional and Front Range hospitals send visiting surgeons and specialists to SVH. As a broad incumbent, it shapes the specialty referral relationships that underpin SVH's visiting-specialist program.
• UCHealth: UCHealth is a major Colorado academic and regional health system that serves as an upstream referral destination and a source of specialist outreach to rural mountain communities — relevant to SVH as both a competitor for complex cases and a potential specialty partner.
• CommonSpirit Health: CommonSpirit is a national nonprofit system operating numerous critical access and rural hospitals across Colorado and the Mountain West. It is relevant as a strategic acquirer / affiliation partner that regularly partners with rural districts of SVH's profile.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/stvincenthospit
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stvincent-health-colorado

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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