Hospital São Rafael

What Hospital São Rafael does

Hospital São Rafael is a private, for-profit regional reference hospital headquartered in Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil, founded on July 15, 1975 and operating as Hospital São Rafael LTDA (CNPJ 06.413.934/0001-31). It provides direct-to-consumer healthcare services to the population of the Tocantina Region and broader Maranhão state, with a stated 50-plus-year operating history. Its core delivery infrastructure comprises 89 beds for clinical and surgical hospitalization, three intensive care units (Adult, Neonatal, and Pediatric) operating continuously, a 24-hour emergency department, a surgical center, diagnostic imaging, and an in-house clinical laboratory, supported by an external results portal via partner Lab Cedro.

The hospital's clinical portfolio spans emergency care, cardiology, gynecology and obstetrics, orthopedics and traumatology, pediatrics, internal medicine, rheumatology, otolaryngology, oncological dermatology, and diagnostic imaging. Its two distinctive service lines are a dedicated adult-and-pediatric oncology unit — self-described as the only exclusive oncology service in Southern Maranhão, with chemotherapy, oncological surgery, and palliative care — and a hemodynamics unit with the only catheterization and angioplasty capability in the region. Patient access is via 24-hour walk-in emergency, scheduled consultations, phone, and WhatsApp, with a centralized authorization line for insurance procedures and a digital Ouvidoria (ombudsman) channel for complaints and suggestions. The facility is LGPD-compliant for health-data handling and has a designated DPO.

Hospital São Rafael generates revenue from direct healthcare services — emergency care, consultations, diagnostics, hospitalizations, surgeries, and specialized treatments — paid through Brazilian health insurance plans (convênios) and private patient payments. It employs 501-1,000 staff and operates exclusively from a single facility in Imperatriz, Maranhão, with no disclosed parent company, institutional investors, subsidiaries, funding rounds, or merger and acquisition activity. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and patients are directed to contact the hospital to verify insurance plan acceptance.

Name

Hospital São Rafael

Legal name

Hospital São Rafael LTDA

Website

https://hsaorafael.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Hospital São Rafael is a private regional reference hospital in Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil, operating since 1975 with 89 beds, three ICU units, and exclusive oncology and hemodynamics services for Southern Maranhão. It serves the Tocantina Region population via direct emergency, inpatient, specialty, and diagnostic services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060)

akta.pro primary industry

Community & Regional General Hospitals (HLAFAAAB)

Keywords

• Hospital services
• Emergency care
• Oncology treatment
• Diagnostic imaging
• Intensive care units

Headquarters

HQ city

Belo Horizonte

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services: Direct healthcare services including emergency care, consultations, diagnostics, hospitalizations, surgeries, and specialized treatments such as oncology and hemodynamics. Revenue generated through health insurance plans (convênios) and private payments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Hospital São Rafael is a multi-specialty acute-care hospital that delivers 24-hour emergency care, three ICU units (Adult, Neonatal, and Pediatric), oncology treatment, hemodynamics procedures, and a broad range of specialty consultations, diagnostics, and surgical services. It sells healthcare services — emergency care, inpatient hospitalization, specialized treatments, diagnostic imaging, and clinical laboratory exams — to individual patients in the Maranhão and Tocantina Region, primarily funded through health insurance plans (convênios) and private payments.

Product overview

Hospital São Rafael is a comprehensive healthcare facility offering a unified hospital services portfolio. The hospital provides emergency care (Pronto Atendimento 24h), three ICU units (Adult, Neonatal, and Pediatric), and specialized medical services including Oncology (the only exclusive oncology service in Southern Maranhão), Hemodynamics, Cardiology, Gynecology/Obstetrics, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Otolaryngology, Oncological Dermatology, Surgical Center, Diagnostic Imaging, and Clinical Laboratory. The hospital also provides digital services including a Candidate Portal for job applications, an Ombudsman (Ouvidoria) system, and online laboratory results access through Lab Cedro integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pronto Atendimento (Emergency Care)

Quantifiable outcome

• 89 beds for clinical and surgical hospitalization
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Hospital Pequeno Príncipe: Brazilian pediatric specialty hospital offering oncology, ICU, and surgical services for children. Comparable on the pediatric and pediatric-oncology service lines that Hospital São Rafael offers, though Pequeno Príncipe operates as a dedicated children's hospital rather than a general hospital with pediatric capabilities.

Regional players

• Hospital São Lucas: Brazilian private general hospital offering multi-specialty care including oncology, cardiology, and emergency services. Comparable in scale and Brazilian private-hospital operating model, though based in a different regional market.
• Hospital Mãe de Deus: Private general hospital in Porto Alegre offering multi-specialty care with oncology, ICU, and emergency services. Comparable as a regional Brazilian private hospital competing for insured patients, though anchored to a different metropolitan catchment in the South.

Broad incumbents

• Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein: Premium Brazilian hospital chain offering comprehensive multi-specialty care including oncology, cardiology, and ICU services. Comparable as a full-service Brazilian hospital with strong specialty mix, though concentrated in São Paulo and serving a higher-acuity patient base than Hospital São Rafael.
• Hospital Sírio-Libanês: Leading Brazilian tertiary hospital offering oncology, ICU, surgical, and diagnostic services. Comparable in specialty portfolio (oncology, hemodynamics, ICU breadth), though operating as a premium, research-affiliated institution rather than a regional reference hospital.
• Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz: São Paulo-based tertiary hospital offering comprehensive specialty care including oncology, hemodynamics, and complex surgery. Comparable in specialty depth and convênio-driven reimbursement model, though operating as a metropolitan referral center rather than a regional reference.
• Hospital Santa Catarina: São Paulo-based private general hospital with multi-specialty care including cardiology, oncology, and ICU. Comparable in offering a comprehensive specialty portfolio under Brazilian convênio-driven reimbursement, though serving a metropolitan patient base.
• Rede D'Or São Luiz: Brazil's largest private hospital operator with 70+ hospitals across multiple states. Comparable as a multi-specialty Brazilian acute-care hospital operator serving insured populations, though operating at vastly greater scale and geographic footprint than the single-site Hospital São Rafael.

Others

• Dasa: Brazil's largest diagnostics and hospital network with extensive imaging and lab capabilities. Comparable on the diagnostic imaging and clinical laboratory service line that Hospital São Rafael operates, though Dasa operates at network scale and is increasingly moving into hospital services.

Direct peers

• Hospital de Amor: Brazilian hospital network specializing in oncology with multiple regional units across the country. Directly comparable on the oncology service line that is Hospital São Rafael's signature specialty, and competes for cancer patients who might otherwise travel from Maranhão to other states.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/hsaorafael
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hospital-e-maternidade-sao-rafael

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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