Hospital de Caridade e Beneficencia

What Hospital de Caridade e Beneficencia does

Hospital de Caridade e Beneficência (HCB) is a private, nonprofit charitable hospital founded in 1904 and headquartered at Saldanha Marinho 48 in Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Operating as a 206-bed regional reference center with ~820 employees and a credentialed medical staff of 120 physicians, HCB delivers a full spectrum of secondary and tertiary care — including oncology, nephrology with 20 years of service history, neurosurgery, traumatology, neonatal ICU, diagnostic imaging, and 24/7 emergency services — under ONA Level 2 (Acreditado Pleno) accreditation recognized by ISQua. The hospital serves the 8th Health Coordinator region through a mixed-payer model spanning the SUS public system, convênios (health insurers), and private patients, supplemented by the community Amigo HCB donation program.

HCB's business model rests on diversified healthcare delivery revenue streams layered with adjacent operating subsidiaries: the Amigo HCB+ subscription health plan (R$20 individual / R$35 family per month) with embedded telemedicine via the Náxia app, the Clínica HCB+ outpatient clinic, HCB Saúde Ocupacional for employer-paid occupational health, and Escola HCB for medical education. Recent strategic activity — including the February 2025 launch of a Hospitalist Medicine service, the 2022 opening of a 12-room specialty outpatient clinic, and rebrand/expansion of Amigo HCB+ in September 2024 — demonstrates operational modernization and incremental service-line extension. Distribution is primarily direct (hospital-based services plus a 606.23 m² outpatient facility opened May 2022), with the municipal Program Assistir partnership and ongoing capital inflows from the state Programa Avançar na Saúde (R$1.5M in March 2024) and Sicredi Gerações RS/MG (October 2025) supporting facility and equipment investment.

Name

Hospital de Caridade e Beneficencia

Legal name

Hospital de Caridade e Beneficência

Website

https://hcb.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1904

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

HCB is a nonprofit 206-bed regional reference hospital in Cachoeira do Sul, Brazil, delivering oncology, nephrology, neurosurgery, traumatology, and emergency care to the 8th Health Coordinator region across SUS, insurance, and private payers, with ONA Level 2 accreditation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospital Healthcare Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (62211)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Hospitals (8060)

akta.pro primary industry

Critical Access & Rural Hospitals (HLAFAAAG)

Keywords

• Hospital healthcare services
• Oncology and nephrology
• Neurosurgery specialty
• Emergency medical care
• Diagnostic imaging center

Headquarters

HQ city

Cachoeira Do Sul

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SUS (Sistema Único de Saúde): Public healthcare system revenue through government-funded patient care services
2. Convênios de Saúde (Health Insurance): Revenue from health insurance providers including partnerships with various insurance companies
3. Particular (Private Patients): Direct payment from private patients for healthcare services
4. Doações (Donations): Community donations through Amigo HCB program and direct bank transfers, with contributions of any amount via credit card, debit, or bank slip
5. Amigo HCB+ Health Plan: Monthly subscription health plan with Individual plan at R$20/month and Family plan at R$35/month, offering discounts on hospitalizations and surgical procedures
6. Serviços Ambulatoriais (Outpatient Services): Revenue from specialty clinics including diagnostic imaging, oncology, nephrology, and other outpatient services

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Hospital de Caridade e Beneficência (HCB) is a 206-bed regional reference hospital in Cachoeira do Sul, Brazil, providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care across oncology, nephrology, neurosurgery, neonatology, traumatology, diagnostic imaging, and 24/7 emergency services. It serves patients through the public SUS system, private health insurance, direct private payment, and a proprietary monthly subscription health plan (Amigo HCB+). The hospital also operates specialty outpatient clinics, occupational health services, and a surgical/clinical package program.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HCBaby: Baby care product/service offered by HCB.
• HCB Saúde Ocupacional
• Centro de Diagnóstico por Imagem (CDI)
• Centro Regional de Oncologia
• Centro de Nefrologia
• Pronto Atendimento Convênio/Particular 24h

Products and services

• Centro de Diagnóstico por Imagem (CDI) Diagnostic imaging center performing imaging exams for inpatients, outpatients, SUS, health insurance, and private-pay patients across multiple specialties.
• Centro Regional de Oncologia Regional reference oncology center providing comprehensive cancer care from diagnosis through treatment, including chemotherapy and follow-up for patients in the Cachoeira do Sul region.
• Centro de Nefrologia Specialized nephrology center treating patients with kidney diseases, offering hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and transplant coordination for the regional population.
• UTI Neonatal Neonatal intensive care unit providing specialized critical care for newborns within the hospital's 206-bed facility.
• Neurocirurgia Regional reference neurosurgery service for treatment of central and peripheral nervous system diseases, performing brain surgery, spinal procedures, and other high-complexity neurological interventions.
• Pronto Atendimento Convênio/Particular 24h 24-hour emergency care service for health insurance and private patients, staffed by trained emergency teams providing urgent and emergency care.
• Serviço de Medicina Hospitalista (Hospitalist Medicine Service) Dedicated hospitalist medicine service providing continuous, individualized care to inpatients through seven hospitalist physicians and one hospitalist nurse, with multidisciplinary co-management across specialties.
• Plano Amigo HCB+ Monthly subscription health plan offering Individual (R$20/month) and Family (R$35/month) tiers with discounts on hospitalizations and surgical procedures, plus telemedicine, online scheduling, and a local benefits club.
• HCBaby Baby care product and service line offered by HCB for parents and newborns in the regional community.
• HCB Saúde Ocupacional Occupational health services providing workplace medical examinations, preventive care, and occupational health programs to local employers.
• Pacotes Cirúrgicos e Clínicos Bundled surgical and clinical procedure packages with predefined pricing for common surgeries and clinical procedures, targeted at private-pay patients.
• Cirurgia a Laser Laser surgery service using specialized laser equipment for indicated surgical procedures across multiple specialties.
• Ambulatório de Especialidades (Specialty Outpatient Clinic) Specialty outpatient clinic service offering cardiology, general surgery, high-risk pregnancy, vascular surgery, and neurology consultations across twelve consultation rooms.
• Clínica HCB+ Private outpatient clinic operating at Rua Tiradentes, 855, with five consultation rooms and small-procedure facilities offering fixed-price services for private patients.
• Escola HCB HCB-affiliated educational institution supporting medical residency, clinical teaching, and research programs in partnership with the hospital.

Quantifiable outcome

• Achieved ONA Level 2 accreditation (Acreditado Pleno)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 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

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Eficiência HospitalistacoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 7 February 2025Hospital efficiency consulting company with 15 years of national market experience, providing implementation services for hospitalist medicine program to guarantee care efficiency and economic sustainability.
• Prefeitura Municipal de Cachoeira do SulcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 May 2022Municipal government partnership through Program Assistir, funding outpatient clinic facility rental while hospital provides medical services. R$ 349,943.41 thousand investment in construction.
• EJRos BrasilcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 March 2019Accreditation consulting firm that assessed and guided hospital through ONA accreditation process from Level 1 to Level 2 over approximately 18-month project timeline.
• PanvelcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership generating concrete results for community health, providing pharmacy services and health-related offerings to hospital patients and community members.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• ONA (Organização Nacional de Acreditação): National hospital accreditation body under whose methodology HCB achieved Level 2 status. Not a peer in the operating sense but the most directly relevant ecosystem body — every ONA-accredited hospital in Brazil is structurally comparable in quality-management approach to HCB.
• Eficiência Hospitalista: Brazilian hospitalist medicine consultancy currently advising HCB on its Hospitalist Medicine program. Functions as an ecosystem/enabling partner rather than competitor; reflects the consultant/vendor layer serving Brazilian hospitals implementing similar care models.

Regional players

• Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria (HUSM): Public university hospital in Santa Maria, RS — a comparable regional referral center in Rio Grande do Sul's interior serving a similar geographic catchment to HCB. Both serve as SUS-dependent regional referral hospitals for high-complexity specialties in non-metropolitan areas.
• Hospital Pompéia (Caxias do Sul): Nonprofit hospital in Caxias do Sul serving as a regional reference center in Rio Grande do Sul's Serra Gaúcha region. Closely mirrors HCB's role as a mission-driven, community-anchored regional referral hospital with comparable scale and service breadth.
• Hospital São Vicente de Paulo (Passo Fundo): Nonprofit hospital in Passo Fundo serving as regional reference center in northern Rio Grande do Sul. Comparable to HCB as a mid-sized nonprofit community hospital functioning as a regional referral hub for specialty care, with similar SUS/private payer mix.

Direct peers

• Hospital Ernesto Dornelles: Mid-sized nonprofit hospital in Porto Alegre offering comparable specialty services (oncology, nephrology, neurosurgery). Similar size tier and nonprofit governance model to HCB, with overlapping payer mix including SUS and Convênios.
• Hospital Divina Providência: Nonprofit community hospital in Porto Alegre with similar bed count and service-line breadth as HCB, including general surgery, oncology, and diagnostic imaging. Closest peer in scale, mission, and operational model to HCB among Porto Alegre-area hospitals.

Broad incumbents

• Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre: Large nonprofit hospital complex in Porto Alegre with centuries of history, comparable to HCB's charitable nonprofit model and broad specialty service mix. Both serve as referral centers in Rio Grande do Sul, though Santa Casa operates at substantially larger scale.
• Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA): Major public university hospital in Porto Alegre (~3 hours from Cachoeira do Sul) offering comprehensive specialty care including oncology, neurosurgery, and nephrology. Comparable to HCB as a general/specialty referral hospital in Rio Grande do Sul, though at much larger scale and academic-medical-center tier.
• Hospital Moinhos de Vento: Leading nonprofit hospital in Porto Alegre with ONA accreditation and strong specialty reputation. Comparable to HCB as an accredited, mission-driven Brazilian hospital competing on quality; represents an aspirational benchmark for HCB's continued accreditation and service-line development.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HospitaldeCarid
• Facebookfacebook.com/hcbch

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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