Agaplesion Diakonie Kliniken Kassel

What Agaplesion Diakonie Kliniken Kassel does

Agaplesion Diakonie Kliniken Kassel is a non-profit acute care hospital (gemeinnützige GmbH) and the largest medical facility in the Nordhessen (North Hesse) region of Germany, operating from a 315-bed main campus at Herkulesstraße 34 in Kassel under the AGAPLESION gAG network. Founded in 1883 as the Diakonissen-Krankenhaus des Kurhessischen Diakonissenhauses, the hospital runs 12 clinical departments spanning anesthesiology, general and visceral surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, vascular surgery, internal medicine, cardiology, gastroenterology, acute geriatrics, radiology, plastic/hand surgery, and trauma/orthopedics, supported by a 24/7 central emergency department and ten certified competence centers. The facility recently launched da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery and holds DGAV, AGUB, and WHO/UNICEF certifications, with the gynecology department recognized as a baby-friendly birth clinic delivering approximately 2,000 babies annually.

The hospital is an academic teaching hospital of Philipps-Universität Marburg, a member of the Onkologischer Kooperationsverband Nordhessen, and operates a regional network of 10 outpatient medical care centers (MVZ) across Kassel, Bad Karlshafen, Calden, Espenau, Reinhardshagen, and Wolfhagen in general medicine, gynecology, and gastroenterology. It treats approximately 30,000 patients per year (inpatient and outpatient) with a staff of more than 650 medical, nursing, and administrative personnel.

The business model is that of a German statutory healthcare provider: revenue is generated from inpatient and outpatient services billed through the German DRG (diagnosis-related group) system via statutory and private health insurers, with no public pricing. Strategic capital is supplemented by EU-backed funding under §14a of the Krankenhausfinanzierungsgesetz. The customer base is the general insured population of the Nordhessen catchment area, with the hospital functioning as a regional referral center for complex surgical, oncological, and obstetric cases.

Name

Agaplesion Diakonie Kliniken Kassel

Legal name

AGAPLESION DIAKONIE KLINIKEN KASSEL gemeinnützige GmbH

Website

https://diako-kassel.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1883

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Agaplesion Diakonie Kliniken Kassel is a non-profit 315-bed acute care hospital in Kassel, Germany, operating 12 specialty departments and 10 regional outpatient centers under the AGAPLESION network, serving approximately 30,000 patients annually in Nordhessen under the German DRG billing system.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Acute Care Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers (621493), Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Community & Regional General Hospitals (HLAFAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Ambulatory Specialty Clinics (Multi-Specialty & Single-Specialty) (HLAFABAA)

Keywords

• Acute hospital care
• Minimally invasive surgery
• Robotic assisted surgery
• Maternity services
• Academic teaching hospital

Headquarters

HQ city

Kassel

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

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. Hospital Healthcare Services: Acute care hospital services including inpatient treatment, outpatient care, emergency medicine, and surgical procedures. Revenue generated through German healthcare system (DRG-based billing, gesetzliche and private Krankenversicherung).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AGAPLESION DIAKONIE KLINIKEN KASSEL is the largest medical facility in Nordhessen (North Hesse), Germany, operating as a multi-specialty acute care hospital with 12 clinical departments and approximately 315 beds. The facility delivers integrated inpatient and outpatient services, including emergency medicine, surgical procedures (with da Vinci robotic-assisted capabilities), maternity care, and treatment through certified competence centers (e.g., oncology, cardiology, gastroenterology, urogynecology, minimally invasive surgery). It also operates 10 outpatient medical care centers (MVZ) across the region and serves as the academic teaching hospital of Philipps-Universität Marburg.

Product overview

Agaplesion Diakonie Kliniken Kassel is a hospital providing integrated inpatient and outpatient medical services. The facility operates 12 clinical departments offering services from anesthesiology to trauma surgery, supported by specialized centers including a DGAV-certified Minimally Invasive Surgery Center with da Vinci robotic surgery capabilities, bariatric center, vascular center, colorectal center, hernia center, pancreas center, continence center, urogynecology center, and endometriosis clinic. The hospital also operates multiple outpatient medical care centers (MVZ) across the region and provides patient education services including a parent school. With approximately 315 beds and over 650 employees, the hospital treats approximately 30,000 patients annually and delivers about 2,000 babies per year.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• da Vinci Robot-Assisted Surgery
• Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin (Anesthesiology and Intensive Care)
• Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeralchirurgie und Proktologie (General and Visceral Surgery)
• Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe (Gynecology and Obstetrics)
• Klinik für Gefäß- und Endovaskuläre Chirurgie (Vascular and Endovascular Surgery)
• Klinik für Innere Medizin, Diabetologie und Angiologie (Internal Medicine, Diabetology, Angiology)
• Klinik für Innere Medizin – Kardiologie und Rhythmologie (Cardiology and Rhythmology)
• Klinik für Innere Medizin – Gastroenterologie (Gastroenterology)
• Klinik für Innere Medizin – Akutgeriatrie und Frührehabilitation (Acute Geriatrics and Early Rehabilitation)
• Klinik für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie (Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology)
• Klinik für Plastische, Rekonstruktive, Ästhetische und Handchirurgie (Plastic, Reconstructive, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery)
• Klinik für Unfallchirurgie, Orthopädie und Alterstraumatologie (Trauma Surgery, Orthopedics and Geriatric Traumatology)
• Zentrale Notaufnahme (Central Emergency Department)
• Medizinische Versorgungszentren (MVZ) – Medical Care Centers
• Minimal Invasives Zentrum (Minimally Invasive Surgery Center)
• Adipositaszentrum (Bariatric Center)
• Chest Pain Unit
• Darmzentrum – Koloproktologisches Zentrum (Colorectal Center)
• Gefäßzentrum (Vascular Center)
• Hernienzentrum (Hernia Center)
• Kontinenzzentrum (Continence Center)
• Pankreaszentrum (Pancreas Center)
• Urogynäkologie (Urogynecology)
• Endometriose-Klinik (Endometriosis Clinic)
• Myomzentrum (Fibroid Center)
• Ambulantes Operieren (Ambulatory/Day Surgery)
• Elternschule (Parent School)
• Vorbereitungsambulanz (Preparation Outpatient Clinic)

Quantifiable outcome

• 30,000 patients treated annually (inpatient and outpatient)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AGAPLESION gAGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent company - AGAPLESION gemeinnützige Aktiengesellschaft founded in 2002 in Frankfurt am Main. Christian healthcare network with 100+ facilities including 22 hospital locations with 6,443 beds, 39 residential care facilities, 5 hospices, 34 medical care centers. 22,000 employees. The Kassel hospital has been part of AGAPLESION since 2013.
• Philipps-Universität MarburgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic teaching hospital status - medical education and research partnership with Philipps-Universität Marburg. Part of academic medical training program.
• Onkologischer Kooperationsverband NordhessencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOncology cooperation network of Northern Hesse - collaborative oncology care across the region for comprehensive cancer treatment
• Praxis für Pränatale Diagnostik und TherapiecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperative practice for prenatal diagnostics and therapy - integrated prenatal care services
• Kooperierende Praxen und ÄrztecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNetwork of cooperating physician practices and doctors for referral and coordinated patient care across the region
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie (DGAV)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional society certifying the hospital as Competence Center for Minimal Invasive Surgery following quality standards
• WHO and UNICEF Baby-Friendly Hospital InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational certification program recognizing excellence in breastfeeding support, parent-child bonding, and family-oriented maternity care
• AGAPLESION Evangelisches Krankenhaus Gesundbrunnen HofgeismarcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister hospital in Hofgeismar - specialty hospital for geriatrics and neurological early rehabilitation with 105 geriatrics beds, 25 neurology beds, and 20 day clinic places. Approximately 300 employees treating 2,000 patients annually. Also part of AGAPLESION network.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Asklepios Kliniken: One of Germany's largest private hospital groups with ~170 facilities. Competes in mid-sized-city general hospital care across Hessen and northern Germany with similar DRG-based, multi-specialty service portfolios.
• Helios Kliniken (Helios Health): Germany's largest private hospital operator (part of Fresenius), running ~90+ hospitals nationwide. Operates multiple sites in Hessen and competes with AGAPLESION DIAKONIE KLINIKEN KASSEL for elective surgery, oncology, and cardiology cases in the broader region.
• Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg (UKGM): Academic tertiary hospital affiliated with Philipps-Universität Marburg, the same university whose teaching hospital program AGAPLESION DIAKONIE KLINIKEN KASSEL participates in. Competes for high-acuity referrals and medical staff across Nordhessen.
• Sana Kliniken: German private hospital group operating ~50+ facilities including community general hospitals of comparable size and multi-specialty scope, often in non-metropolitan regions similar to Kassel.

Direct peers

• Diakonie-Klinikum Stuttgart: Comparable Protestant-affiliated community hospital in another German metropolitan area, combining acute care, maternity, and surgical services with similar Christian-value branding and multi-specialty structure.
• Evangelisches Krankenhaus Göttingen-Weende: Protestant-affiliated general hospital with comparable bed size and multi-specialty scope in northern Germany. Similar mix of DRG-funded services, regional referral base, and academic-teaching affiliation.
• Klinikum Kassel: Public-sector general hospital in Kassel providing a comparable mix of inpatient and outpatient services across multiple specialties. Direct city-level competitor for patient referrals and physician talent within the same Kassel catchment area.
• AGAPLESION Evangelisches Krankenhaus Gesundbrunnen Hofgeismar: Sister hospital within the AGAPLESION gAG network, located in Hofgeismar in Nordhessen. Operates 105 geriatrics beds, 25 neurology beds, and a day clinic with ~300 staff treating ~2,000 patients annually — a directly comparable Protestant-network community hospital in the same region.
• Marienkrankenhaus Kassel: Catholic-affiliated general hospital in Kassel competing for the same Nordhessen patient population. Similar scale, multi-specialty profile, and denominational positioning make it a direct intra-city peer to AGAPLESION DIAKONIE KLINIKEN KASSEL.

Regional players

• St. Marien-Hospital Mülheim an der Ruhr: Catholic-affiliated mid-sized German general hospital with comparable service portfolio (general/visceral surgery, gynecology, internal medicine, geriatrics). Functions as a structurally similar regional acute-care competitor in a different German catchment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/agaplesiondiakoniekliniken
• Instagraminstagram.com/agaplesiondiakoniekliniken

Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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