St. John Providence

What St. John Providence does

St. John Providence, now operating as Ascension Michigan, is a regional healthcare delivery subsidiary of Ascension Health Alliance, one of the largest nonprofit Catholic health systems in the United States. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, Ascension operates 94 hospitals with 99,000 associates and 23,000 affiliated providers across multiple states including Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin. St. John Providence provides acute hospital care, emergency services, specialty care, and outpatient physician services through the Ascension Michigan network, competing under the consolidated Ascension brand identity.

Core service lines span cardiology (including TAVR valve replacement, ECMO, and structural heart programs), neurology (Gamma Knife, deep brain stimulation, comprehensive stroke care), women's health (high-risk obstetrics, NICU, breast health), pediatrics (Studer Family Children's Hospital as Northwest Florida's only dedicated children's hospital), and emergency/trauma care (Level I Trauma Center designation). Technology infrastructure includes electronic health records, the Ascension One patient portal and mobile application, hybrid operating rooms, biplane angiography, and RAPID stroke imaging. Revenue mechanics are diversified across hospital services, physician services, and financial assistance programs, with unit-based pricing transparency (e.g., OB prepayment packages at $3,000 for normal delivery and $6,500 for C-section) and uninsured discount programs effective July 1, 2025 (60% hospital discount, 41% medical group discount). The go-to-market motion is direct patient care delivered through integrated hospital facilities, freestanding emergency departments, urgent care clinics, and physician offices, with strategic academic affiliations (e.g., University of Florida Health for kidney transplants) extending tertiary care capabilities.

Name

St. John Providence

Legal name

Ascension Health Alliance d/b/a Ascension

Website

https://healthcare.ascension.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Short description

St. John Providence operates as Ascension Michigan, a regional subsidiary of Ascension Health Alliance delivering hospital, emergency, and specialty care across Michigan under the consolidated Ascension nonprofit Catholic health system brand.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospital and Healthcare Services

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), Outpatient Care Centers (6214), Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers (621493)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospital-Based Emergency Departments (EDs) (HLAFADAA)

Keywords

• Hospital healthcare services
• Emergency and trauma care
• Specialty medical care
• Cardiac and neurology care
• Patient portal platform

Headquarters

HQ city

St Louis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hospital Services Revenue: Acute care hospital services including emergency care, inpatient care, surgical procedures, diagnostic imaging, laboratory services, pharmacy services
2. Physician Services Revenue: Outpatient physician services across multiple specialties including primary care, cardiology, neurology, oncology, orthopedics, OB-GYN, pediatrics
3. Financial Assistance Programs: Discount programs for uninsured patients (60% hospital discount, 41% medical group discount), Medicaid qualification assistance, payment plans, OB prepayment program

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

St. John Providence, now operating as Ascension Michigan, is a nonprofit acute care hospital network providing emergency, primary, and advanced specialty medical services including cardiac, neurological, women's health, pediatric, and trauma care across hospital, emergency room, urgent care, and physician office settings. It operates as part of the broader Ascension Health Alliance system, serving communities with integrated inpatient and outpatient care supported by the Ascension One digital patient portal.

Product overview

Ascension Sacred Heart operates as a regional healthcare network in Northwest Florida, offering emergency, primary, and advanced specialty care through multiple hospital locations (Pensacola, Bay, Emerald Coast, Gulf), Studer Family Children's Hospital, and the Ascension One patient portal/app. The network provides comprehensive services including cardiac care (Heart and Vascular Institute), neurological care (Advanced Brain and Spine Institute), women's healthcare, cancer care, orthopedics, and pediatric services. Ascension One serves as the unified digital patient portal and mobile application connecting patients to medical records, appointments, and billing across the network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital Network Regional healthcare network offering emergency, primary, and advanced specialty care including cardiac, neurological, women's health, and pediatric services across multiple hospital locations.
• Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola A 547-bed full-service hospital with 24/7 emergency care, Level I trauma center, and nationally certified Comprehensive Stroke Center serving the Northwest Florida region.
• Studer Family Children's Hospital Northwest Florida's only children's hospital providing pediatric trauma care, NICU, and specialized pediatric services.
• Ascension One Patient Portal Digital patient portal and mobile app enabling appointment management, provider communication, medical records access, and bill payment.
• Advanced Brain and Spine Institute Comprehensive neurological care program offering treatment for brain tumors, stroke, epilepsy, movement disorders, dementia, and neurosurgical procedures including deep brain stimulation and Gamma Knife therapy.
• Cardiology Services Advanced cardiac care including heart scans, diagnostic testing, interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, heart failure management, and structural heart treatments including TAVR valve replacement.
• Women's Healthcare Services Comprehensive women's health services including OB-GYN, maternity care, high-risk pregnancy, breast health, mammography, and gynecological treatments.
• Emergency Care Services 24/7 emergency care including Level I trauma center, pediatric emergency care, and freestanding emergency departments across Northwest Florida.
• Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast Hospital in Miramar Beach providing emergency, maternity, and general medical services with Primary Stroke Center designation.

Quantifiable outcome

• 300th TAVR patient milestone achieved
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• University of Florida HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKidney transplant program at Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola affiliated with University of Florida Health, providing advanced transplant services with UF Health physicians participating in the transplant care team

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Mayo Clinic: Mayo Clinic is a leading nonprofit academic medical center operating hospitals and specialty care programs with strong brand recognition. It is comparable to Ascension Sacred Heart as a benchmark for advanced specialty and tertiary care excellence, particularly for cardiac and neurosciences.
• HCA Healthcare: HCA Healthcare is one of the largest for-profit hospital operators in the US with a broad multi-state footprint, overlapping with Ascension in acute care, emergency services, and specialty programs. HCA is a comparable scale incumbent and a natural strategic counterpart or competitor in shared markets.
• Cleveland Clinic: Cleveland Clinic is a nationally recognized nonprofit academic health system known for cardiac, neurological, and complex specialty care. It is comparable on specialty and tertiary care dimensions and a benchmark for Ascension Sacred Heart's heart, vascular, and neuroscience service lines.
• Tenet Healthcare: Tenet Healthcare is a major for-profit hospital and ambulatory care operator with acute care hospitals and a large USPI ambulatory surgery network. The USPI business is directly relevant to Ascension's recent ASC acquisition strategy (Project Bluegrass/AmSurg).

Direct peers

• Bon Secours Mercy Health: Bon Secours Mercy Health is a Catholic nonprofit health system operating hospitals and outpatient services across multiple states. It mirrors Ascension's mission, faith-based identity, and multi-state acute care model, making it a close peer for cross-comparison.
• Trinity Health: Trinity Health is a large Catholic nonprofit health system operating hospitals, physician groups, and continuing care services across multiple US states. It is structurally and operationally comparable to Ascension as a faith-based nonprofit acute care delivery network.
• AdventHealth: AdventHealth is a large nonprofit, faith-based health system with hospitals, specialty institutes, and physician practices across the Sunbelt. It is a direct competitor in Florida markets (including NW Florida/Orlando) and shares Ascension's emphasis on specialty care and integrated acute care delivery.
• CommonSpirit Health: CommonSpirit is one of the largest Catholic nonprofit health systems in the US, formed by the merger of Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health. It directly parallels Ascension as a nonprofit, faith-based, multi-state acute and specialty care network serving similar patient populations.

Emerging players

• University of Florida Health: UF Health is an academic health system with which Ascension Sacred Heart has a kidney transplant partnership. It competes in tertiary and quaternary care for the broader Florida Panhandle and is a peer for advanced specialty and transplant services.

Regional players

• Baptist Health (Pensacola/Florida): Baptist Health is a major competitor in the Pensacola and broader Northwest Florida market, operating acute care hospitals and physician practices. It directly competes with Ascension Sacred Heart for inpatient, ED, and specialty volumes in the same geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ascensionorg

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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