Hospital San Carlos de Aipe

What Hospital San Carlos de Aipe does

E.S.E. Hospital San Carlos de Aipe is a government-owned public healthcare institution (Empresa Social del Estado) operating since 1996 under the municipal authority of Aipe in the Department of Huila, Colombia, with origins tracing to a community health post established in the 1950s and formally constituted as Hospital San Carlos in 1960. The hospital functions as the mandated low-complexity healthcare provider for the Municipality of Aipe, delivering an integrated portfolio that includes 24/7 emergency care with a TRIAGE classification system, outpatient consultation, clinical laboratory with computerized diagnostic equipment, dentistry, pharmacy, physical therapy with electrotherapy/thermotherapy/mechanotherapy capabilities, hospitalization, and health promotion and prevention programs across life-cycle stages.

The technology foundation centers on a digital systematized clinical history system (historias clínicas sistematizadas) that enables electronic medical records access at each patient visit, supported by modern laboratory instrumentation and a Triage system for emergency prioritization. The hospital extends its reach beyond the main facility at Avenida Nuevo Milenio No. 12A-13 through Equipos Básicos de Salud (EBS) mobile teams and a mobile medical-dental unit, bringing primary care, vaccination, dental services, and health education directly to rural veredas in line with Colombia's Atención Primaria en Salud (APS) strategy.

The business model is structured around Colombia's General System of Social Security in Health (SGSSS), with revenue generated through capitation payments (UPC) and per-service contracts with multiple EPS insurance counterparties including EPS Sanitas, Nueva EPS, Salud Vital IPS, and Asmetsalud. Services are provided at no direct cost to users affiliated under the mandatory health plan (POS). The institution is governed by a five-member Junta Directiva, supervised by Supersalud and the Ministry of Health, and operates with a total staff of approximately 53 personnel across medical, nursing, dental, laboratory, pharmacy, and administrative functions.

Name

Hospital San Carlos de Aipe

Legal name

E.S.E. Hospital San Carlos de Aipe

Website

https://esesancarlos.gov.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ESE Hospital San Carlos de Aipe is a public low-complexity healthcare institution in the Municipality of Aipe, Huila, Colombia, delivering emergency, outpatient, dental, laboratory, pharmacy, and physical therapy services to the local population under Colombia's SGSSS health insurance system.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Healthcare Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Health Care and Social Assistance (62)

SIC

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

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAFAAAC

Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) & Multi-Hospital Systems

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Acute Care Hospitals & Health Systems

SECONDARYHLAFADAA

Hospital-Based Emergency Departments (EDs)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Emergency & Urgent Care Services

Keywords

• Public hospital services
• Emergency medical care
• Outpatient clinical services
• Community health programs
• Pharmaceutical services

Headquarters

HQ city

Aipe

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Health Services - SGSSS: Services provided under Colombia's General Social Security Health System (Sistema General de Seguridad Social en Salud - SGSSS), through the mandatory health plan (POS) with affiliated EPS patients. Revenue comes from capitation payments (UPC) and service agreements with EPS insurance companies including Sanitas, Nueva EPS, Salud Vital, and Asmetsalud.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ESE Hospital San Carlos de Aipe is a low-complexity public healthcare institution that provides an integrated portfolio of services including 24/7 emergency and observation care, outpatient consultations with systematized clinical records, dentistry, clinical laboratory diagnostics, physical therapy, inpatient hospitalization, and pharmaceutical services. The hospital also runs health promotion and prevention programs, Basic Health Teams (EBS) for rural outreach, and mobile medical-dental units serving the municipality of Aipe in Huila, Colombia.

Product overview

ESE Hospital San Carlos de Aipe is a low-complexity public healthcare institution in Huila, Colombia, operating as an 'Empresa Social del Estado' (State Social Enterprise). The hospital provides an integrated portfolio of healthcare services organized around outpatient care (Consulta Externa with systematized clinical records), emergency and observation services (Urgencias con TRIAGE classification operating 24/7), specialized clinical services (Odontología, Laboratorio Clínico with computerized diagnostic equipment, Farmacia with complete pharmaceutical management, and Terapia Física with electrotherapy, thermotherapy, and mechanotherapy equipment), and health promotion and prevention programs. The institution also operates Equipos Básicos de Salud (EBS) community health teams and a mobile medical-dental unit to extend services to rural populations, complemented by SIAU for user service and information. The hospital transitioned to a new facility in 2010 at Avenida Nuevo Milenio and has been operating as an ESE since 1996.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Odontología (Dental Services)

Quantifiable outcome

• Health brigades conducted in rural areas (Santa Rita, Mesitas, Praga) bringing services to underserved communities
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 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

Integration5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and historical.

• Gobernación del HuilacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional government of Huila department provides oversight and support to the municipal hospital. The hospital operates as a public institution under municipal administration with departmental health secretariat coordination.
• Alcaldía de AipecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal government of Aipe is the founding entity of the ESE Hospital San Carlos. Established by municipal decree in 1996, the hospital operates under municipal administration.
• Ministerio de Salud y Protección SocialcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational Ministry of Health establishes healthcare policies and standards. The hospital operates under national health system regulations (SGSSS) and mandatory health plan (POS).
• Supersalud (Superintendencia Nacional de Salud)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational health superintendency provides regulatory oversight and supervision of the healthcare system including public hospitals like ESE Hospital San Carlos.
• EPS SanitascoreTechnology or IntegrationHealth insurance company (EPS) providing coverage to affiliated users who receive services at the hospital under the SGSSS system.
• Nueva EPScoreTechnology or IntegrationMajor health insurance company (EPS) in Colombia serving affiliated users who access healthcare services at the hospital under the mandatory health plan.
• SisbéncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSystem for identifying potential social program beneficiaries. Used by the hospital to classify patients and determine subsidy levels for healthcare services.
• Beneficencia del HuilahistoricalStrategic or Co-development PartnerOriginal founding entity that provided the initial facilities for what would become Hospital San Carlos in the 1950s. The hospital originated as a health center under this organization.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• EPS Sanitas: Major Colombian health insurance company (EPS) that contracts with Hospital San Carlos to provide coverage to affiliated users. Included as an ecosystem participant because payer-side decisions directly shape the hospital's revenue streams under SGSSS.
• Nueva EPS: One of Colombia's largest public EPS insurers and a core payer partner of Hospital San Carlos. As an upstream purchaser of the hospital's services, Nueva EPS's contract terms and payment timeliness materially affect the hospital's economics.

Broad incumbents

• Hospital Universitario Hernando Moncaleano Perdomo: Departmental referral hospital in Neiva (Huila's capital) to which Hospital San Carlos refers higher-complexity cases. Operates within the same SGSSS ecosystem but at significantly higher acuity, representing the upstream destination in the regional referral pathway.

Direct peers

• ESE Carmen Emilia Ospina: Large ESE network serving Neiva and surrounding municipalities in Huila, operating under the same ESE public-entity structure and SGSSS reimbursement model. A scaled-up analogue of Hospital San Carlos in the same department, providing a reference point for service-line breadth and APS deployment.
• ESE Hospital Departamental San Antonio de Padua: Public ESE hospital in Huila department operating under the same Colombian SGSSS regulatory framework as Hospital San Carlos de Aipe. Both deliver low-to-mid-complexity services to underserved populations and depend on EPS capitation revenues, making them structurally comparable municipal/state providers.
• ESE Hospital La Misericordia: Public ESE hospital providing low-complexity care to a Colombian municipality under SGSSS. Comparable in service-line scope (emergency, outpatient, dentistry, lab, pharmacy) and dependence on EPS capitation, with similar rural outreach characteristics.

Regional players

• ESE Hospital Mario Correa Rengifo: Public ESE hospital serving Cali and the Valle del Cauca region under Colombia's SGSSS. Operates a similar low-to-mid-complexity IPS model with emergency, outpatient, and community health programs, providing a regional benchmark for municipal ESE operations.

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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