Blank Children's Hospital

What Blank Children's Hospital does

Blank Children's Hospital is a non-profit pediatric hospital located in Des Moines, Iowa, operating as a service unit of UnityPoint Health. It serves pediatric patients from newborns through adolescents, providing emergency care, inpatient services, pediatric intensive care, specialty services, and outpatient clinics. Blank is Iowa's only Level 2 Pediatric Trauma Center and operates the state's only dedicated pediatric emergency department, positioning it as the primary pediatric referral destination within UnityPoint Health's integrated network of 20 regional hospitals, 19 community network hospitals, and over 400 clinics across Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin.

The hospital runs on UnityPoint Health's Epic electronic medical record system with bedside barcode scanning and computerized physician order entry (CPOE), and patients access records and virtual care through the MyUnityPoint patient portal powered by MyChart. Beyond direct patient care, Blank operates a pediatric residency program, child life internship and practicum programs, and nurse practitioner preceptorships, functioning as both a clinical and academic training site. Service offerings extend to urgent care, emergency care, and virtual care delivered through the parent network.

As a non-profit subsidiary of UnityPoint Health, Blank generates revenue through pediatric healthcare services billed to insurance providers, Medicare, Medicaid, and self-pay patients, though specific pricing is not publicly disclosed. GTM motion is sales- and referral-led, with patients accessed through UnityPoint Health's physician network, emergency department entry points, and the MyUnityPoint portal. A $600,000 grant from The Toy Foundation dated 2026-03-24 reflects charitable funding rather than operating revenue.

Name

Blank Children's Hospital

Legal name

Blank Children's Hospital

Website

https://unitypoint.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Blank Children's Hospital is a non-profit pediatric hospital in Des Moines, Iowa, operating as a service unit of UnityPoint Health. It serves children from newborns through adolescents as Iowa's only Level 2 Pediatric Trauma Center with the state's only dedicated pediatric emergency department.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Hospital Services

NAICS

Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (6223)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Children’s Hospitals (Acute Care) (HLAFAAAI)

Keywords

• Pediatric hospital services
• Pediatric emergency care
• Child life programs
• Pediatric residency training
• Trauma center services

Headquarters

HQ city

Des Moines

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Revenue: Blank Children's Hospital generates revenue through providing pediatric healthcare services including emergency care, inpatient care, specialty services, and outpatient clinic services. Revenue comes from patient services billed to insurance providers, Medicare, Medicaid, and self-pay patients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Blank Children's Hospital provides comprehensive pediatric healthcare services for children from newborns through adolescence, including pediatric emergency care, inpatient pediatric services, pediatric intensive care, specialty care, and outpatient clinics. The hospital also serves as a training site for medical education programs including pediatric residency, child life internship and practicum programs, and nurse practitioner preceptorships. All services are delivered within UnityPoint Health's integrated regional network of hospitals and clinics.

Product overview

Blank Children's Hospital is a pediatric hospital operating as part of UnityPoint Health's regional network. As a specialty children's hospital, it provides pediatric emergency medicine, inpatient care, and serves as a training site for medical residents and students. The hospital offers clinical education programs including pediatric residency, child life internship/practicum, and nurse practitioner preceptorships. Patient services include emergency care, urgent care, and virtual care options, all accessible through UnityPoint Health's integrated network and MyUnityPoint patient portal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pediatric Emergency Care

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• UW HealthmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnityPoint Health has a partnership with UW Health for healthcare services collaboration, particularly noted in the Wisconsin market where UW Health Partnership page is listed under Our Partnerships.
• Health Insurance ProviderscoreOthersUnityPoint Health maintains partnerships with various health insurance providers for patient coverage, with dedicated Health Insurance Partnerships page listed under organizational partnerships.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Children's Mercy Kansas City: Major independent children's hospital in the KC metro with strong pediatric specialty and research footprint. Competes with Blank for complex pediatric referrals from western Missouri, eastern Kansas, and southern Iowa.
• University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital: Iowa's other major children's hospital and academic medical center, providing high-acuity pediatric specialty, ED, and inpatient services statewide. Direct competitor for pediatric referrals in Iowa and a benchmark academic/teaching peer.

Regional players

• SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital: St. Louis-based Catholic children's hospital with academic affiliations. Comparable faith-based non-profit children's hospital peer operating across a multi-state footprint similar to UnityPoint.
• Helen DeVos Children's Hospital (Corewell Health): Michigan-based pediatric hospital that draws referrals from the broader Midwest. Comparable in scale and academic footprint to Blank as a regional children's hospital.
• American Family Children's Hospital (UW Health): UW Health's pediatric hospital in Madison, WI. Sister-system partner under UnityPoint's UW Health collaboration; competes for pediatric referrals from southern Wisconsin and adjacent Iowa counties.
• Sanford Children's Hospital (Sioux Falls): Sanford Health's flagship children's hospital serving the Dakotas and the Upper Midwest. Comparable community-based children's hospital peer for non-academic pediatric services.
• Children's Hospital & Medical Center (Omaha): Nebraska's primary children's hospital and academic pediatric affiliate. Competes with Blank for referral volume from western Iowa via proximity to the Omaha–Council Bluffs metro.

Broad incumbents

• UnityPoint Health – Pediatric Clinics (network): Internal peer within UnityPoint's 400+ clinic network that funnels pediatric patients to Blank Children's Hospital. Relevant for understanding Blank's referral base and integrated delivery economics.
• Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: Large academic children's hospital affiliated with Northwestern. Competes for high-acuity referrals from across the Midwest and sets clinical/research benchmarks that Blank must match to retain complex cases.

Others

• Children's Hospital Association: Industry association and policy/research body for U.S. children's hospitals. Useful comparable for benchmarking pediatric-specific policy advocacy, payer strategy, and operational benchmarks relevant to Blank.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/unity-point-health

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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