UChicago Medicine’s Community Investment
$715 million
Fiscal 2024 Total Investment
$5.7 billion
in reported community benefit investment since 2013
University of Chicago Medical Center
Breakdown of uncompensated care
- $396.7 million in Medicaid and Medicare program losses
- $149.6 million in unrecoverable patient debt
- $21 million in financial assistance (charity care)
UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial
Breakdown of uncompensated care
- $13.8 million in Medicaid and Medicare program losses
- $54.8 million in unrecoverable patient debt
- $8.1 million in financial assistance (charity care)
UChicago Medicine Crown Point
With the April 2024 opening of our multispeciality care facility in Crown Point, Indiana, UChicago Medicine's community benefit primary service areas now include the greater Northwest Indiana region.
For three months in fiscal 2024, community benefit investment from UChicago Medicine Crown Point totaled $4.1 million:
- $4.1 million Medicaid and Medicare program losses
- $45,374 financial assistance (charity care)
The University of Chicago Medical Center and Ingalls Memorial are safety net hospitals
A safety net hospital cares for everyone, even if they can't pay. In fiscal 2024, the University of Chicago Medical Center and UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial were named safety net hospitals for serving a high number of patients with Medicaid—the most in Illinois.
Patients with Medicaid Admitted to Private Hospitals in Metro Chicago
Number of Total Patients with Medicaid Admitted to Hospitals (calendar year 2023)
| University of Chicago Medical Center | 12,135 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | 10,279 |
| Rush University Medical Center | 8,295 |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | 7,802 |
| Mount Sinai Hospital | 6,873 |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital | 5,480 |
| Ascension Saint Mary - Chicago | 4,729 |
| Loyola University Medical Center (formerly Foster G. McGaw Hospital) | 4,554 |
| Swedish Hospital | 4,018 |
| UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital | 2,998 |
| Jackson Park Hospital & Medical Center | 2,601 |
| Loretto Hospital | 2,013 |
| St. Bernard Hospital | 1,975 |
| Roseland Community Hospital | 1,705 |
| Insight Chicago (formerly Mercy Hospital and Medical Center) | 1,307 |
Source: IDPH Health Facilities Inventories and Data,
2023 Hospital Profiles
Hiring in Our Communities
41%
of new hires reside in the communities we serve
23%
of the University of Chicago Medical Center's total workforce resides in the South Side service area
18%
of UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial’s total workforce resides in the Southland service area
Data period: July 2022-December 2024
Increasing Economic Development
Local and diverse firms for purchasing and construction