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Short-term acute care hospital · Bessemer, Alabama · 168 beds · CMS certification number 010114

UAB Medical West

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS March 11, 2026. 29 years on file, every one shown below.

Enrolled with Medicare by Medical West Hospital Authority, an Affiliate of UAB Health System.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$187.3M
$187,284,897 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$206.0M
$206,013,689 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$18.7M
−$18,728,792 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−10.0%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $51.2M in its first year on file (1997) to $187.3M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$20.9M (2023), −$23.6M (2024), −$18.7M (2025).
  • 3 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 16.0% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 17.2%.

Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.

29 years of filings

Net patient revenue against operating expenses, each year as filed.

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1997
reopened
$51.2M
$57.1M
1998
reopened
$67.2M
$64.2M
1999
settled
$71.9M
$69.2M
2000
settled
$69.1M
$70.2M
2001
settled
$71.9M
$72.1M
2002
settled
$80.0M
$75.5M
2003
settled with audit
$87.7M
$79.2M
2004
settled with audit
$98.7M
$103.7M
2005
settled with audit
$113.7M
$119.3M
2006
reopened
$59.2M
$62.3M
2007
reopened
$122.5M
$127.4M
2008
reopened
$126.6M
$135.2M
2009
reopened
$126.9M
$137.0M
2010
reopened
$132.1M
$132.2M
2011
reopened
$138.3M
$135.7M
2012
reopened
$144.7M
$143.7M
2013
reopened
$147.1M
$149.0M
2014
settled
$142.0M
$144.7M
2015
settled
$111.7M
$112.2M
2016
settled
$115.2M
$115.9M
2017
reopened
$119.5M
$120.6M
2018
settled with audit
$92.8M
$94.3M
2019
settled
$128.4M
$129.5M
2020
settled
$126.0M
$127.6M
2021
settled
$142.7M
$139.9M
2022
settled
$142.7M
$160.5M
2023
settled
$145.2M
$166.1M
2024
as submitted
$153.8M
$177.4M
2025
as submitted
$187.3M
$206.0M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Alabama with 100 to 199 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
UAB Medical West168$187,284,897$206,013,689−10.0%
Crestwood Medical Center, Huntsville157$278,607,019$242,380,80213.0%
Cullman Regional Medical Center, Cullman162$193,353,406$208,828,973−8.0%
Helen Keller Hospital, Sheffield178$103,493,471$129,191,882−24.8%
Springhill Memorial Hospital, Mobile170$224,532,993$233,516,275−4.0%
Thomas Hospital, Fairhope169$268,823,591$255,770,1024.9%

Patients and payers

Discharges
7,659
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
42,649
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
117.2
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
69.5%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
17.2%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
16.0%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Type of control on its cost report: governmental, state.

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 010114. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, read March 11, 2026.

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