Children's hospital · Birmingham, Alabama · 368 beds · CMS certification number 013300
The Children's Hospital of Alabama
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 3, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.
Fiscal 2025 at a glance
What stands out
- Net patient revenue rose from $141.5M in its first year on file (1996) to $932.6M in 2025.
- Its result from patient care: $13.5M (2023), $18.3M (2024), $12.2M (2025).
- 2 of the 5 children's hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.
30 years of filings
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Beside its peers
Hospitals of the same type (children's hospital), nearest in size, from Alabama first; each on fiscal year 2025.
| Hospital | Beds | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Children's Hospital of Alabama | 368 | $932,635,858 | $920,396,324 | 1.3% |
| Lurie Children's, Chicago (IL) | 364 | $1,318,542,613 | $1,376,949,935 | −4.4% |
| Akron Children's Hospital, Akron (OH) | 381 | $1,376,089,553 | $1,381,370,506 | −0.4% |
| Childrens Hospital & Regional Medical Center, Seattle (WA) | 381 | $2,436,094,575 | $2,016,126,143 | 17.2% |
| University of South Alabama, Mobile | 245 | $306,572,609 | $293,860,410 | 4.2% |
| Valley Childrens Hospital, Madera (CA) | 358 | $919,460,586 | $949,424,953 | −3.3% |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 16,485S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 104,304S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 286.5days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 77.9%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 0.5%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Who owns it
Type of control on its cost report: voluntary nonprofit, other.
Community benefit, as filed
From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by The Children's Hospital of Alabama (employer identification number 630307306) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.
| Figure | As filed | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Total community benefit expense (line 7k) | $52,320,882 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance at cost (line 7a) | $5,580,873 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Medicaid (line 7b) | $21,640,293 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d) | $27,221,166 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Other benefits (line 7j) | $25,099,716 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f) | 0.0612 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct> |
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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 013300. 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 June 3, 2026.