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Short-term acute care hospital · Little Rock, Arkansas · 112 beds · CMS certification number 040134

Arkansas Heart Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS March 12, 2026. 29 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$184.7M
$184,691,471 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$199.5M
$199,459,956 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$14.8M
−$14,768,485 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−8.0%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $19.4M in its first year on file (1997) to $184.7M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $8.6M (2023), $7.8M (2024), −$14.8M (2025).
  • All 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 1.8% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 35.1%.

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
settled
$19.4M
$20.7M
1998
settled
$52.1M
$48.8M
1999
settled with audit
$59.8M
$50.5M
2000
reopened
$53.8M
$55.0M
2001
reopened
$67.6M
$64.4M
2002
settled
$72.9M
$62.3M
2003
reopened
$74.3M
$69.7M
2004
settled
$82.7M
$74.8M
2005
settled
$86.1M
$77.1M
2006
settled
$98.5M
$85.4M
2007
settled
$107.8M
$92.3M
2008
settled
$113.9M
$98.9M
2009
settled
$117.3M
$106.6M
2010
reopened
$117.5M
$107.4M
2011
reopened
$117.4M
$103.0M
2012
reopened
$143.4M
$140.0M
2013
reopened
$131.8M
$127.6M
2014
settled with audit
$133.6M
$132.1M
2015
settled
$144.8M
$139.2M
2016
settled
$150.6M
$160.5M
2017
settled
$184.0M
$177.0M
2018
settled
$197.8M
$186.7M
2019
settled
$246.1M
$240.2M
2020
settled
$174.7M
$161.1M
2021
settled
$185.8M
$177.1M
2022
settled
$205.9M
$203.4M
2023
settled
$206.9M
$198.3M
2024
settled
$207.6M
$199.8M
2025
as submitted
$184.7M
$199.5M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Arkansas Heart Hospital112$184,691,471$199,459,956−8.0%
Baptist Memorial Hospital - Paragould, Paragould114$71,953,769$84,067,194−16.8%
Baptist Health Medical Center-Conway, Conway106$123,137,870$123,531,180−0.3%
National Park Medical Center, Hot Springs126$136,864,286$145,810,433−6.5%
North Arkansas Regional Medical Center, Harrison120$97,239,585$110,311,962−13.4%
South Arkansas Regional Hospital, El Dorado105$65,048,636$82,554,113−26.9%

Patients and payers

Discharges
4,680
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
18,816
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
51.7
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
46.0%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
35.1%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
1.8%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Indirect owner: BRUCE EDWARD MURPHY

Type of control on its cost report: proprietary, corporation.

Owners of 5% or more, from CMS’s hospital ownership file (Medicare enrollment, October 1, 2026).

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 040134. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing. Ownership: CMS Hospital All Owners and Hospital Enrollments.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, read March 12, 2026.