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Short-term acute care hospital · Costa Mesa, California · 122 beds · CMS certification number 050543

Costa Mesa Medical Center Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS July 14, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$45.5M
$45,544,644 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$83.5M
$83,517,309 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$38.0M
−$37,972,665 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−83.4%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $21.4M in its first year on file (1996) to $45.5M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $13.0M (2023), −$44.1M (2024), −$38.0M (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 74.9% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 1.9%.
  • ESTHER WEISS holds 10% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

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

30 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1996
settled
$21.4M
$22.8M
1997
reopened
$25.4M
$23.6M
1998
reopened
$24.6M
$22.9M
1999
reopened
$27.3M
$24.4M
2000
settled
$26.3M
$25.9M
2001
settled
$32.6M
$30.8M
2002
reopened
$28.2M
$31.0M
2003
reopened
$23.4M
$31.5M
2004
settled
$25.5M
$29.2M
2005
reopened
$22.3M
$29.6M
2006
reopened
$23.4M
$31.3M
2007
settled
$23.4M
$36.2M
2008
reopened
$33.6M
$35.9M
2009
reopened
$32.0M
$36.3M
2010
reopened
$58.5M
$54.3M
2011
reopened
$35.1M
$43.2M
2012
settled with audit
$35.6M
$56.9M
2013
settled
$73.7M
$63.6M
2014
settled
$84.0M
$61.7M
2015
settled
$86.3M
$64.8M
2016
settled
$103.4M
$69.4M
2017
settled
$54.1M
$62.6M
2018
settled
$90.7M
$69.2M
2019
settled
$115.0M
$69.9M
2020
settled
$42.8M
$79.7M
2021
as submitted
$50.0M
$81.3M
2022
as submitted
$101.2M
$79.6M
2023
as submitted
$100.1M
$87.1M
2024
as submitted
$45.7M
$89.8M
2025
as submitted
$45.5M
$83.5M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Costa Mesa Medical Center Hospital122$45,544,644$83,517,309−83.4%
Adventist Health Twin Cities, Templeton122$152,554,607$142,536,9126.6%
Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Health Centers, Martinez124$775,564,675$873,486,536−12.6%
California Pacific Medical Center-Mission Bernal Campus, San Francisco120$194,436,403$253,823,333−30.5%
San Ramon Regional Medical Center, San Ramon123$176,728,314$179,755,046−1.7%
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital, Santa Rosa124$466,560,235$457,942,7491.8%

Patients and payers

Discharges
4,078
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
40,817
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
112.1
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
91.7%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
1.9%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
74.9%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • ESTHER WEISS10%

Indirect owners: BARRY J WEISS; COLLEGE HOSPITAL GROUP,INC.

Related organizations on its own cost report: B&E WEISS (100%), management co; B&E WEISS (100%), mob.

Other hospitals with the same owner: College Hospital Cerritos (CA).

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 050543. 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 July 14, 2026.