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Critical access hospital · Chipley, Florida · 25 beds · CMS certification number 101308

Northwest Florida Community Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 5, 2026. 23 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$45.1M
$45,053,487 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$50.9M
$50,913,320 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$5.9M
−$5,859,833 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−13.0%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $3.9M in its first year on file (2003) to $45.1M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$1.5M (2023), −$555K (2024), −$5.9M (2025).
  • 2 of the 4 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 1.7% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 42.1%.
  • NFCH, INC holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

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

23 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
2003
reopened
$3.9M
$5.0M
2004
settled
$7.6M
$8.4M
2005
reopened
$15.0M
$15.7M
2006
reopened
$15.4M
$16.8M
2007
settled
$16.0M
$17.3M
2008
settled with audit
$16.4M
$17.0M
2009
settled
$18.2M
$18.8M
2010
settled with audit
$20.8M
$20.8M
2011
settled with audit
$23.1M
$22.6M
2012
settled
$26.5M
$26.4M
2013
reopened
$19.6M
$20.1M
2014
reopened
$20.3M
$21.7M
2015
settled
$20.4M
$20.5M
2016
settled
$22.8M
$22.6M
2017
reopened
$26.8M
$26.9M
2018
settled
$26.6M
$27.0M
2019
settled
$26.8M
$28.4M
2020
settled
$26.4M
$32.0M
2021
settled with audit
$32.7M
$36.3M
2022
settled
$35.2M
$36.1M
2023
as submitted
$37.5M
$39.0M
2024
as submitted
$40.5M
$41.1M
2025
as submitted
$45.1M
$50.9M

Beside its peers

Critical access hospitals in Florida with 25 to 49 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Northwest Florida Community Hospital25$45,053,487$50,913,320−13.0%
Adventhealth Wauchula, Wauchula25$41,027,277$36,945,02310.0%
George E Weems Memorial Hospital, Apalachicola25$7,774,183$13,992,446−80.0%
Hendry Regional Medical Center, Clewiston25$53,383,062
Lake Butler Hospital, Lake Butler25$17,019,372$14,296,50316.0%
Madison County Memorial Hospital, Madison25$14,316,048$17,170,455−19.9%

Patients and payers

Discharges
654
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
5,447
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
15.0
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
59.7%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
42.1%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
1.7%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • NFCH, INC100%

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 101308. 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 June 5, 2026.