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Short-term acute care hospital · Oak Grove, Louisiana · 30 beds · CMS certification number 190081

West Carroll Health Systems

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 28, 2023, settled, stamped by CMS March 18, 2026. 27 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2023 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$24.2M
$24,246,597 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$30.0M
$29,954,339 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$5.7M
−$5,707,742 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−23.5%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $9.0M in its first year on file (1997) to $24.2M in 2023.
  • Its result from patient care: −$188K (2021), $2.4M (2022), −$5.7M (2023).
  • All 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2023.
  • Medicaid paid for 2.8% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 35.8%.

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

27 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1997
settled with audit
$9.0M
$8.6M
1998
reopened
$11.2M
$9.8M
1999
as submitted
$11.6M
$12.2M
2000
settled
$11.0M
$12.3M
2001
settled
$10.5M
$11.3M
2002
settled
$10.5M
$12.5M
2003
settled
$13.5M
$14.2M
2004
settled
$11.9M
$14.0M
2005
settled
$13.5M
$15.2M
2006
as submitted
$14.8M
$16.1M
2007
reopened
$14.5M
$16.4M
2008
reopened
$14.8M
$18.0M
2009
reopened
$16.6M
$18.0M
2010
settled
$15.9M
$18.6M
2011
reopened
$16.7M
$19.7M
2012
reopened
$18.0M
$23.2M
2013
reopened
$17.4M
$24.4M
2014
settled
$16.5M
$22.2M
2015
settled
$16.5M
$23.3M
2016
settled
$17.8M
$25.1M
2017
settled
$20.7M
$26.6M
2018
reopened
$21.3M
$26.9M
2019
settled
$27.5M
$27.2M
2020
settled
$29.8M
$28.3M
2021
settled
$29.0M
$29.2M
2022
settled
$34.7M
$32.3M
2023
settled
$24.2M
$30.0M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Louisiana with 25 to 49 beds, each on fiscal year 2023.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
West Carroll Health Systems30$24,246,597$29,954,339−23.5%
Desoto Regional Health System, Mansfield34$30,764,343$30,843,755−0.3%
Franklin Medical Center, Winnsboro31$41,179,396$45,348,594−10.1%
Lasalle General Hospital, Jena30$21,094,834$28,800,543−36.5%
Fmol Health | Our Lady of the Angels, Bogalusa36$76,197,941$79,893,915−4.9%
Physicians Medical Center, Houma30$16,370,986$18,821,820−15.0%

Patients and payers

Discharges
452
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
5,311
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
14.7
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
48.9%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
35.8%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
2.8%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2023.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 190081. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2023.ZIP, read March 18, 2026.