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Psychiatric hospital · East Lansing, Michigan · 38 beds · CMS certification number 234044

Brightwell Behavioral Health

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, settled, stamped by CMS July 17, 2026. Six years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$8.5M
$8,470,839 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$8.6M
$8,586,935 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$116K
−$116,096 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−1.4%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $940K in its first year on file (2020) to $8.5M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$1.6M (2023), −$3.4M (2024), −$116K (2025).
  • 2 of the 5 psychiatric hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 30.4% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 23.0%.
  • BRIGHTWELL GROUP, LLC holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

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

Six years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
2020
settled
$940K
$2.7M
2021
settled
$4.9M
$5.5M
2022
settled
$6.5M
$7.1M
2023
settled
$5.5M
$7.1M
2024
settled
$3.6M
$7.0M
2025
settled
$8.5M
$8.6M

Beside its peers

Hospitals of the same type (psychiatric hospital), nearest in size, from Michigan first; each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Brightwell Behavioral Health38$8,470,839$8,586,935−1.4%
Behavioral Center of Michigan, Warren54$20,296,975$14,214,80830.0%
Bronson Behavioral Health Hospital, Battle Creek69$29,198,920$31,032,932−6.3%
Cedar Creek Hospital, Saint Johns72$31,396,725$22,822,30227.3%
Kalamazoo Behavioral Health Hospital, Kalamazoo64$11,595,515$11,614,982−0.2%
Samaritan Behavioral Center, Detroit55$23,533,124$15,270,13435.1%

Patients and payers

Discharges
595
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
8,867
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
24.4
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
91.7%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
23.0%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
30.4%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • BRIGHTWELL GROUP, LLC100%
  • JAFAR NAZEER33%
  • KESAVA KUNAPAREDDY33%
  • SAIKUMAR SHANKAIAHGARI33%
  • TRILLIUM HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT, LLC33%

Other hospitals with the same owner: Trillium Behavioral Health (MI).

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 234044. 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 17, 2026.