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Short-term acute care hospital · Hattiesburg, Mississippi · 108 beds · CMS certification number 250094

Merit Health Wesley

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, as submitted, stamped by CMS September 9, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2026 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$150.1M
$150,091,311 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$132.9M
$132,905,849 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$17.2M
$17,185,462 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
11.5%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $77.0M in its first year on file (1997) to $150.1M in 2026.
  • Its result from patient care: $25.3M (2024), $22.7M (2025), $17.2M (2026).
  • 4 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2026.
  • Medicaid paid for 18.1% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 22.2%.
  • CHS COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC holds 100% 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
1997
reopened
$77.0M
$76.8M
1998
as submitted
$50.9M
$51.8M
1999
reopened
$84.3M
$87.9M
2000
reopened
$78.7M
$83.6M
2001
reopened
$74.1M
$80.0M
2002
settled
$89.0M
$81.1M
2003
reopened
$95.3M
$85.2M
2004
reopened
$105.9M
$107.9M
2005
settled
$127.0M
$135.1M
2006
reopened
$126.4M
$117.4M
2007
reopened
$139.6M
$128.6M
2008
reopened
$145.8M
$137.4M
2009
reopened
$164.1M
$141.0M
2010
reopened
$154.2M
$146.7M
2011
reopened
$160.6M
$149.4M
2012
reopened
$151.5M
$145.7M
2013
reopened
$152.3M
$145.1M
2014
reopened
$144.6M
$137.4M
2015
reopened
$145.2M
$140.0M
2016
reopened
$119.9M
$115.7M
2017
settled with audit
$117.5M
$112.7M
2018
settled with audit
$113.3M
$115.3M
2019
settled with audit
$118.5M
$118.1M
2020
settled
$122.0M
$123.4M
2021
as submitted
$136.0M
$126.2M
2022
as submitted
$157.2M
$141.1M
2023
as submitted
$140.9M
$139.1M
2024
as submitted
$167.2M
$141.8M
2025
as submitted
$171.9M
$149.1M
2026
as submitted
$150.1M
$132.9M

Beside its peers

Hospitals of the same type (short-term acute care hospital), nearest in size, from Mississippi first; each on fiscal year 2026.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Merit Health Wesley108$150,091,311$132,905,84911.5%
Bolivar Medical Center, Cleveland152$67,420,895$69,302,685−2.8%
Dupont Hospital, Fort Wayne (IN)108$244,020,274$195,893,08319.7%
Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center, Tualatin (OR)110$327,943,729$316,420,6653.5%
North Okaloosa Medical Center, Crestview (FL)110$150,651,657$104,960,05030.3%
Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center, Fredericksburg (VA)108$201,103,040$174,956,52213.0%

Patients and payers

Discharges
5,479
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
24,887
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
68.4
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
51.2%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
22.2%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
18.1%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • CHS COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC100%
  • COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC100%
  • HMA-TRI HOLDINGS LLC100%
  • NC-DSH LLC100%
  • QHG GEORGIA HOLDINGS, INC.100%
  • TENNYSON HOLDINGS LLC100%
  • TRIAD HEALTHCARE LLC100%
  • TRIAD HOLDINGS V LLC100%
  • TRIAD NEVADA HOLDINGS LLC100%
  • QHG OF HATTIESBURG INC95%
  • QHG OF FORREST COUNTY INC5%

Related organizations on its own cost report: CHS (100%), hospital mgt; PASI (100%), collect agency.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Gadsden Regional Medical Center (AL), Medical Center Enterprise (AL), Flowers Hospital (AL), Baldwin Health (AL), Grandview Medical Center (AL), Crestwood Medical Center (AL), Mat-Su Regional Medical Center (AK).

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 250094. 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 September 9, 2026.