Children's hospital · St. Louis, Missouri · 467 beds · CMS certification number 263301
St. Louis Childrens Hospital
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 2, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.
Fiscal 2025 at a glance
What stands out
- Net patient revenue rose from $141.0M in its first year on file (1996) to $1.1B in 2025.
- Its result from patient care: $119.8M (2023), $80.2M (2024), $134.3M (2025).
- 3 of the 5 children's hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
- Medicaid paid for 7.9% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 0.4%.
Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.
30 years of filings
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Beside its peers
Hospitals of the same type (children's hospital), nearest in size, from Missouri first; each on fiscal year 2025.
| Hospital | Beds | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Childrens Hospital | 467 | $1,050,594,948 | $916,259,647 | 12.8% |
| Arthur M. Blank Hospital, Atlanta (GA) | 446 | $1,485,394,884 | $967,827,864 | 34.8% |
| Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora (CO) | 486 | $1,812,066,823 | $1,876,657,094 | −3.6% |
| Boston Childrens Hospital, Boston (MA) | 473 | $2,321,231,420 | $2,851,848,579 | −22.9% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City | 329 | $1,572,516,769 | $1,075,770,390 | 31.6% |
| Cook Children's Medical Center, Fort Worth (TX) | 452 | $2,088,394,363 | $1,746,063,314 | 16.4% |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 12,305S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 107,345S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 294.9days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 63.0%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 0.4%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
- Medicaid share of days
- 7.9%S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8
Who owns it
Related organizations on its own cost report: BJC HEALTHCARE (0%), home office; JOINT VENTURE (0%), communications.
Type of control on its cost report: voluntary nonprofit, other.
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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 263301. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing.
How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, read June 2, 2026.