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Short-term acute care hospital · Allentown, Pennsylvania · 216 beds · CMS certification number 390263

Muhlenberg Hospital Center

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended April 30, 2018, reopened, stamped by CMS August 28, 2025. 22 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2018 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$185.4M
$185,423,690 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$225.7M
$225,739,123 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$40.3M
−$40,315,433 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−21.7%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $47.1M in its first year on file (1997) to $185.4M in 2018.
  • Its result from patient care: $9.7M (2016), $63.1M (2017), −$40.3M (2018).
  • 3 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2018.

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

22 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1997
settled
$47.1M
$49.8M
1998
settled
$25.6M
$29.6M
1999
settled with audit
$50.6M
$52.3M
2000
settled
$44.3M
$53.6M
2001
settled
$55.9M
$59.2M
2002
reopened
$63.0M
$68.0M
2003
settled
$79.3M
$83.1M
2004
reopened
$105.3M
$99.3M
2005
reopened
$128.6M
$120.7M
2006
reopened
$155.2M
$146.9M
2007
reopened
$169.9M
$160.0M
2008
reopened
$187.1M
$178.1M
2009
reopened
$203.4M
$190.1M
2010
reopened
$213.5M
$195.2M
2011
settled with audit
$228.4M
$209.0M
2012
reopened
$242.9M
$224.0M
2013
reopened
$219.8M
$206.5M
2014
settled
$217.1M
$204.6M
2015
reopened
$224.7M
$209.0M
2016
reopened
$239.8M
$230.1M
2017
reopened
$292.2M
$229.1M
2018
reopened
$185.4M
$225.7M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Pennsylvania with 200 to 399 beds, each on fiscal year 2018.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Muhlenberg Hospital Center216$185,423,690$225,739,123−21.7%
Doylestown Hospital, Doylestown217$257,424,487$268,039,462−4.1%
Lehigh Valley Hospital Pocono, East Stroudsburg205$234,261,500$215,862,4427.8%
The Chambersburg Hospital, Chambersburg230$348,389,895$305,879,14312.2%
UPMC Washington, Washington214$231,265,274$241,103,141−4.3%
UPMC St. Margaret, Pittsburgh222$228,789,954$246,879,802−7.9%

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2017.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 390263.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2017.ZIP, read August 28, 2025.