Short-term acute care hospital · New Martinsville, West Virginia · 25 beds · CMS certification number 510072
Wetzel County Hospital
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 12, 2026. 29 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 $14.3M in its first year on file (1997) to $45.5M in 2025.
- Its result from patient care: $1.6M (2023), $2.1M (2024), $197K (2025).
- 2 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 2025.
- Medicaid paid for 5.4% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 58.5%.
- WEST VIRGINIA UNITED HEALTH SYSTEM INC holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.
Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.
29 years of filings
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Beside its peers
Hospitals of the same type (short-term acute care hospital), nearest in size, from West Virginia first; each on fiscal year 2025.
| Hospital | Beds | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wetzel County Hospital | 25 | $45,481,749 | $45,284,402 | 0.4% |
| Camc Charleston Surgical Hospital, Charleton | 28 | $35,225,917 | $28,720,247 | 18.5% |
| Mon Health Marion, White Hall | 10 | $13,191,664 | $12,202,790 | 7.5% |
| Rivers Health, Point Pleasant | 43 | $43,759,657 | $72,833,719 | −66.4% |
| Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital Company, Weston | 49 | $51,196,872 | $66,645,951 | −30.2% |
| Welch Community Hospital, Welch | 49 | $13,285,064 | $37,230,114 | −180.2% |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 633S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 1,692S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 4.6days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 18.5%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 58.5%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
- Medicaid share of days
- 5.4%S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8
Who owns it
- WEST VIRGINIA UNITED HEALTH SYSTEM INC100%
Related organizations on its own cost report: WVUHS (100%).
Type of control on its cost report: voluntary nonprofit, other.
Owners of 5% or more, from CMS’s hospital ownership file (Medicare enrollment, October 1, 2026).
Community benefit, as filed
From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by Wetzel County Hospital Inc (employer identification number 843480493) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.
| Figure | As filed | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Total community benefit expense (line 7k) | $2,908,472 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance at cost (line 7a) | $139,989 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Medicaid (line 7b) | $2,740,157 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d) | $2,888,970 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Other benefits (line 7j) | $19,502 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f) | 0.0834 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct> |
E-file object id 202403189349308565. The IRS archive it was read from.
Executive and director compensation, as filed
From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by Wetzel County Hospital Inc (employer identification number 843480493) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.
| Name | Title | Role | Reportable comp, from this organization | Reportable comp, from related organizations | Other compensation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alisha Placer | Nurse Practitioner | Highest-compensated employee | $151,721 | $0 | $35,918 |
| Dr David Hess | Wetzel CEO 2020 | Former | $0 | $700,010 | $129,652 |
| Dr Donald Blum | Director Physician | Trustee/director | $229,683 | $0 | $30,485 |
| Dr Orton Armstrong | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Gary Nichols | Physician | Highest-compensated employee | $267,480 | $0 | $26,189 |
| Ibanga Ekanem MD | Physician | Highest-compensated employee | $230,244 | $0 | $39,991 |
| James Weed | Nurse Practitioner | Highest-compensated employee | $151,308 | $0 | $35,802 |
| Lawrence Lemon | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| MarJean Kennedy | Director - CCMC VP Marketing | Trustee/director | $0 | $264,401 | $42,650 |
| Mathew Sokos | Physician | Highest-compensated employee | $254,572 | $0 | $29,450 |
| Paul Barcus | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert Rothlisberger | Director | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Sean Smith | WCH President/CCMC VP of Operations | Trustee/director, Officer | $188,520 | $188,520 | $74,133 |
E-file object id 202403189349308565. The IRS archive it was read from.
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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 510072. 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 June 12, 2026.