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Short-term acute care hospital · Bessemer, Alabama · 168 beds · CMS certification number 010114

UAB Medical West

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS March 11, 2026. 29 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$187.3M
$187,284,897 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$206.0M
$206,013,689 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$18.7M
−$18,728,792 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−10.0%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $51.2M in its first year on file (1997) to $187.3M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$20.9M (2023), −$23.6M (2024), −$18.7M (2025).
  • 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 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 16.0% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 17.2%.

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

29 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1997
reopened
$51.2M
$57.1M
1998
reopened
$67.2M
$64.2M
1999
settled
$71.9M
$69.2M
2000
settled
$69.1M
$70.2M
2001
settled
$71.9M
$72.1M
2002
settled
$80.0M
$75.5M
2003
settled with audit
$87.7M
$79.2M
2004
settled with audit
$98.7M
$103.7M
2005
settled with audit
$113.7M
$119.3M
2006
reopened
$59.2M
$62.3M
2007
reopened
$122.5M
$127.4M
2008
reopened
$126.6M
$135.2M
2009
reopened
$126.9M
$137.0M
2010
reopened
$132.1M
$132.2M
2011
reopened
$138.3M
$135.7M
2012
reopened
$144.7M
$143.7M
2013
reopened
$147.1M
$149.0M
2014
settled
$142.0M
$144.7M
2015
settled
$111.7M
$112.2M
2016
settled
$115.2M
$115.9M
2017
reopened
$119.5M
$120.6M
2018
settled with audit
$92.8M
$94.3M
2019
settled
$128.4M
$129.5M
2020
settled
$126.0M
$127.6M
2021
settled
$142.7M
$139.9M
2022
settled
$142.7M
$160.5M
2023
settled
$145.2M
$166.1M
2024
as submitted
$153.8M
$177.4M
2025
as submitted
$187.3M
$206.0M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Alabama with 100 to 199 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
UAB Medical West168$187,284,897$206,013,689−10.0%
Crestwood Medical Center, Huntsville157$278,607,019$242,380,80213.0%
Cullman Regional Medical Center, Cullman162$193,353,406$208,828,973−8.0%
Helen Keller Hospital, Sheffield178$103,493,471$129,191,882−24.8%
Springhill Memorial Hospital, Mobile170$224,532,993$233,516,275−4.0%
Thomas Hospital, Fairhope169$268,823,591$255,770,1024.9%

Patients and payers

Discharges
7,659
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
42,649
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
117.2
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
69.5%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
17.2%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
16.0%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Type of control on its cost report: governmental, state.

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 010114. 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 March 11, 2026.