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Short-term acute care hospital · Tucson, Arizona · 242 beds · CMS certification number 030085

Northwest Medical Center

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS March 9, 2026. 29 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$348.9M
$348,904,757 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$320.4M
$320,355,088 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$28.5M
$28,549,669 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
8.2%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $77.0M in its first year on file (1996) to $348.9M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $2.9M (2023), $16.9M (2024), $28.5M (2025).
  • 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 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 3.0% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 23.8%.
  • 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.

29 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1996
as submitted
$77.0M
$78.0M
1997
as submitted
$81.8M
$79.4M
1999
reopened
$75.0M
$71.8M
2000
reopened
$118.1M
$97.0M
2001
reopened
$134.2M
$115.7M
2002
reopened
$159.0M
$135.7M
2003
reopened
$195.6M
$173.5M
2004
reopened
$231.9M
$197.7M
2005
reopened
$228.5M
$198.2M
2006
reopened
$223.5M
$202.2M
2007
reopened
$233.9M
$213.7M
2008
reopened
$241.8M
$222.0M
2009
reopened
$249.3M
$227.6M
2010
reopened
$214.5M
$194.5M
2011
reopened
$242.7M
$242.8M
2012
reopened
$270.7M
$255.3M
2013
reopened
$279.8M
$256.2M
2014
settled
$285.7M
$262.7M
2015
settled
$287.8M
$265.9M
2016
reopened
$283.8M
$247.6M
2017
settled
$292.3M
$248.6M
2018
settled
$289.4M
$251.4M
2019
settled
$306.9M
$268.4M
2020
settled
$280.6M
$263.4M
2021
settled
$315.7M
$287.1M
2022
settled
$318.3M
$321.4M
2023
settled
$343.7M
$340.8M
2024
amended
$340.2M
$323.3M
2025
as submitted
$348.9M
$320.4M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Arizona with 200 to 399 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Northwest Medical Center242$348,904,757$320,355,0888.2%
Abrazo Arrowhead Campus, Glendale282$481,301,935$412,573,79914.3%
Banner Gateway Medical Center, Gilbert286$846,560,389$836,987,3231.1%
Flagstaff Medical Center, Flagstaff242$586,032,122$522,901,95710.8%
Honorhealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center, Scottsdale315$542,673,317$509,268,0146.2%
Valleywise Health, Phoenix240$547,311,040$1,006,304,369−83.9%

Patients and payers

Discharges
13,568
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
57,708
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
158.5
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
65.3%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
23.8%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
3.0%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • CHS COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC100%
  • COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC100%
  • DESERT HOSPITAL HOLDINGS LLC100%
  • HMA-TRI HOLDINGS LLC100%
  • NOV HOLDINGS, LLC100%
  • TENNYSON HOLDINGS LLC100%
  • TRIAD HEALTHCARE LLC100%
  • TRIAD HOLDINGS V LLC100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: CHS/COMMUNITY H, hospital management; PASI, collections.

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 030085. 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 March 9, 2026.