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Short-term acute care hospital · Jonesboro, Arkansas · 393 beds · CMS certification number 040020

St. Bernards Medical Center

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS March 10, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$534.9M
$534,919,915 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$629.1M
$629,132,730 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$94.2M
−$94,212,815 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−17.6%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $120.8M in its first year on file (1996) to $534.9M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$79.9M (2023), −$108.7M (2024), −$94.2M (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 11.9% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 26.5%.

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

30 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1996
settled with audit
$120.8M
$114.9M
1997
reopened
$128.4M
$122.8M
1998
settled with audit
$121.9M
$117.0M
1999
settled with audit
$131.2M
$118.4M
2000
settled with audit
$148.4M
$146.8M
2001
settled
$157.4M
$155.8M
2002
reopened
$152.3M
$151.7M
2003
settled with audit
$187.2M
$178.4M
2004
settled
$190.8M
$188.3M
2005
reopened
$209.0M
$202.6M
2006
reopened
$207.1M
$209.1M
2007
reopened
$221.3M
$226.1M
2008
reopened
$229.3M
$228.7M
2009
reopened
$238.5M
$237.8M
2010
reopened
$250.5M
$246.1M
2011
reopened
$207.9M
$222.1M
2012
reopened
$225.7M
$236.8M
2013
reopened
$245.6M
$256.9M
2014
reopened
$248.2M
$257.9M
2015
reopened
$270.4M
$273.3M
2016
reopened
$285.9M
$297.9M
2017
reopened
$304.7M
$308.0M
2018
settled
$322.6M
$329.8M
2019
settled with audit
$358.4M
$363.9M
2020
settled with audit
$382.6M
$398.6M
2021
as submitted
$429.8M
$458.9M
2022
as submitted
$425.3M
$502.5M
2023
as submitted
$458.8M
$538.7M
2024
amended
$497.1M
$605.7M
2025
as submitted
$534.9M
$629.1M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
St. Bernards Medical Center393$534,919,915$629,132,730−17.6%
Baptist Health - Fort Smith, Fort Smith278$275,480,526$319,381,229−15.9%
Mercy Hospital Fort Smith, Fort Smith286$525,954,140$455,155,17213.5%
Northwest Medical Center, Springdale309$309,432,216$320,672,088−3.6%
CHI St. Vincent Infirmary, Little Rock338$411,933,756$548,155,396−33.1%
Washington Regional Medical Center, Fayetteville377$437,296,344$429,684,7191.7%

Patients and payers

Discharges
21,690
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
105,520
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
289.9
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
73.6%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
26.5%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
11.9%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Related organizations on its own cost report: ST BERNARDS HEALTHCARE, home office; CROSSRIDGE COMMUNITY HOSP, hospital; LAWRENCE MEMORI, hospital.

Type of control on its cost report: voluntary nonprofit, church.

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 040020. 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 10, 2026.