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Short-term acute care hospital · Paragould, Arkansas · 114 beds · CMS certification number 040039

Baptist Memorial Hospital - Paragould

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, amended, stamped by CMS July 28, 2026. 28 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$72.0M
$71,953,769 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$84.1M
$84,067,194 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$12.1M
−$12,113,425 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−16.8%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $29.4M in its first year on file (1998) to $72.0M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$8.1M (2023), −$10.4M (2024), −$12.1M (2025).
  • All 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 8.6% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 28.4%.
  • ARKANSAS METHODIST HOSPITAL CORPORATION holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

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

28 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1998
reopened
$29.4M
$28.2M
1999
reopened
$31.9M
$30.6M
2000
reopened
$32.4M
$33.8M
2001
settled
$35.2M
$37.1M
2002
settled
$40.2M
$41.1M
2003
settled with audit
$45.1M
$45.8M
2004
settled
$49.3M
$51.8M
2005
reopened
$51.5M
$51.2M
2006
settled
$51.1M
$51.6M
2007
reopened
$52.3M
$55.3M
2008
reopened
$55.8M
$57.1M
2009
reopened
$58.3M
$59.5M
2010
reopened
$52.3M
$55.4M
2011
reopened
$57.4M
$61.3M
2012
settled
$59.4M
$63.7M
2013
reopened
$54.0M
$58.6M
2014
reopened
$52.8M
$56.8M
2015
reopened
$60.7M
$59.6M
2016
settled
$59.1M
$60.5M
2017
settled
$63.4M
$62.1M
2018
settled
$61.6M
$66.7M
2019
settled
$65.3M
$68.5M
2020
settled
$63.4M
$69.3M
2021
settled with audit
$69.0M
$79.0M
2022
settled
$68.4M
$76.5M
2023
amended
$68.8M
$76.9M
2024
as submitted
$67.2M
$77.6M
2025
amended
$72.0M
$84.1M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Baptist Memorial Hospital - Paragould114$71,953,769$84,067,194−16.8%
Arkansas Heart Hospital, Little Rock112$184,691,471$199,459,956−8.0%
Baptist Health Medical Center-Conway, Conway106$123,137,870$123,531,180−0.3%
National Park Medical Center, Hot Springs126$136,864,286$145,810,433−6.5%
North Arkansas Regional Medical Center, Harrison120$97,239,585$110,311,962−13.4%
Saline Memorial Hospital, Benton131$101,178,048$137,242,340−35.6%

Patients and payers

Discharges
2,696
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
8,661
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
23.8
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
20.8%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
28.4%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
8.6%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • ARKANSAS METHODIST HOSPITAL CORPORATION100%
  • BAPTIST MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE CORPORATION100%

Other hospitals with the same owner: Nea Baptist Memorial Hospital (AR), Baptist Memorial Hospital - Crittenden (AR), BMH - Union County (MS), BMH-North Mississippi (MS), BMH-Booneville (MS), Baptist Memorial Hospital - Oktibbhea County (MS), Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center - South (MS), BMH - Golden Triangle (MS), Mississippi Baptist Medical Center (MS), Anderson Regional Medical Center (MS).

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

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 HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 040039. 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 HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, read July 28, 2026.