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Short-term acute care hospital · La Palma, California · 115 beds · CMS certification number 050580

La Palma Intercommunity Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 30, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$75.0M
$75,044,750 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$65.3M
$65,338,704 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$9.7M
$9,706,046 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
12.9%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $31.9M in its first year on file (1996) to $75.0M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$2.8M (2023), −$1.7M (2024), $9.7M (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 3.8% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 38.5%.
  • PRIME HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

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
reopened
$31.9M
$33.8M
1997
settled with audit
$30.3M
$33.5M
1998
reopened
$34.0M
$38.4M
1999
reopened
$22.8M
$28.4M
2000
reopened
$12.5M
$12.7M
2001
reopened
$31.7M
$34.2M
2002
reopened
$31.7M
$37.9M
2003
reopened
$34.4M
$38.5M
2004
reopened
$23.1M
$24.7M
2005
reopened
$39.6M
$41.0M
2006
reopened
$42.2M
$44.2M
2007
reopened
$44.0M
$40.8M
2008
reopened
$38.5M
$36.1M
2009
settled
$47.9M
$45.1M
2010
settled with audit
$59.5M
$54.6M
2011
reopened
$53.7M
$49.5M
2012
reopened
$54.4M
$49.2M
2013
reopened
$57.2M
$52.6M
2014
settled with audit
$50.6M
$52.0M
2015
settled
$53.1M
$59.2M
2016
reopened
$56.9M
$57.2M
2017
reopened
$57.0M
$56.6M
2018
settled
$53.4M
$55.0M
2019
settled
$50.2M
$53.1M
2020
settled
$45.4M
$52.8M
2021
settled
$50.3M
$51.9M
2022
as submitted
$54.3M
$55.3M
2023
as submitted
$55.9M
$58.7M
2024
as submitted
$64.6M
$66.2M
2025
as submitted
$75.0M
$65.3M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
La Palma Intercommunity Hospital115$75,044,750$65,338,70412.9%
Chino Valley Medical Center, Chino112$129,551,356$95,630,91826.2%
Coast Plaza Hospital, Norwalk117$65,882,091$77,596,402−17.8%
Shasta Regional Medical Center, Redding118$182,478,090$174,563,0904.3%
UCSF Health - St. Mary's Hospital, San Francisco113$181,765,281$260,037,365−43.1%
Sutter Delta Medical Center, Antioch119$245,686,719$255,283,818−3.9%

Patients and payers

Discharges
3,771
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
14,208
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
39.0
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
33.9%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
38.5%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
3.8%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • PRIME HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC100%
  • PRIME HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS INC100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: PRIME HEALTHCARE, home office.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Riverview Regional Medical Center (AL), Paradise Valley Hospital (CA), St. Francis Medical Center (CA), Encino Hospital Medical Center (CA), Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center (CA), West Anaheim Medical Center (CA), Huntington Beach Hospital (CA), Chino Valley Medical Center (CA), San Dimas Community Hospital (CA), Desert Valley Hospital (CA), Sherman Oaks Hospital (CA).

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).

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 050580. 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 30, 2026.