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Short-term acute care hospital · Sebring, Florida · 109 beds · CMS certification number 100049

HCA Florida Highlands Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended October 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS May 6, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$78.1M
$78,083,473 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$76.7M
$76,738,549 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$1.3M
$1,344,924 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
1.7%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $33.8M in its first year on file (1996) to $78.1M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $1.3M (2023), −$4.4M (2024), $1.3M (2025).
  • All 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 2.6% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 27.2%.
  • GALEN HOLDCO LLC 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
settled
$33.8M
$26.4M
1997
reopened
$35.8M
$27.5M
1998
reopened
$34.0M
$26.5M
1999
reopened
$31.9M
$28.8M
2000
reopened
$33.1M
$29.8M
2001
settled
$36.1M
$31.6M
2002
settled
$37.4M
$33.0M
2003
settled
$39.9M
$35.6M
2004
reopened
$42.3M
$37.4M
2005
reopened
$45.1M
$39.6M
2006
reopened
$43.3M
$45.3M
2007
reopened
$45.9M
$46.7M
2008
reopened
$49.1M
$54.0M
2009
reopened
$54.9M
$50.7M
2010
reopened
$57.4M
$52.5M
2011
reopened
$58.4M
$61.3M
2012
reopened
$60.2M
$64.3M
2013
reopened
$55.1M
$59.6M
2014
reopened
$62.4M
$64.5M
2015
settled
$59.0M
$61.9M
2016
settled
$50.6M
$52.2M
2017
settled
$51.6M
$58.9M
2018
settled
$49.8M
$59.9M
2019
reopened
$54.7M
$61.7M
2020
settled
$63.3M
$63.8M
2021
settled
$81.4M
$78.8M
2022
settled
$81.0M
$87.8M
2023
settled
$88.6M
$87.4M
2024
settled
$78.7M
$83.1M
2025
as submitted
$78.1M
$76.7M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
HCA Florida Highlands Hospital109$78,083,473$76,738,5491.7%
Adventhealth Lake Wales, Lake Wales118$107,425,572$97,529,2459.2%
Adventhealth New Smyrna Beach, New Smyrna Beach109$237,338,940$209,114,68511.9%
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway, Palm Coast100$139,454,163$137,948,9711.1%
Mease Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin112$140,498,266$135,128,8603.8%
North Okaloosa Medical Center, Crestview110$142,896,505$81,774,01642.8%

Patients and payers

Discharges
3,390
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
12,870
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
35.4
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
32.4%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
27.2%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
2.6%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • GALEN HOLDCO LLC100%
  • HCA HEALTHCARE INC100%
  • HCA INC100%
  • HEALTHTRUST INC - THE HOSPITAL COMPANY100%
  • FRISCO HOLDING II16%
  • HERCULES HOLDING II14%

Related organizations on its own cost report: HCA (100%); HPG (67%); HCA DATA CENTER (100%); TAMPA SSC (100%); EF SUPPLY CHAIN (100%).

Other hospitals with the same owner: Alaska Regional Hospital (AK), Riverside Community Hospital (CA), Good Samaritan Hospital (CA), Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center (CA), HCA Healthone Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital (CO), HCA Healthone Rose Hospital (CO), HCA Healthone Swedish Hospital (CO), HCA Healthone Mountain Ridge Hospital (CO).

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 100049. 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 May 6, 2026.