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Short-term acute care hospital · Dalton, Georgia · 243 beds · CMS certification number 110001

Hamilton Medical Center

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS March 4, 2026. 28 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$434.3M
$434,250,689 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$401.9M
$401,882,460 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$32.4M
$32,368,229 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
7.4%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $101.1M in its first year on file (1998) to $434.3M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $15.2M (2023), $18.8M (2024), $32.4M (2025).
  • 1 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also reports a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 7.4% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 24.8%.

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
$101.1M
$99.6M
1999
settled
$110.4M
$103.7M
2000
reopened
$112.6M
$114.2M
2001
reopened
$112.8M
$114.8M
2002
reopened
$138.3M
$128.0M
2003
reopened
$129.1M
$136.2M
2004
reopened
$139.8M
$141.1M
2005
reopened
$136.9M
$143.7M
2006
reopened
$160.9M
$154.0M
2007
settled with audit
$174.6M
$170.1M
2008
reopened
$184.1M
$186.2M
2009
reopened
$194.5M
$198.7M
2010
reopened
$206.6M
$207.7M
2011
reopened
$204.2M
$201.3M
2012
settled
$207.5M
$206.7M
2013
reopened
$222.0M
$221.0M
2014
reopened
$195.6M
$189.9M
2015
settled
$216.7M
$199.8M
2016
settled
$225.6M
$208.2M
2017
settled
$237.4M
$220.3M
2018
settled
$255.5M
$233.6M
2019
settled
$277.6M
$262.6M
2020
settled
$278.2M
$279.0M
2021
settled with audit
$295.5M
$300.0M
2022
as submitted
$349.6M
$331.2M
2023
as submitted
$374.0M
$358.7M
2024
amended
$407.2M
$388.4M
2025
as submitted
$434.3M
$401.9M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Hamilton Medical Center243$434,250,689$401,882,4607.4%
Candler Hospital, Savannah263$513,607,975$548,107,667−6.7%
Emory Healthcare - Houston Healthcare, Warner Robins267$280,072,064$345,043,107−23.2%
SGMC Health, Valdosta268$508,601,551$506,272,7480.5%
Southern Regional Medical Center, Riverdale233$117,289,293$138,418,369−18.0%
St. Josephs Hospital, Savannah231$346,067,774$369,686,141−6.8%

Patients and payers

Discharges
10,500
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
46,302
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
127.2
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
52.2%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
24.8%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
7.4%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Indirect owner: HAMILTON MEDICAL CENTER, INC

Related organizations on its own cost report: HHCS, health system.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Hamilton Medical Center (TN).

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 HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 110001. 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 4, 2026.