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Short-term acute care hospital · Cumming, Georgia · 420 beds · CMS certification number 110005

Northside Hospital Forsyth

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS March 2, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$900.3M
$900,266,421 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$891.1M
$891,117,718 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$9.1M
$9,148,703 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
1.0%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $21.9M in its first year on file (1996) to $900.3M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$27.6M (2023), −$17.3M (2024), $9.1M (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 5.5% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 25.9%.

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
$21.9M
$18.0M
1997
settled
$18.3M
$20.5M
1998
settled
$21.6M
$22.0M
1999
settled
$30.5M
$35.9M
2000
settled
$32.8M
$36.0M
2001
settled
$35.0M
$33.1M
2002
settled
$23.3M
$25.4M
2003
settled
$43.5M
$52.9M
2004
settled
$57.9M
$64.3M
2005
settled
$77.0M
$83.7M
2006
settled
$89.1M
$95.2M
2007
reopened
$111.9M
$114.7M
2008
settled
$142.9M
$145.8M
2009
reopened
$192.8M
$196.4M
2010
reopened
$217.7M
$219.9M
2011
reopened
$244.5M
$245.8M
2012
reopened
$271.4M
$271.6M
2013
reopened
$280.4M
$275.4M
2014
reopened
$329.6M
$317.3M
2015
settled
$379.5M
$364.6M
2016
settled
$453.6M
$433.0M
2017
settled
$500.6M
$468.1M
2018
reopened
$508.2M
$476.1M
2019
settled
$574.6M
$536.3M
2020
settled
$592.0M
$578.2M
2021
settled
$679.9M
$631.1M
2022
settled
$690.1M
$697.2M
2023
settled
$722.9M
$750.5M
2024
as submitted
$806.0M
$823.3M
2025
as submitted
$900.3M
$891.1M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Georgia with 400 and over beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Northside Hospital Forsyth420$900,266,421$891,117,7181.0%
Wellstar MCG Health, Affiliated With Medical College of Georgia, Augusta484$1,137,703,621$1,232,868,033−8.4%
Emory Decatur Hospital, Decatur401$580,660,453$547,501,6765.7%
Northside Hospital Gwinnett, Lawrenceville434$1,389,870,740$1,440,543,459−3.6%
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, Athens407$920,469,395$864,740,8146.0%
Piedmont Augusta Hospital, Augusta423$573,810,347$579,580,502−1.0%

Patients and payers

Discharges
19,473
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
127,062
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
349.1
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
82.9%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
25.9%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
5.5%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Related organizations on its own cost report: NORTHSIDE HOSP, hospital.

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

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 110005. 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 2, 2026.