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Short-term acute care hospital · Canton, Georgia · 343 beds · CMS certification number 110008

Northside Hospital Cherokee

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS March 2, 2026. 28 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$855.6M
$855,606,808 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$837.5M
$837,473,116 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$18.1M
$18,133,692 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
2.1%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $22.2M in its first year on file (1997) to $855.6M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$16.9M (2023), $313.9M (2024), $18.1M (2025).
  • 3 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 6.0% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 24.5%.
  • NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL INC 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
1997
settled
$22.2M
$23.2M
1999
settled
$25.3M
$29.8M
2000
settled
$31.6M
$34.8M
2001
settled
$36.2M
$39.1M
2002
settled
$41.7M
$46.0M
2003
settled
$48.3M
$52.3M
2004
settled
$53.6M
$56.3M
2005
reopened
$63.8M
$65.4M
2006
reopened
$69.9M
$70.5M
2007
reopened
$81.9M
$82.2M
2008
reopened
$88.4M
$88.3M
2009
reopened
$101.5M
$100.8M
2010
reopened
$78.7M
$78.1M
2011
settled
$115.1M
$112.6M
2012
reopened
$127.3M
$123.7M
2013
reopened
$120.6M
$118.4M
2014
reopened
$154.2M
$155.5M
2015
settled
$184.9M
$187.5M
2016
settled
$217.5M
$220.6M
2017
settled
$253.4M
$296.5M
2018
reopened
$321.7M
$364.0M
2019
settled
$382.0M
$403.4M
2020
settled
$456.1M
$504.4M
2021
settled
$579.0M
$530.1M
2022
settled
$623.5M
$624.3M
2023
settled
$683.2M
$700.1M
2024
settled
$1.1B
$759.9M
2025
as submitted
$855.6M
$837.5M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Northside Hospital Cherokee343$855,606,808$837,473,1162.1%
Wellstar Cobb Hospital, Austell367$1,123,183,804$1,072,126,2264.5%
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Albany361$813,077,831$844,083,858−3.8%
Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown, Columbus336$614,674,485$589,108,9774.2%
St. Francis Hospital, Columbus313$306,684,691$335,220,892−9.3%
Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital, Atlanta370$706,414,163$655,461,5327.2%

Patients and payers

Discharges
17,874
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
108,162
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
297.1
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
86.4%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
24.5%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
6.0%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL INC100%

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

Other hospitals with the same owner: Northside Hospital Gwinnett (GA).

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 110008. 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 2, 2026.