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Short-term acute care hospital · Augusta, Georgia · 423 beds · CMS certification number 110028

Piedmont Augusta Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS September 23, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$573.8M
$573,810,347 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$579.6M
$579,580,502 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$5.8M
−$5,770,155 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−1.0%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $224.8M in its first year on file (1996) to $573.8M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$32.7M (2023), −$38.8M (2024), −$5.8M (2025).
  • 3 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 7.1% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 21.6%.
  • RICHMOND COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY 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
$224.8M
$219.8M
1997
reopened
$232.9M
$235.0M
1998
reopened
$224.1M
$234.0M
1999
as submitted
$243.2M
$242.6M
2000
reopened
$254.4M
$261.8M
2001
as submitted
$257.8M
$260.7M
2002
reopened
$270.1M
$275.6M
2003
reopened
$291.3M
$300.1M
2004
reopened
$310.9M
$315.4M
2005
reopened
$346.3M
$327.1M
2006
reopened
$393.1M
$381.3M
2007
reopened
$392.1M
$385.6M
2008
reopened
$386.7M
$382.1M
2009
reopened
$388.6M
$388.5M
2010
settled
$394.8M
$399.1M
2011
reopened
$366.0M
$376.0M
2012
reopened
$366.6M
$363.0M
2013
reopened
$375.4M
$377.6M
2014
reopened
$391.2M
$383.1M
2015
reopened
$434.3M
$420.7M
2016
reopened
$464.5M
$443.5M
2017
reopened
$490.3M
$480.8M
2018
reopened
$515.1M
$515.8M
2019
reopened
$525.8M
$515.6M
2020
reopened
$467.8M
$506.0M
2021
amended
$482.7M
$499.4M
2022
amended
$487.4M
$528.9M
2023
as submitted
$220.1M
$252.8M
2024
amended
$492.1M
$530.9M
2025
as submitted
$573.8M
$579.6M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Piedmont Augusta Hospital423$573,810,347$579,580,502−1.0%
Wellstar MCG Health, Affiliated With Medical College of Georgia, Augusta484$1,137,703,621$1,232,868,033−8.4%
Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta548$1,999,379,209$2,015,725,080−0.8%
Northside Hospital Gwinnett, Lawrenceville434$1,389,870,740$1,440,543,459−3.6%
Northside Hospital Forsyth, Cumming420$900,266,421$891,117,7181.0%
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, Athens407$920,469,395$864,740,8146.0%

Patients and payers

Discharges
21,355
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
112,128
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
308.0
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
72.6%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
21.6%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
7.1%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • RICHMOND COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: CORPORATION (100%), healthcare.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Piedmont McDuffie Hospital (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 HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 110028. 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 HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, read September 23, 2026.