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Short-term acute care hospital · Marietta, Georgia · 642 beds · CMS certification number 110035

Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS May 7, 2026. 29 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$1.9B
$1,856,009,760 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$1.6B
$1,647,890,768 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$208.1M
$208,118,992 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
11.2%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $194.9M in its first year on file (1997) to $1.9B in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $230.0M (2023), $219.6M (2024), $208.1M (2025).
  • 4 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 3.6% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 21.7%.
  • WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM INC holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.

29 years of filings

Net patient revenue against operating expenses, each year as filed.

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1997
settled
$194.9M
$189.4M
1998
settled
$204.9M
$141.0M
1999
settled
$221.5M
$159.9M
2000
settled
$221.6M
$165.2M
2001
settled
$247.6M
$237.0M
2002
as submitted
$281.2M
$278.0M
2003
settled
$344.3M
$327.0M
2004
settled
$383.5M
$351.6M
2005
settled
$416.5M
$379.0M
2006
reopened
$486.4M
$448.6M
2007
reopened
$541.6M
$501.5M
2008
reopened
$605.3M
$454.3M
2009
reopened
$640.9M
$580.3M
2010
reopened
$694.8M
$633.6M
2011
reopened
$714.3M
$650.4M
2012
reopened
$649.8M
$574.6M
2013
reopened
$703.8M
$612.0M
2014
reopened
$730.6M
$679.2M
2015
settled with audit
$821.3M
$710.4M
2016
settled
$894.9M
$765.9M
2017
reopened
$997.4M
$822.9M
2018
reopened
$1.1B
$859.6M
2019
reopened
$1.2B
$931.2M
2020
reopened
$1.1B
$971.5M
2021
settled with audit
$1.2B
$1.0B
2022
amended
$1.3B
$1.2B
2023
amended
$1.5B
$1.3B
2024
as submitted
$1.7B
$1.5B
2025
as submitted
$1.9B
$1.6B

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center642$1,856,009,760$1,647,890,76811.2%
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center, Macon673$973,843,870$914,542,2426.1%
Emory University Hospital, Atlanta666$1,939,276,847$1,697,763,10012.4%
Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah613$968,192,299$829,833,44714.3%
Northside Hospital Atlanta, Atlanta695$3,499,702,536$3,865,137,005−10.4%
Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta593$1,671,357,815$1,501,420,62310.2%

Patients and payers

Discharges
47,023
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
242,581
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
666.4
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
103.5%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
21.7%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
3.6%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM INC100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: KENNESTONE HOSP (100%), health administration.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center (GA), Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital (GA), Wellstar MCG Health, Affiliated With Medical College of Georgia (GA), Wellstar Paulding Hospital (GA), Wellstar Cobb Hospital (GA), Wellstar Douglas Hospital (GA), Wellstar North Fulton Hospital (GA), Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital (GA), Roosevelt Warm Springs LTAC Hospital (GA), Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital (GA), Wellstar Roosevelt Rehabilitation Care at Warm Springs (GA).

Type of control on its cost report: governmental, 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 110035. 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 May 7, 2026.