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Short-term acute care hospital · Decatur, Georgia · 401 beds · CMS certification number 110076

Emory Decatur Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended August 31, 2025, amended, stamped by CMS September 16, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$580.7M
$580,660,453 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$547.5M
$547,501,676 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$33.2M
$33,158,777 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
5.7%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $180.8M in its first year on file (1996) to $580.7M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$76.9M (2023), −$31.6M (2024), $33.2M (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 10.2% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 13.5%.
  • DEKALB REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM 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
$180.8M
$194.6M
1997
settled
$146.9M
$161.3M
1998
reopened
$188.5M
$222.6M
1999
reopened
$200.2M
$222.4M
2000
reopened
$207.5M
$237.2M
2001
reopened
$228.9M
$250.3M
2002
reopened
$245.2M
$279.5M
2003
settled with audit
$265.0M
$298.6M
2004
settled
$295.2M
$328.9M
2005
reopened
$318.3M
$346.8M
2006
reopened
$268.5M
$271.4M
2007
reopened
$231.1M
$207.4M
2008
reopened
$271.9M
$291.5M
2009
reopened
$293.7M
$302.4M
2010
reopened
$307.2M
$310.1M
2011
reopened
$312.0M
$315.1M
2012
reopened
$284.4M
$286.7M
2013
reopened
$281.8M
$304.3M
2014
reopened
$294.2M
$304.9M
2015
reopened
$303.0M
$309.2M
2016
reopened
$309.5M
$317.3M
2017
reopened
$319.4M
$327.8M
2018
reopened
$318.8M
$339.2M
2019
reopened
$313.1M
$350.0M
2020
reopened
$309.1M
$381.5M
2021
settled
$348.5M
$408.6M
2022
settled
$382.2M
$480.0M
2023
settled
$394.6M
$471.5M
2024
amended
$454.4M
$486.1M
2025
amended
$580.7M
$547.5M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Emory Decatur Hospital401$580,660,453$547,501,6765.7%
Wellstar MCG Health, Affiliated With Medical College of Georgia, Augusta484$1,137,703,621$1,232,868,033−8.4%
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%
Piedmont Augusta Hospital, Augusta423$573,810,347$579,580,502−1.0%

Patients and payers

Discharges
21,527
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
102,618
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
281.9
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
70.1%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
13.5%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
10.2%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • DEKALB REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM100%
  • EMORY HEALTHCARE INC100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: EMORY HEALTHCAR, related party.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Emory Hillandale Hospital (GA), Emory Johns Creek Hospital (GA), Emory Long Term Acute Care (GA), Emory Rehabilitation 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 110076. 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 16, 2026.