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Short-term acute care hospital · Columbus, Georgia · 313 beds · CMS certification number 110129

St. Francis Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 8, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$306.7M
$306,684,691 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$335.2M
$335,220,892 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$28.5M
−$28,536,201 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−9.3%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $84.8M in its first year on file (1996) to $306.7M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $27.1M (2023), −$36.5M (2024), −$28.5M (2025).
  • 1 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also reports a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 9.7% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 17.0%.
  • KNIGHT HEALTH HOLDINGS LLC 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
$84.8M
$79.0M
1997
settled
$86.7M
$80.9M
1998
settled with audit
$88.1M
$82.1M
1999
reopened
$97.3M
$92.0M
2000
settled
$105.7M
$99.5M
2001
settled with audit
$111.9M
$114.3M
2002
reopened
$125.1M
$128.3M
2003
settled
$160.0M
$142.6M
2004
reopened
$123.6M
$141.5M
2005
reopened
$133.6M
$136.1M
2006
reopened
$152.7M
$145.5M
2007
settled
$189.8M
$191.5M
2008
settled
$184.9M
$181.1M
2009
reopened
$207.6M
$183.5M
2010
reopened
$207.4M
$200.9M
2011
reopened
$208.7M
$209.5M
2012
settled
$225.1M
$225.5M
2013
reopened
$197.3M
$204.2M
2014
reopened
$225.9M
$254.3M
2015
reopened
$235.8M
$259.3M
2016
reopened
$299.2M
$333.7M
2017
reopened
$282.1M
$319.9M
2018
settled
$270.9M
$302.3M
2019
settled
$241.6M
$274.4M
2020
settled with audit
$233.3M
$271.3M
2021
settled
$260.5M
$291.5M
2022
amended
$252.6M
$292.7M
2023
amended
$360.8M
$333.7M
2024
amended
$301.4M
$337.9M
2025
as submitted
$306.7M
$335.2M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
St. Francis Hospital313$306,684,691$335,220,892−9.3%
Northside Hospital Cherokee, Canton343$855,606,808$837,473,1162.1%
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%
Piedmont Fayette Hospital, Fayetteville299$620,167,437$497,094,23419.9%
Southeast Georgia Health System - Brunswick Campus, Brunswick300$365,862,715$338,622,3427.4%

Patients and payers

Discharges
12,646
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
65,411
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
179.7
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
57.3%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
17.0%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
9.7%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • KNIGHT HEALTH HOLDINGS LLC100%
  • KNIGHT HEALTH II LLC100%
  • KNIGHT HEALTH LLC100%
  • KNIGHT HEALTHCARE NEW-D, LLC100%
  • ST. FRANCIS HOLDING COMPANY, LLC100%
  • EHC VENTURES, LLC51%
  • GEORGIA HEALTHCARE PARTNER, LLC49%

Related organizations on its own cost report: SCION HEALTH, hospital corp; HCA INFO SYSTEM, i.s. mgmt; HEALTHTRUST PUR, purchasing bloc.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Andalusia Health (AL), Vaughan Regional Medical Center (AL), Cornerstone Specialty Hospitals Little Rock (AR), Kindred Hospital - Los Angeles (CA), Kindred Hospital - San Francisco Bay Area (CA), Kindred Hospital Westminster (CA), Kindred Hospital - San Diego (CA), Kindred Hospital - Ontario (CA), Kindred Hospital Brea (CA), Kindred Hospital Baldwin Park (CA), Kindred Hospital Paramount (CA), Kindred Hospital Rancho (CA).

Type of control on its cost report: proprietary, corporation.

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 110129. 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 June 8, 2026.