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Short-term acute care hospital · Austell, Georgia · 367 beds · CMS certification number 110143

Wellstar Cobb Hospital

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. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$1.1B
$1,123,183,804 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$1.1B
$1,072,126,226 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$51.1M
$51,057,578 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
4.5%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $130.3M in its first year on file (1997) to $1.1B in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $54.6M (2023), $50.0M (2024), $51.1M (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 7.5% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 14.3%.
  • 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
$130.3M
$118.8M
1998
settled
$148.6M
$95.5M
1999
reopened
$146.9M
$109.9M
2000
reopened
$147.7M
$141.5M
2001
reopened
$157.6M
$153.7M
2002
reopened
$174.2M
$168.0M
2003
settled
$207.8M
$192.2M
2004
reopened
$222.0M
$218.5M
2005
settled
$234.3M
$229.0M
2006
reopened
$252.3M
$246.6M
2007
reopened
$279.1M
$278.6M
2008
reopened
$308.9M
$255.3M
2009
reopened
$331.1M
$329.6M
2010
reopened
$358.8M
$345.1M
2011
reopened
$369.1M
$347.5M
2012
reopened
$295.1M
$285.2M
2013
reopened
$296.3M
$287.8M
2014
reopened
$304.4M
$317.9M
2015
settled with audit
$287.5M
$330.2M
2016
settled
$329.4M
$340.7M
2017
settled
$417.4M
$392.0M
2018
reopened
$441.3M
$421.9M
2019
settled
$482.3M
$456.3M
2020
settled
$631.3M
$640.1M
2021
settled with audit
$709.3M
$689.2M
2022
amended
$754.3M
$765.7M
2023
as submitted
$897.0M
$842.4M
2024
as submitted
$1.0B
$961.3M
2025
as submitted
$1.1B
$1.1B

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Wellstar Cobb Hospital367$1,123,183,804$1,072,126,2264.5%
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%
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
20,630
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
114,107
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
313.5
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
85.2%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
14.3%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
7.5%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM INC100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: COBB HOSPITAL (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 Kennestone Regional Medical Center (GA), Wellstar Paulding 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).

Community benefit, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by COBB HOSPITAL INC (employer identification number 580968382) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

FigureAs filedWhere it comes from
Total community benefit expense (line 7k)$48,454,480IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$48,033,804IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$48,033,804IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$420,676IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.061IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202441369349311829. The IRS archive it was read from.

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 110143. 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.