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Short-term acute care hospital · Sterling, Illinois · 95 beds · CMS certification number 140043

CGH Medical Center

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended April 30, 2026, as submitted, stamped by CMS September 24, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2026 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$360.4M
$360,434,106 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$353.8M
$353,839,876 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$6.6M
$6,594,230 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
1.8%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $47.3M in its first year on file (1997) to $360.4M in 2026.
  • Its result from patient care: −$2.6M (2024), −$3.0M (2025), $6.6M (2026).
  • 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 2026.
  • Medicaid paid for 2.4% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 35.0%.

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
1997
reopened
$47.3M
$45.2M
1998
settled
$50.0M
$47.7M
1999
reopened
$51.0M
$48.9M
2000
settled
$52.9M
$49.4M
2001
settled
$58.0M
$58.5M
2002
reopened
$59.9M
$63.9M
2003
reopened
$63.8M
$66.6M
2004
settled
$71.9M
$70.9M
2005
reopened
$81.6M
$81.6M
2006
reopened
$89.5M
$88.1M
2007
reopened
$96.3M
$95.4M
2008
reopened
$101.5M
$105.8M
2009
reopened
$104.1M
$102.3M
2010
reopened
$108.6M
$107.7M
2011
reopened
$115.4M
$112.3M
2012
reopened
$151.4M
$146.2M
2013
reopened
$173.0M
$164.8M
2014
reopened
$182.5M
$173.6M
2015
settled
$199.8M
$192.0M
2016
reopened
$219.3M
$202.8M
2017
reopened
$209.8M
$212.1M
2018
settled
$221.5M
$217.3M
2019
reopened
$228.8M
$227.9M
2020
settled
$216.9M
$233.2M
2021
reopened
$215.4M
$230.4M
2022
settled
$238.0M
$245.0M
2023
settled
$247.1M
$265.8M
2024
as submitted
$272.7M
$275.3M
2025
as submitted
$303.0M
$305.9M
2026
as submitted
$360.4M
$353.8M

Beside its peers

Hospitals of the same type (short-term acute care hospital), nearest in size, from Illinois first; each on fiscal year 2026.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
CGH Medical Center95$360,434,106$353,839,8761.8%
Graham Hospital Association, Canton43$87,142,325$91,402,365−4.9%
Herrin Hospital, Herrin85$241,621,468$166,959,20330.9%
Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago124$42,244,666$95,685,308−126.5%
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, Carbondale175$461,369,839$336,468,50927.1%
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, Mattoon120$808,954,893$753,445,6806.9%

Patients and payers

Discharges
4,534
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
18,370
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
50.5
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
53.0%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
35.0%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
2.4%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Indirect owner: CGH MEDICAL CENTER

Type of control on its cost report: governmental, city.

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 140043. 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 September 24, 2026.