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Rehabilitation hospital · Lexington, Kentucky · 158 beds · CMS certification number 183026

Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended August 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS January 9, 2026. 29 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$99.4M
$99,356,081 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$95.6M
$95,561,592 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$3.8M
$3,794,489 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
3.8%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $23.7M in its first year on file (1997) to $99.4M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $520K (2023), $285K (2024), $3.8M (2025).
  • All 5 rehabilitation hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 1.6% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 46.1%.
  • ENCOMPASS HEALTH CORPORATION 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
$23.7M
$24.0M
1998
settled
$23.0M
$23.7M
1999
settled
$24.4M
$25.3M
2000
settled
$23.9M
$26.2M
2001
settled
$28.3M
$28.7M
2002
settled
$30.6M
$31.5M
2003
settled
$33.7M
$33.5M
2004
settled
$34.8M
$35.7M
2005
reopened
$40.8M
$39.7M
2006
reopened
$42.6M
$42.9M
2007
reopened
$43.2M
$44.7M
2008
settled
$47.1M
$47.7M
2009
settled
$47.7M
$49.9M
2010
reopened
$46.9M
$49.3M
2011
reopened
$46.5M
$51.0M
2012
settled
$58.1M
$64.2M
2013
settled
$56.5M
$62.3M
2014
settled
$60.7M
$61.5M
2015
reopened
$19.8M
$21.2M
2016
reopened
$59.7M
$61.6M
2017
settled
$62.6M
$62.0M
2018
settled
$75.1M
$70.8M
2019
reopened
$77.3M
$75.0M
2020
settled with audit
$74.8M
$71.9M
2021
reopened
$76.9M
$74.3M
2022
settled
$78.1M
$81.8M
2023
settled
$79.9M
$79.4M
2024
settled
$89.0M
$88.7M
2025
as submitted
$99.4M
$95.6M

Beside its peers

Hospitals of the same type (rehabilitation hospital), nearest in size, from Kentucky first; each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital158$99,356,081$95,561,5923.8%
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Northern Kentucky, Edgewood71$39,095,624$34,673,31411.3%
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Lakeview, Elizabethtown40$17,658,556$16,469,7106.7%
Gateway Rehabilitation Hospital, Florence40$25,131,360$21,353,32815.0%
Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital, Bowling Green60$30,436,848$25,871,26215.0%
Uofl Health, Frazier Rehabilitation Hospital - Brownsboro, Louisville40$21,072,260$18,649,86911.5%

Patients and payers

Discharges
4,012
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
51,372
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
141.1
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
89.1%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
46.1%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
1.6%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • ENCOMPASS HEALTH CORPORATION100%
  • ENCOMPASS HEALTH OWNED HOSPITALS HOLDINGS LLC100%
  • VANGUARD GROUP INC10%
  • BLACKROCK INC9%

Related organizations on its own cost report: ENCOMPASS HEALT, healthcare.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Encompass Health Lakeshore Rehabilitation Hospital (AL), Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Montgomery (AL), Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of North Alabama (AL), Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Dothan (AL), Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Shelby County (AL), Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Gadsden (AL), Rehabilitation Hospital of Phenix City (AL), Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Scottsdale (AZ), Encompass Health Rehabilitation Institute of Tucson (AZ), Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Northwest Tucson (AZ), Encompass Health Valley of the Sun Rehabilitation Hospital (AZ), Yuma Rehabilitation Hospital, an Affiliation of Encompass Health and Y (AZ).

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 HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 183026. 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 January 9, 2026.