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Short-term acute care hospital · Metairie, Louisiana · 526 beds · CMS certification number 190176

East Jefferson General Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 24, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$1.1B
$1,056,019,228 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$1.1B
$1,132,651,127 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$76.6M
−$76,631,899 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−7.3%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $207.5M in its first year on file (1996) to $1.1B in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$90.3M (2023), −$115.6M (2024), −$76.6M (2025).
  • 2 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 0.8% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 15.7%.
  • LOUISIANA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER 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
as submitted
$207.5M
$193.5M
1997
as submitted
$191.7M
$186.1M
1998
as submitted
$219.4M
$213.5M
1999
as submitted
$204.0M
$207.2M
2000
as submitted
$231.3M
$234.1M
2001
reopened
$240.9M
$241.5M
2002
settled with audit
$251.4M
$246.9M
2003
reopened
$276.1M
$260.4M
2004
reopened
$274.2M
$267.3M
2005
reopened
$225.8M
$255.9M
2006
reopened
$179.4M
$228.5M
2007
reopened
$273.3M
$288.6M
2008
reopened
$315.4M
$319.9M
2009
reopened
$373.0M
$335.1M
2010
reopened
$410.4M
$371.3M
2011
reopened
$366.3M
$414.5M
2012
reopened
$322.8M
$334.1M
2013
reopened
$321.1M
$348.0M
2014
reopened
$318.9M
$354.2M
2015
reopened
$341.2M
$366.4M
2016
reopened
$349.2M
$382.4M
2017
reopened
$460.4M
$486.3M
2018
settled with audit
$496.8M
$520.3M
2019
settled
$488.5M
$519.1M
2020
settled
$447.6M
$497.5M
2021
amended
$473.6M
$554.5M
2022
amended
$490.2M
$559.2M
2023
amended
$1.0B
$1.1B
2024
as submitted
$973.3M
$1.1B
2025
as submitted
$1.1B
$1.1B

Beside its peers

Hospitals of the same type (short-term acute care hospital), nearest in size, from Louisiana first; each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
East Jefferson General Hospital526$1,056,019,228$1,132,651,127−7.3%
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center, Lafayette471$752,861,661$777,340,099−3.3%
Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans946$2,745,814,631$2,967,026,800−8.1%
Fmol Health | Our Lady of Lourdes, Lafayette396$605,874,813$513,899,86115.2%
Fmol Health| Our Lady of the Lake, Baton Rouge647$1,586,303,045$1,469,343,0727.4%
Willis Knighton Medical Center, Shreveport724$1,293,989,519$1,098,314,77815.1%

Patients and payers

Discharges
23,138
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
122,557
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
336.7
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
66.9%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
15.7%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
0.8%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • LOUISIANA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: LCMC HEALTH, home office; LCMC HEALTH, home office; LCMC HEALTH, home office; LCMC HEALTH, home office; LHAC, anesthesia.

Other hospitals with the same owner: University Medical Center New Orleans (LA), West Jefferson Medical Center (LA), Touro Infirmary (LA), Manning Family Children's (LA).

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 HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 190176. 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 24, 2026.