Short-term acute care hospital · Covington, Louisiana · 21 beds · CMS certification number 190267
Avala
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 11, 2026. 21 years on file, every one shown below.
Fiscal 2025 at a glance
What stands out
- Net patient revenue rose from $10.1M in its first year on file (2005) to $72.5M in 2025.
- Its result from patient care: $9.9M (2023), $7.2M (2024), $11.5M (2025).
- 4 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.
- KHADER S SHAMIEH holds 67% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.
Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.
21 years of filings
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Beside its peers
Short-term acute care hospitals in Louisiana with under 25 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.
| Hospital | Beds | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avala | 21 | $72,523,274 | $61,038,703 | 15.8% |
| CHRISTUS Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital, Alexandria | 24 | $61,012,260 | $60,576,657 | 0.7% |
| East Carroll Parish Hospital, Lake Providence | 23 | $16,433,271 | $17,534,474 | −6.7% |
| Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital, Lafayette | 20 | $56,224,445 | $49,911,750 | 11.2% |
| Surgical Specialty Center of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge | 16 | $60,856,158 | $50,700,813 | 16.7% |
| The Spine Hospital of Louisiana, Baton Rouge | 23 | $66,148,549 | $45,231,242 | 31.6% |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 891S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 1,630S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 4.5days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 21.3%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 24.8%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Who owns it
- KHADER S SHAMIEH67%
- KSS SURGICAL, LLC67%
Type of control on its cost report: proprietary, partnership.
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 190267. 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 11, 2026.