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Psychiatric hospital · Gonzales, Louisiana · 32 beds · CMS certification number 194088

St. James Behavioral Health Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 25, 2026. Twenty years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$8.8M
$8,791,314 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$9.5M
$9,515,612 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$724K
−$724,298 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−8.2%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $402K in its first year on file (2006) to $8.8M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$1.3M (2023), −$1.3M (2024), −$724K (2025).
  • 4 of the 5 psychiatric hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • GOPINATH KONGARA holds 25% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.

Twenty years of filings

Net patient revenue against operating expenses, each year as filed.

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
2006
settled
$402K
$594K
2007
settled
$2.7M
$2.4M
2008
settled
$2.9M
$2.2M
2009
settled
$4.7M
$3.9M
2010
settled
$4.9M
$4.7M
2011
settled
$6.7M
$6.8M
2012
settled
$8.9M
$8.6M
2013
settled
$8.7M
$8.9M
2014
settled
$7.9M
$8.2M
2015
settled
$6.6M
$7.5M
2016
settled
$6.9M
$7.5M
2017
settled
$6.4M
$7.5M
2018
settled
$7.3M
$7.0M
2019
settled
$8.1M
$8.2M
2020
settled
$8.3M
$9.2M
2021
settled
$8.2M
$8.2M
2022
settled
$7.9M
$8.7M
2023
settled
$8.9M
$10.3M
2024
settled
$7.4M
$8.7M
2025
as submitted
$8.8M
$9.5M

Beside its peers

Psychiatric hospitals in Louisiana with 25 to 49 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
St. James Behavioral Health Hospital32$8,791,314$9,515,612−8.2%
Community Care Hospital, New Orleans36$5,395,622$5,412,803−0.3%
Compass Behavioral Center of Alexandria, Alexandria36$9,290,824$11,203,260−20.6%
Compass Senior Care Hospital, Jennings36$9,654,125$9,799,568−1.5%
Lake Pines Hospital, Kenner36$6,706,370$8,613,768−28.4%
Universal Behavioral Health Hospital, Hammond36$7,247,291$5,899,63918.6%

Patients and payers

Discharges
1,246
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
9,854
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
27.1
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
84.4%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
8.2%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • GOPINATH KONGARA25%
  • WENDELL SMITH25%

Indirect owners: GOPINATH GOPALAM; RAMA KONGARA

Related organizations on its own cost report: VARIOUS OWNERS (100%), building; VARIOUS OWNERS (75%), building.

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 HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 194088. 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 25, 2026.