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Short-term acute care hospital · Pittsfield, Massachusetts · 238 beds · CMS certification number 220046

Berkshire Medical Center

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS March 9, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$571.2M
$571,189,132 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$704.5M
$704,526,056 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$133.3M
−$133,336,924 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−23.3%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $115.9M in its first year on file (1996) to $571.2M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$105.4M (2023), −$75.9M (2024), −$133.3M (2025).
  • 4 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 5.4% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 46.3%.
  • BERKSHIRE HEALTH SYSTEM INC 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
reopened
$115.9M
$116.0M
1997
reopened
$135.6M
$139.5M
1998
settled with audit
$136.2M
$145.7M
1999
reopened
$140.3M
$148.7M
2000
reopened
$153.6M
$160.2M
2001
reopened
$161.6M
$166.7M
2002
settled with audit
$181.9M
$184.4M
2003
reopened
$195.5M
$207.6M
2004
reopened
$200.8M
$206.7M
2005
reopened
$225.3M
$228.8M
2006
reopened
$249.8M
$250.7M
2007
reopened
$276.9M
$278.4M
2008
reopened
$304.9M
$313.3M
2009
reopened
$316.1M
$329.7M
2010
reopened
$296.3M
$306.7M
2011
reopened
$315.7M
$317.2M
2012
reopened
$339.8M
$324.2M
2013
reopened
$342.9M
$333.8M
2014
reopened
$377.9M
$372.6M
2015
reopened
$424.8M
$415.7M
2016
reopened
$437.0M
$447.9M
2017
reopened
$448.7M
$467.8M
2018
reopened
$472.9M
$487.6M
2019
reopened
$474.4M
$508.1M
2020
reopened
$442.9M
$531.1M
2021
settled
$501.1M
$555.3M
2022
settled
$522.9M
$590.4M
2023
settled with audit
$549.0M
$654.4M
2024
as submitted
$583.5M
$659.3M
2025
as submitted
$571.2M
$704.5M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Massachusetts with 200 to 399 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Berkshire Medical Center238$571,189,132$704,526,056−23.3%
Cambridge Health Alliance, Malden225$459,240,867$1,086,264,718−136.5%
Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis259$734,909,513$687,807,5846.4%
Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton240$739,365,553$767,308,693−3.8%
Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester253$420,418,487$424,043,413−0.9%
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston230$297,793,323$442,555,146−48.6%

Patients and payers

Discharges
10,741
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
51,358
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
141.1
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
59.1%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
46.3%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
5.4%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • BERKSHIRE HEALTH SYSTEM INC100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: BHS MANAGEMENT SERVICES (100%), home office; BERKSHIRE FACULTY SERVICES (100%), physician services; BERKSHIRE HEALTH SYSTEMS (100%), parent corporation.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Fairview Hospital (MA), North Adams Regional Hospital (MA).

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 220046. 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 March 9, 2026.