Short-term acute care hospital · Lowell, Massachusetts · 390 beds · CMS certification number 220063
The Lowell General Hospital
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS March 23, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.
Fiscal 2025 at a glance
What stands out
- Net patient revenue rose from $75.8M in its first year on file (1996) to $603.1M in 2025.
- Its result from patient care: −$69.7M (2023), −$67.6M (2024), −$2.6M (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 9.6% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 31.9%.
- CIRCLE HEALTH, 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
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Beside its peers
Short-term acute care hospitals in Massachusetts with 200 to 399 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.
| Hospital | Beds | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lowell General Hospital | 390 | $603,146,231 | $605,745,597 | −0.4% |
| Beverly Hospital, Addison Gilbert Hospital, Bay Ridge Hospital, Beverly | 335 | $459,160,231 | $602,809,597 | −31.3% |
| Lahey Clinic, Burlington | 343 | $1,264,384,458 | $1,220,016,239 | 3.5% |
| Merrimack Health Methuen Hospital, Methuen | 293 | $173,613,000 | $258,632,000 | −49.0% |
| South Shore Hospital, South Weymouth | 394 | $833,889,643 | $917,464,251 | −10.0% |
| Tufts Medical Center, Boston | 371 | $1,073,969,967 | $1,361,931,999 | −26.8% |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 19,473S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 90,064S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 247.4days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 63.3%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 31.9%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
- Medicaid share of days
- 9.6%S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8
Who owns it
- CIRCLE HEALTH, INC.100%
- TUFTS MEDICINE, INC100%
Other hospitals with the same owner: Tufts Medical Center (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 220063. 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 23, 2026.