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Short-term acute care hospital · Kalamazoo, Michigan · 418 beds · CMS certification number 230017

Bronson Methodist Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 15, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$1.3B
$1,312,931,672 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$1.4B
$1,352,788,982 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$39.9M
−$39,857,310 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−3.0%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $168.6M in its first year on file (1996) to $1.3B in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$35.1M (2023), −$46.9M (2024), −$39.9M (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 5.2% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 15.5%.
  • BRONSON HEALTH CARE GROUP 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
$168.6M
$166.0M
1997
reopened
$179.9M
$175.5M
1998
reopened
$185.9M
$189.3M
1999
reopened
$187.4M
$198.6M
2000
reopened
$209.1M
$224.1M
2001
reopened
$242.6M
$244.6M
2002
reopened
$279.8M
$280.9M
2003
settled with audit
$309.6M
$326.1M
2004
settled with audit
$328.7M
$347.8M
2005
reopened
$360.3M
$379.7M
2006
reopened
$383.0M
$405.9M
2007
reopened
$420.4M
$452.6M
2008
reopened
$420.7M
$462.3M
2009
reopened
$439.0M
$480.6M
2010
reopened
$451.0M
$496.4M
2011
reopened
$425.5M
$527.7M
2012
reopened
$422.5M
$556.6M
2013
reopened
$419.0M
$583.7M
2014
reopened
$445.5M
$584.3M
2015
reopened
$502.2M
$618.2M
2016
reopened
$493.4M
$746.4M
2017
reopened
$537.0M
$800.3M
2018
reopened
$534.6M
$821.0M
2019
reopened
$555.3M
$842.9M
2020
settled with audit
$832.2M
$830.1M
2021
settled with audit
$1.1B
$1.0B
2022
amended
$1.1B
$1.1B
2023
as submitted
$1.1B
$1.2B
2024
as submitted
$1.2B
$1.3B
2025
as submitted
$1.3B
$1.4B

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Michigan with 400 and over beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Bronson Methodist Hospital418$1,312,931,672$1,352,788,982−3.0%
Corewell Health Dearborn Hospital, Dearborn498$786,917,902$772,721,4641.8%
Covenant Medical Center, Saginaw464$796,939,421$851,048,165−6.8%
University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Lansing, Lansing454$1,256,386,642$1,333,869,278−6.2%
Munson Medical Center, Traverse City400$765,744,447$766,483,734−0.1%
Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital, Ann Arbor479$1,173,128,843$1,180,902,887−0.7%

Patients and payers

Discharges
26,361
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
126,033
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
346.2
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
83.0%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
15.5%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
5.2%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • BRONSON HEALTH CARE GROUP INC100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: BHG (100%), home office.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Bronson Battle Creek Hospital (MI), Bronson South Haven Hospital (MI), Bronson Lakeview Hospital (MI), Bronson Behavioral Health Hospital (MI).

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 230017. 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 15, 2026.