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Short-term acute care hospital · East China, Michigan · 18 beds · CMS certification number 230241

Henry Ford Health River District Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, amended, stamped by CMS August 12, 2026. 29 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$17.3M
$17,268,372 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$30.1M
$30,143,051 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$12.9M
−$12,874,679 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−74.6%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue fell from $23.6M in its first year on file (1997) to $17.3M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$12.8M (2023), −$13.1M (2024), −$12.9M (2025).
  • 2 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 1.1% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 30.7%.
  • HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

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

29 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1997
settled
$23.6M
$23.9M
1998
settled
$25.5M
$26.1M
1999
reopened
$25.6M
$26.8M
2000
reopened
$25.6M
$26.4M
2001
settled
$26.2M
$26.8M
2002
reopened
$27.5M
$27.2M
2003
reopened
$28.9M
$29.3M
2004
settled
$34.3M
$34.7M
2005
settled
$34.5M
$36.1M
2006
reopened
$35.5M
$37.2M
2007
reopened
$38.7M
$41.5M
2008
reopened
$38.8M
$42.5M
2009
reopened
$38.1M
$42.5M
2010
reopened
$38.0M
$43.4M
2011
reopened
$38.1M
$48.0M
2012
reopened
$37.4M
$51.6M
2013
reopened
$34.1M
$39.5M
2014
reopened
$33.9M
$41.9M
2015
settled
$33.9M
$40.1M
2016
settled
$33.7M
$39.6M
2017
settled
$35.0M
$39.8M
2018
settled
$34.1M
$42.0M
2019
settled
$30.1M
$37.9M
2020
settled
$29.7M
$38.1M
2021
settled
$33.9M
$40.9M
2022
settled
$29.8M
$41.5M
2023
settled
$24.3M
$37.1M
2024
settled
$17.5M
$30.5M
2025
amended
$17.3M
$30.1M

Beside its peers

Hospitals of the same type (short-term acute care hospital), nearest in size, from Michigan first; each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Henry Ford Health River District Hospital18$17,268,372$30,143,051−74.6%
Bronson South Haven Hospital, South Haven8$42,977,349$43,188,708−0.5%
Forest Health Medical Center, Ypsilanti24$34,287,543$24,940,82027.3%
Healthsource Saginaw, Saginaw7$59,617,736$59,593,5640.0%
Corewell Health Watervliet Hospital, Watervliet26$51,956,623$51,667,5400.6%
Straith Hospital for Special Surgery, Southfield34$13,462,247$14,841,432−10.2%

Patients and payers

Discharges
410
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
1,140
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
3.1
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
17.3%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
30.7%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
1.1%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM100%
  • HENRY FORD HEALTH PARENT80%
  • ASCENSION HEALTH20%

Related organizations on its own cost report: ASCENSION MI (100%), home office; ASCENSION HLTH (100%), home office; HENRY FORD HS (100%), home office.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Ascension St. Vincent's St. Clair (AL), Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - Chicago (IL), Alexian Brothers Medical Center (IL), St. Alexius Medical Center (IL), Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital (IL), Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo (IN), Ascension St. Vincent Hospital (IN), Ascension St. Vincent Anderson (IN), Ascension St. Vincent Evansville (IN), Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center (IN).

Type of control on its cost report: voluntary nonprofit, church.

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 HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 230241. 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 HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, read August 12, 2026.