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Short-term acute care hospital · Duluth, Minnesota · 123 beds · CMS certification number 240019

Essentia Health Duluth

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS September 28, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$591.4M
$591,354,666 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$654.8M
$654,834,195 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$63.5M
−$63,479,529 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−10.7%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $43.6M in its first year on file (1996) to $591.4M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$36.8M (2023), −$65.4M (2024), −$63.5M (2025).
  • 3 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 17.0% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 23.5%.
  • ESSENTIA HEALTH 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
$43.6M
$43.8M
1997
reopened
$45.9M
$46.7M
1998
reopened
$50.9M
$51.5M
1999
reopened
$52.7M
$54.9M
2000
reopened
$51.9M
$54.3M
2001
reopened
$51.7M
$55.3M
2002
reopened
$27.1M
$28.4M
2003
reopened
$59.1M
$57.8M
2004
reopened
$57.4M
$55.3M
2005
reopened
$62.1M
$54.2M
2006
reopened
$73.2M
$60.4M
2007
reopened
$81.7M
$64.7M
2008
reopened
$88.7M
$69.5M
2009
reopened
$208.8M
$246.6M
2010
reopened
$343.2M
$400.1M
2011
reopened
$352.5M
$123.3M
2012
reopened
$332.9M
$384.3M
2013
reopened
$347.3M
$366.5M
2014
settled
$364.1M
$373.6M
2015
reopened
$386.2M
$402.8M
2016
settled
$396.1M
$403.6M
2017
settled
$386.7M
$413.7M
2018
settled
$420.5M
$423.4M
2019
settled
$431.8M
$435.2M
2020
settled
$407.8M
$446.6M
2021
settled
$462.3M
$465.5M
2022
settled
$504.2M
$510.8M
2023
as submitted
$519.2M
$556.0M
2024
as submitted
$546.0M
$611.4M
2025
as submitted
$591.4M
$654.8M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Minnesota with 100 to 199 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Essentia Health Duluth123$591,354,666$654,834,195−10.7%
Maple Grove Hospital, Maple Grove148$287,337,841$255,592,33711.1%
MCHS - Southwest Minnesota Region, Mankato166$601,883,063$638,581,960−6.1%
Ridgeview Medical Center, Waconia128$394,162,720$432,348,880−9.7%
Sanford Bemidji, Bemidji110$411,079,249$482,758,516−17.4%
St. Josephs Medical Center, Brainerd113$334,435,985$326,226,9412.5%

Patients and payers

Discharges
3,246
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
21,691
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
59.6
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
48.3%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
23.5%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
17.0%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • ESSENTIA HEALTH100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: SMDC HEALTH SYS, home office.

Other hospitals with the same owner: St. Marys Medical Center (MN), St. Josephs Medical Center (MN), Essentia Health Virginia (MN), St. Marys Regional Health Center (MN), St. Francis Regional Medical Center (MN), Pine Medical Center (MN), Bridges Medical Center (MN), Graceville Health Center (MN), Northern Pines Medical Center (MN), Essentia Health Moose Lake (MN), Deer River Healthcare Center (MN).

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 HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 240019. 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 September 28, 2026.