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Children's hospital · St. Paul, Minnesota · 60 beds · CMS certification number 243300

Gillette Childrens Specialty Healthcare

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 1, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$351.9M
$351,851,124 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$394.2M
$394,215,376 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$42.4M
−$42,364,252 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−12.0%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $24.4M in its first year on file (1996) to $351.9M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$36.0M (2023), −$16.6M (2024), −$42.4M (2025).
  • 4 of the 5 children's hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 43.2% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 0.7%.

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
$24.4M
$25.3M
1997
reopened
$28.2M
$29.3M
1998
reopened
$32.0M
$33.3M
1999
reopened
$34.2M
$36.2M
2000
settled
$35.1M
$41.6M
2001
as submitted
$41.3M
$50.5M
2002
settled
$52.5M
$63.2M
2003
settled
$73.2M
$72.2M
2004
reopened
$77.7M
$78.0M
2005
reopened
$90.7M
$91.6M
2006
settled
$94.4M
$99.0M
2007
reopened
$110.0M
$108.5M
2008
settled
$121.4M
$118.8M
2009
settled
$135.4M
$132.8M
2010
settled
$155.2M
$149.4M
2011
reopened
$160.2M
$166.4M
2012
settled
$185.2M
$183.8M
2013
reopened
$200.4M
$199.3M
2014
settled
$218.1M
$206.5M
2015
settled with audit
$224.1M
$223.2M
2016
reopened
$231.9M
$234.7M
2017
settled
$225.0M
$239.1M
2018
settled
$247.6M
$243.4M
2019
settled
$241.9M
$247.7M
2020
reopened
$211.9M
$245.0M
2021
settled
$251.1M
$268.5M
2022
reopened
$266.7M
$283.5M
2023
settled
$268.7M
$304.6M
2024
as submitted
$351.8M
$368.4M
2025
as submitted
$351.9M
$394.2M

Beside its peers

Hospitals of the same type (children's hospital), nearest in size, from Minnesota first; each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Gillette Childrens Specialty Healthcare60$351,851,124$394,215,376−12.0%
Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis431$1,108,037,954$1,152,231,954−4.0%
Children's Specialized Hospital, Mountainside (NJ)68$203,553,544$224,602,327−10.3%
Cook Childrens Medical Center - Prosper, Prosper (TX)69$128,324,461$165,878,842−29.3%
Nexus Childrens Hospital- Dallas, Dallas (TX)60$26,251,957$24,750,7575.7%
Texas Children's Hospital North Austin Campus, Austin (TX)60$172,182,993$262,883,043−52.7%

Patients and payers

Discharges
2,157
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
9,347
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
25.7
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
42.7%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
0.7%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
43.2%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

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

Community benefit, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare (employer identification number 363379150) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

FigureAs filedWhere it comes from
Total community benefit expense (line 7k)$73,087,637IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$1,419,479IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$49,034,805IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$50,454,284IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$22,633,353IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.2387IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202443209349313234. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare (employer identification number 363379150) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
Bariteau StephenEVP PhilanthropyKey employee$0$331,862$55,420
Bestler DavidDirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
Brady KarenVP Human ResourcesFormer$323,545$0$49,062
Brill KarenVP QualityFormer$282,758$0$40,795
Capistrant JodiDirector (Start 1/23)Trustee/director$0$0$0
Cush MarlonVice ChairTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
Ellenberger JohnChair (End 1/23)Trustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
Freyer JeffreyDirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
Gagnon MadeleineChief of Staff (Start 1/23)Trustee/director$95,639$0$0
Garcia SharifaDirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
Getsay TimothyEVP PerformanceKey employee$428,214$0$53,080
Graupman PatrickNeurosurgeonHighest-compensated employee$1,220,942$0$55,339
Guillaume TennerOrthopedic SurgeonHighest-compensated employee$1,118,621$0$58,592
Harris ThomasEVP OperationsKey employee$455,892$0$57,656
Ireland LindaSecretaryTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
Joers BarbaraPresident & CEOTrustee/director, Officer$947,156$0$56,238
Kim PeterNeurosurgeonHighest-compensated employee$1,039,264$0$57,205
Liddicoat JohnDirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
Maertens MaryDirector (Start 1/23)Trustee/director$0$0$0
Maillet PatrickDirector (Start 1/23)Trustee/director$0$0$0
McDonald WilliamDirector (End 1/23)Trustee/director$0$0$0
Meyer AnneDirector (Start 1/23)Trustee/director$0$0$0
Montgomery PaulaEVP Administrative AffairsKey employee$452,162$0$57,056
Neville JulieTreasurerTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
Niermann MicahEVP Medical AffairsKey employee$558,036$0$52,206
Nolan PatrickEVP FinanceKey employee$523,267$0$54,542
Sinner AngelaChief of Staff (End 1/23)Trustee/director$239,814$0$31,515
Song DebbieNeurosurgeonHighest-compensated employee$1,167,196$0$64,203
Trier PhillipSecretary (End 1/23)Trustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
Truong WalterOrthopedic SurgeonHighest-compensated employee$870,272$0$61,965
Tune KathyChairTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 243300. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, read June 1, 2026.