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Short-term acute care hospital · Picayune, Mississippi · 49 beds · CMS certification number 250117

Highland Community Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS March 3, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$48.9M
$48,873,035 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$54.7M
$54,665,455 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$5.8M
−$5,792,420 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−11.8%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $16.1M in its first year on file (1996) to $48.9M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$11.8M (2023), −$4.2M (2024), −$5.8M (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 11.1% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 38.4%.
  • FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL 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
settled
$16.1M
$15.8M
1997
settled
$19.3M
$18.9M
1998
settled
$14.0M
$14.5M
1999
settled
$18.4M
$21.8M
2000
settled
$7.5M
$9.1M
2001
settled
$22.6M
$23.3M
2002
settled
$22.9M
$22.6M
2003
settled
$23.9M
$24.0M
2004
settled
$25.6M
$26.0M
2005
settled
$25.2M
$27.1M
2006
settled
$12.6M
$13.7M
2007
reopened
$31.2M
$34.0M
2008
reopened
$40.1M
$38.8M
2009
reopened
$40.8M
$42.0M
2010
reopened
$33.7M
$36.1M
2011
reopened
$33.0M
$38.7M
2012
reopened
$33.8M
$41.8M
2013
reopened
$36.3M
$53.1M
2014
settled
$40.9M
$60.2M
2015
settled
$47.7M
$58.9M
2016
settled
$33.6M
$47.0M
2017
settled
$31.6M
$48.5M
2018
settled with audit
$33.3M
$46.0M
2019
settled
$35.3M
$47.5M
2020
settled
$34.2M
$48.0M
2021
settled
$44.3M
$53.3M
2022
settled
$42.4M
$54.0M
2023
settled with audit
$40.0M
$51.8M
2024
as submitted
$48.0M
$52.3M
2025
as submitted
$48.9M
$54.7M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Mississippi with 25 to 49 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Highland Community Hospital49$48,873,035$54,665,455−11.8%
Clay County Medical Center, West Point49$67,954,970$56,682,00916.6%
Marion General Hospital, Columbia49$13,776,091$17,445,449−26.6%
Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center, Clarksdale49$33,236,052$41,626,172−25.2%
Ummc- Grenada, Grenada49$75,061,784$69,134,2957.9%
Wayne General Hospital, Waynesboro49$44,587,033$51,932,749−16.5%

Patients and payers

Discharges
1,132
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
5,313
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
14.6
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
29.7%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
38.4%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
11.1%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: FORREST GENERAL, administrative; CLEAN EARTH, waste disposal; PEARL RIVER COU, personnel.

Other hospitals with the same owner: The Orthopedic Institute (MS), Pearl River County Hospital and Nursing Home (MS).

Type of control on its cost report: governmental, county.

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 250117. 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 3, 2026.