Short-term acute care hospital · Joplin, Missouri · 221 beds · CMS certification number 260001
Mercy Hospital Joplin
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, amended, stamped by CMS July 14, 2026. 29 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.
Fiscal 2025 at a glance
What stands out
- Net patient revenue rose from $144.0M in its first year on file (1997) to $314.6M in 2025.
- Its result from patient care: $14.3M (2023), $18.7M (2024), $24.7M (2025).
- 2 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
- Medicaid paid for 9.0% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 20.4%.
- MERCY HEALTH holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.
Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.
29 years of filings
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Beside its peers
Short-term acute care hospitals in Missouri with 200 to 399 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.
| Hospital | Beds | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospital Joplin | 221 | $314,588,481 | $289,901,528 | 7.8% |
| Christian Hospital Northeast Northwest, St. Louis | 252 | $345,319,430 | $404,238,681 | −17.1% |
| Phelps Health, Rolla | 202 | $357,187,600 | $240,015,685 | 32.8% |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis, Lake St. Louis | 215 | $274,102,946 | $257,859,037 | 5.9% |
| BJC Healthcare, Lees Summit | 216 | $348,256,331 | $360,988,700 | −3.7% |
| University Health Truman Medical Center, Kansas City | 262 | $676,903,361 | $698,053,529 | −3.1% |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 14,800S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 55,467S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 152.4days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 68.8%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 20.4%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
- Medicaid share of days
- 9.0%S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8
Who owns it
- MERCY HEALTH100%
- MERCY HEALTH SOUTHWEST MISSOURI KANSAS COMMUNITIES100%
Related organizations on its own cost report: JOPLIN HOME OFF (100%), parent.
Other hospitals with the same owner: Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas (AR), Mercy Hospital Fort Smith (AR), Mercy Hospital Paris (AR), Mercy Hospital Ozark (AR), Mercy Hospital Waldron (AR), Mercy Hospital Booneville (AR), Mercy Hospital Berryville (AR).
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).
Community benefit, as filed
From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by Mercy Hospital Joplin (employer identification number 270814858) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.
| Figure | As filed | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Total community benefit expense (line 7k) | $10,387,742 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance at cost (line 7a) | $5,946,338 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Medicaid (line 7b) | $3,668,768 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d) | $9,615,106 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Other benefits (line 7j) | $772,636 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f) | 0.0405 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct> |
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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 260001. 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 July 14, 2026.