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Short-term acute care hospital · Branson, Missouri · 144 beds · CMS certification number 260094

Cox Medical Center Branson

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS March 9, 2026. 29 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$282.4M
$282,433,648 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$291.5M
$291,467,632 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$9.0M
−$9,033,984 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−3.2%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $40.0M in its first year on file (1997) to $282.4M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $6.6M (2023), $827K (2024), −$9.0M (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 6.5% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 22.8%.
  • COXHEALTH 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
$40.0M
$36.8M
1998
settled
$43.8M
$42.3M
1999
settled
$48.0M
$46.5M
2000
settled
$54.2M
$56.0M
2001
settled with audit
$62.5M
$63.3M
2002
reopened
$68.5M
$70.8M
2003
settled
$81.0M
$88.2M
2004
reopened
$98.1M
$97.9M
2005
reopened
$101.8M
$103.0M
2006
reopened
$108.1M
$110.4M
2007
reopened
$112.8M
$122.4M
2008
reopened
$130.1M
$134.4M
2009
reopened
$133.6M
$142.5M
2010
reopened
$143.3M
$149.5M
2011
reopened
$146.7M
$151.6M
2012
reopened
$144.6M
$148.9M
2013
reopened
$149.7M
$150.4M
2014
settled
$142.0M
$150.6M
2015
settled
$161.1M
$153.9M
2016
settled
$166.5M
$166.2M
2017
settled
$177.9M
$173.0M
2018
reopened
$187.3M
$181.5M
2019
settled
$191.5M
$184.9M
2020
settled
$185.4M
$189.5M
2021
settled
$222.4M
$206.9M
2022
reopened
$217.3M
$219.1M
2023
settled
$244.4M
$237.8M
2024
as submitted
$269.2M
$268.4M
2025
as submitted
$282.4M
$291.5M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Cox Medical Center Branson144$282,433,648$291,467,632−3.2%
Mercy Hospital Washington, Washington158$229,187,087$197,507,08413.8%
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, Poplar Bluff177$264,024,599$224,355,72515.0%
Saint Lukes North Hospital, Kansas City122$229,719,594$232,101,717−1.0%
SSM Health St. Marys Hospital Jefferson City, Jefferson City154$164,440,717$186,005,130−13.1%
St. Joseph Medical Center, Kansas City124$144,349,321$157,283,807−9.0%

Patients and payers

Discharges
6,020
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
26,315
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
72.3
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
50.1%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
22.8%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
6.5%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • COXHEALTH100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: COXHEALTH (100%), home office.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Cox Medical Centers (MO), Cox Barton County Hospital (MO), Cox Monett Hospital (MO).

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 HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 260094. 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 9, 2026.