Short-term acute care hospital · St. Louis, Missouri · 391 beds · CMS certification number 260105
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 4, 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 $187.0M in its first year on file (1997) to $963.5M in 2025.
- Its result from patient care: −$67.8M (2023), −$58.9M (2024), −$57.6M (2025).
- 4 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 8.1% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 17.0%.
- SSM HEALTH CARE ST LOUIS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | 391 | $963,512,370 | $1,021,145,102 | −6.0% |
| Freeman Health System, Joplin | 347 | $613,768,158 | $631,432,174 | −2.9% |
| Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph Medical Center, St. Joseph | 330 | $782,205,647 | $802,581,558 | −2.6% |
| NKC Health, North Kansas City | 385 | $695,685,993 | $654,748,387 | 5.9% |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles, St. Charles | 399 | $358,942,618 | $421,941,683 | −17.5% |
| St. Lukes Hospital, Chesterfield | 390 | $573,467,814 | $616,421,469 | −7.5% |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 19,909S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 130,144S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 357.5days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 90.9%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 17.0%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
- Medicaid share of days
- 8.1%S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8
Who owns it
- SSM HEALTH CARE ST LOUIS100%
- SSM HEALTH CARE CORPORATION85%
- ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY15%
Related organizations on its own cost report: SSM HEALTH (100%), home office.
Other hospitals with the same owner: SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia (IL), SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon (IL), SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles (MO), SSM Health St. Marys Hospital Jefferson City (MO), SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton (MO), SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis (MO), SSM Health Depaul Hospital - St. Louis (MO), SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis (MO), SSM Health Rehabilitation Hospital (MO).
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).
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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 260105. 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 June 4, 2026.