Short-term acute care hospital · Manahawkin, New Jersey · 156 beds · CMS certification number 310113
Southern Ocean Medical Center
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS May 22, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below.
Fiscal 2025 at a glance
What stands out
- Net patient revenue rose from $42.8M in its first year on file (1996) to $308.0M in 2025.
- Its result from patient care: $23.7M (2023), $37.1M (2024), $29.7M (2025).
- 1 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also reports a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
- Medicaid paid for 2.3% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 45.2%.
- HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH INC holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.
Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.
30 years of filings
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Beside its peers
Short-term acute care hospitals in New Jersey with 100 to 199 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.
| Hospital | Beds | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | 156 | $308,018,972 | $278,273,490 | 9.7% |
| Cooper University Health Care, Cape May Court House | 149 | $147,105,334 | $158,840,931 | −8.0% |
| Heights University Hospital, Jersey City | 163 | $67,927,000 | $149,578,560 | −120.2% |
| Carewell Health Medical Center, East Orange | 157 | $132,654,701 | $155,057,204 | −16.9% |
| Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen | 173 | $227,220,679 | $229,674,425 | −1.1% |
| Virtua Willingboro Hospital, Willingboro | 149 | $178,017,572 | $152,029,874 | 14.6% |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 8,480S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 37,542S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 103.1days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 65.9%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 45.2%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
- Medicaid share of days
- 2.3%S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8
Who owns it
- HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH INC100%
Related organizations on its own cost report: ROBERT GARRETT (100%), 6.
Other hospitals with the same owner: Hackensack University Medical Center (NJ), Palisades Medical Center (NJ), Riverview Medical Center (NJ), Raritan Bay Medical Center (NJ), Ocean University Medical Center (NJ), Jersey Shore University Medical Center (NJ), JFK University Medical Center (NJ), Bayshore Medical Center (NJ), Hackensack Meridian LTACH (NJ), Hackensack Meridian Health Carrier Clinic (NJ).
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 310113. 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 May 22, 2026.