Short-term acute care hospital · Poughkeepsie, New York · 345 beds · CMS certification number 330023
Vassar Brothers Medical Center
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS March 5, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below.
Fiscal 2025 at a glance
What stands out
- Net patient revenue rose from $82.7M in its first year on file (1996) to $900.2M in 2025.
- Its result from patient care: −$45.8M (2023), $38.3M (2024), −$13.2M (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 4.9% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 34.8%.
- HEALTH QUEST SYSTEMS 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 York with 200 to 399 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.
| Hospital | Beds | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vassar Brothers Medical Center | 345 | $900,194,977 | $913,376,684 | −1.5% |
| Elmhurst Hospital Center, Elmhurst | 358 | $1,086,333,012 | $1,119,998,987 | −3.1% |
| Garnet Health Medical Center, Middletown | 329 | $619,187,610 | $649,753,229 | −4.9% |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo | 351 | $558,744,706 | $555,411,433 | 0.6% |
| South Shore University Hospital, Bay Shore | 324 | $915,404,523 | $1,232,753,081 | −34.7% |
| Wynn Hospital, Utica | 354 | $702,593,663 | $809,622,469 | −15.2% |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 19,352S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 112,311S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 308.5days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 89.1%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 34.8%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
- Medicaid share of days
- 4.9%S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8
Who owns it
- HEALTH QUEST SYSTEMS INC100%
- NORTHWELL HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.100%
- NORTHWELL, INC.100%
- NUVANCE HEALTH100%
Related organizations on its own cost report: WCHN HOME OFFICE, home office; NUVANCE HEALTH SYSTEM, home office; HEALTH QUEST SYSTEM, home office.
Other hospitals with the same owner: Sharon Hospital (CT), Danbury Hospital (CT), Norwalk Hospital (CT), South Shore University Hospital (NY), Huntington Hospital Association (NY), Northern Dutchess Hospital (NY), North Shore University Hospital (NY), Peconic Bay Medical Center (NY).
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).
Community benefit, as filed
From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by Vassar Brothers Medical Center (employer identification number 141338586) 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) | $92,328,415 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance at cost (line 7a) | $7,409,416 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Medicaid (line 7b) | $67,177,725 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d) | $74,587,141 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Other benefits (line 7j) | $17,741,274 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f) | 0.1148 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct> |
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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 330023. 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 5, 2026.