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Short-term acute care hospital · Rutherfordton, North Carolina · 119 beds · CMS certification number 340013

Rutherford Regional Medical Center

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended May 31, 2025, amended, stamped by CMS December 8, 2025. 30 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$112.5M
$112,469,686 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$100.4M
$100,352,315 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$12.1M
$12,117,371 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
10.8%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $44.8M in its first year on file (1996) to $112.5M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$1.6M (2023), $11.5M (2024), $12.1M (2025).
  • 3 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 1.8% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 26.7%.
  • DLP HEALTHCARE LLC holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.

30 years of filings

Net patient revenue against operating expenses, each year as filed.

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1996
settled with audit
$44.8M
$43.6M
1997
reopened
$49.8M
$48.4M
1998
reopened
$50.4M
$51.0M
1999
settled
$56.2M
$56.5M
2000
reopened
$49.4M
$50.6M
2001
reopened
$53.5M
$53.8M
2002
settled
$57.1M
$57.3M
2003
reopened
$60.0M
$61.6M
2004
reopened
$67.2M
$66.6M
2005
reopened
$68.4M
$68.6M
2006
reopened
$77.9M
$74.8M
2007
settled
$76.9M
$77.6M
2008
reopened
$83.5M
$88.6M
2009
reopened
$88.1M
$96.4M
2010
reopened
$94.0M
$95.6M
2011
reopened
$92.8M
$99.7M
2012
reopened
$80.8M
$87.5M
2013
reopened
$82.5M
$90.3M
2014
reopened
$49.4M
$59.6M
2015
settled
$75.2M
$80.5M
2016
settled with audit
$73.9M
$78.6M
2017
settled
$71.2M
$73.1M
2018
reopened
$71.5M
$73.4M
2019
reopened
$76.1M
$74.7M
2020
reopened
$65.0M
$72.3M
2021
settled
$73.3M
$77.2M
2022
settled
$76.5M
$81.0M
2023
settled
$80.7M
$82.3M
2024
settled
$108.9M
$97.4M
2025
amended
$112.5M
$100.4M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Rutherford Regional Medical Center119$112,469,686$100,352,31510.8%
Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital, Mooresville123$34,526,876$36,021,776−4.3%
Haywood Regional Medical Center, Clyde121$180,518,253$179,812,5260.4%
Maria Parham Health, Henderson111$179,783,537$174,911,1732.7%
UNC Rockingham Hospital, Eden108$58,915,047$68,202,726−15.8%
Watauga Medical Center, Boone121$211,084,738$200,775,7334.9%

Patients and payers

Discharges
2,573
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
10,048
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
27.6
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
22.1%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
26.7%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
1.8%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • DLP HEALTHCARE LLC100%
  • DLP PARTNER LLC97%
  • DSB ACQUISITION LLC97%
  • HISTORIC LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS LLC97%
  • LEGACY LIFEPOINT HEALTH LLC97%
  • LIFEPOINT HEALTH INC97%
  • LIFEPOINT HOLDINGS 2 LLC97%
  • LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS HOLDINGS LLC97%

Related organizations on its own cost report: LIFEPOINT HEALH, management; HPG, purch group.

Other hospitals with the same owner: North Alabama Medical Center (AL), Shoals Hospital (AL), Canyon Vista Medical Center (AZ), Havasu Regional Medical Center (AZ), Valley View Medical Center (AZ), Dignity Health East Valley Rehabilitation Hospital (AZ), Dignity Health East Valley Rehabilitation Hospital-Gilbert (AZ), Copper Springs - East (AZ), El Dorado Springs (AZ).

Type of control on its cost report: proprietary, corporation.

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 HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 340013. 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 December 8, 2025.