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Short-term acute care hospital · Winston Salem, North Carolina · 967 beds · CMS certification number 340014

Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, amended, stamped by CMS September 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
$1.7B
$1,734,594,805 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$1.9B
$1,855,247,204 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$120.7M
−$120,652,399 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−7.0%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $278.0M in its first year on file (1997) to $1.7B in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$49.7M (2023), −$40.0M (2024), −$120.7M (2025).
  • 1 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also reports a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 1.6% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 16.4%.
  • NOVANT HEALTH TRIAD REGION, LLC 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
reopened
$278.0M
$341.5M
1998
reopened
$297.0M
$337.0M
1999
reopened
$311.7M
$427.1M
2000
reopened
$294.3M
$443.6M
2001
reopened
$351.5M
$335.5M
2002
reopened
$389.1M
$393.8M
2003
reopened
$383.4M
$443.2M
2004
reopened
$529.9M
$518.3M
2005
reopened
$559.4M
$553.4M
2006
reopened
$590.1M
$586.9M
2007
reopened
$641.5M
$633.6M
2008
reopened
$688.9M
$705.8M
2009
reopened
$871.8M
$845.2M
2010
reopened
$885.3M
$760.1M
2011
reopened
$937.3M
$922.8M
2012
reopened
$1.1B
$1.0B
2013
reopened
$1.1B
$1.0B
2014
reopened
$1.1B
$1.1B
2015
reopened
$1.2B
$1.1B
2016
reopened
$1.3B
$1.2B
2017
reopened
$1.3B
$1.2B
2018
reopened
$1.4B
$1.3B
2019
reopened
$1.4B
$1.4B
2020
settled
$1.4B
$1.4B
2021
reopened
$1.6B
$1.5B
2022
settled
$1.4B
$1.5B
2023
settled
$1.5B
$1.6B
2024
amended
$1.7B
$1.7B
2025
amended
$1.7B
$1.9B

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in North Carolina with 400 and over beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center967$1,734,594,805$1,855,247,204−7.0%
Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte1,219$4,444,918,592$4,333,038,7712.5%
Duke University Hospital, Durham1,266$4,842,220,810$4,623,529,1154.5%
North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem857$2,988,922,677$3,760,630,146−25.8%
ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville1,013$1,873,700,850$1,834,255,1762.1%
UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill842$3,606,086,345$2,989,067,52217.1%

Patients and payers

Discharges
43,083
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
258,337
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
709.7
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
73.2%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
16.4%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
1.6%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • NOVANT HEALTH TRIAD REGION, LLC100%
  • NOVANT HEALTH, INC.100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: MEDICAL PARK HOSPITAL, hospital; OAKS AT FORSYTH, snf; SPRINGWOOD CARE CENTER, snf; OTHER NON-FMH PROVIDERS, medical facility; VARIOUS PHYSICIAN PRACTIC, physician offices.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Novant Health Rowan Medical Center (NC), Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (NC), Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center (NC), Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center (NC), Novant Health Medical Park Hospital (NC), Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center (NC), Novant Health Matthews Medical Center (NC), Presbyterian Hospital Huntersville (NC), Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center (NC), Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center (NC), Novant Health Pender Medical Center (NC), Novant Health Rehabilitation Hospital, an Affiliate of Encompass Healt (NC).

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 340014. 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 September 9, 2026.