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Short-term acute care hospital · Gastonia, North Carolina · 468 beds · CMS certification number 340032

Caromont Regional Medical Center

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS September 18, 2026. 29 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$822.7M
$822,685,423 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$749.6M
$749,618,309 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$73.1M
$73,067,114 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
8.9%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $157.6M in its first year on file (1997) to $822.7M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $44.8M (2023), $81.2M (2024), $73.1M (2025).
  • All 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 6.8% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 16.7%.

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
settled
$157.6M
$131.8M
1998
reopened
$163.0M
$138.2M
1999
reopened
$168.8M
$152.4M
2000
reopened
$170.2M
$172.5M
2001
reopened
$195.2M
$178.3M
2002
settled
$208.9M
$195.4M
2003
settled
$225.7M
$221.0M
2004
reopened
$239.8M
$237.0M
2005
reopened
$273.2M
$246.2M
2006
reopened
$296.8M
$291.3M
2007
reopened
$284.6M
$280.2M
2008
reopened
$304.8M
$304.5M
2009
reopened
$326.8M
$325.2M
2010
reopened
$336.2M
$317.8M
2011
reopened
$363.9M
$336.1M
2012
settled
$367.5M
$341.9M
2013
reopened
$365.8M
$342.7M
2014
reopened
$368.8M
$340.6M
2015
reopened
$378.4M
$346.1M
2016
reopened
$498.1M
$374.0M
2017
reopened
$419.8M
$393.9M
2018
settled
$455.7M
$420.1M
2019
reopened
$488.0M
$443.6M
2020
settled with audit
$501.5M
$462.9M
2021
settled
$562.5M
$499.9M
2022
amended
$619.4M
$574.2M
2023
amended
$641.8M
$597.0M
2024
as submitted
$727.5M
$646.4M
2025
as submitted
$822.7M
$749.6M

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
Caromont Regional Medical Center468$822,685,423$749,618,3098.9%
Atrium Health Cabarrus, Concord447$1,089,554,007$798,966,24526.7%
Firsthealth Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst412$741,529,117$656,374,10711.5%
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center, Charlotte537$2,413,299,816$2,095,658,56513.2%
Rex Hospital, UNC Rex Hospital, Raleigh485$1,813,043,000$1,715,822,0005.4%
Wakemed Raleigh Campus, Raleigh721$1,569,204,496$1,484,303,3065.4%

Patients and payers

Discharges
25,440
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
125,070
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
343.6
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
73.2%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
16.7%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
6.8%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Indirect owner: CAROMONT HEALTH INC

Related organizations on its own cost report: CAROMONT HEALTH (100%).

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 GASTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC (employer identification number 560619359) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

FigureAs filedWhere it comes from
Total community benefit expense (line 7k)$39,511,275IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$14,095,747IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$18,188,579IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$32,284,326IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$7,226,949IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.0669IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202411209349300641. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by GASTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC (employer identification number 560619359) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
DR GEORGE ADCOCK IIIVP MEDICAL AFFAIRSHighest-compensated employee$552,436$0$121,405
DR HEALTH HIGHCHIEF-OF-STAFF ELECT AS OF 1/22Trustee/director$0$572,492$34,995
DR JAY HENDLERCHIEF-OF-STAFF AS OF 1/22Trustee/director$0$492,906$26,481
DR MICHEAL GASLINPAST-CHIEF-OF-STAFF (NON-VOTING) STARTING 1/1/2022Trustee/director$22,500$0$0
DR TODD DAVISEVP CHIEF PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVEKey employee$954,616$0$186,354
MR BARRY POMEROYTREASURER THROUGH 12/31/2022Trustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
MR BOB HOVISDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$30,589$0
MR DAN BOYDDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
MR DANNY WHARTONCHIEF OPERATING OFFICERKey employee$562,270$0$122,842
MR DAVID O'CONNOREVP/CFO/ASST. TREASUREROfficer$884,243$0$174,464
MR DAVID PAYSEURTREASURER AS OF 1/1/2023Trustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
MR FRANK MURPHYVP STRATEGY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTHighest-compensated employee$505,337$0$107,239
MR FRANK STEWARTDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
MR JASON AUSTELLDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
MR JAY MCGRAWDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
MR JEFFREY CASHCHAIR AS OF 1/1/2023Trustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
MR JOSEPH DAVIS JRDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
MR K CHRISTOPHER PEEKCEOOfficer$1,558,081$0$286,732
MR RICHARD BLACKBURNVP SUPPORT SERVICESHighest-compensated employee$462,254$0$114,991
MR TOM EFIRDDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
MR WILLIAM ANTHONYDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
MS ANNETTE CARTERDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
MS ASHLEY LONGVP CHIEF NURSING OFFICERHighest-compensated employee$489,380$0$64,693
MS JANIE PEAKDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
MS KATHLEEN BESSONSPECIAL ADVISOR TO CEOKey employee$687,295$0$73,014
MS LEIGH HICKMANCLO/ASST. SEC.Officer$465,494$0$103,464
MS ROBIN LANGVP CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICERHighest-compensated employee$503,360$0$92,832
REVBENJAMIN HINTONDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
REVPEARL BURRIS-FLOYDSECRETARYTrustee/director, Officer$0$119,248$0

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 340032. 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 September 18, 2026.