Short-term acute care hospital · Charlotte, North Carolina · 1,219 beds · CMS certification number 340113
Carolinas Medical Center
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 5, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.
Fiscal 2025 at a glance
What stands out
- Net patient revenue rose from $454.5M in its first year on file (1996) to $4.4B in 2025.
- Its result from patient care: $150.9M (2023), $92.0M (2024), $111.9M (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 4.9% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 12.0%.
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 North Carolina with 400 and over beds, each on fiscal year 2025.
| Hospital | Beds | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolinas Medical Center | 1,219 | $4,444,918,592 | $4,333,038,771 | 2.5% |
| Duke University Hospital, Durham | 1,266 | $4,842,220,810 | $4,623,529,115 | 4.5% |
| Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center, Winston Salem | 967 | $1,734,594,805 | $1,855,247,204 | −7.0% |
| North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem | 857 | $2,988,922,677 | $3,760,630,146 | −25.8% |
| ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville | 1,013 | $1,873,700,850 | $1,834,255,176 | 2.1% |
| UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill | 842 | $3,606,086,345 | $2,989,067,522 | 17.1% |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 64,943S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 409,702S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 1125.6days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 92.1%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 12.0%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
- Medicaid share of days
- 4.9%S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8
Who owns it
Indirect owners: THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY; THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY
Related organizations on its own cost report: CHS (100%); CHS ANESTHESIA (100%).
Other hospitals with the same owner: Atrium Health Floyd Cherokee Medical Center (AL), Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center (GA), Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center (GA), Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin (GA), Atrium Health Navicent Peach (GA), Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center (GA), Atrium Health Navicent Rehabilitation Hopsital (GA).
Type of control on its cost report: governmental, hospital district.
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 340113. 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 June 5, 2026.