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Critical access hospital · Bryson City, North Carolina · 24 beds · CMS certification number 341305

Swain County Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended July 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS January 6, 2026. 26 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$20.6M
$20,605,201 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$20.1M
$20,113,077 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$492K
$492,124 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
2.4%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $4.8M in its first year on file (2000) to $20.6M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$458K (2023), $664K (2024), $492K (2025).
  • 4 of the 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 30.6% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 33.1%.
  • DLP HEALTHCARE LLC holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

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

26 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
2000
reopened
$4.8M
$5.6M
2001
settled
$6.7M
$6.5M
2002
settled
$7.5M
$6.9M
2003
settled
$7.2M
$7.2M
2004
settled
$8.7M
$8.0M
2005
settled
$9.9M
$8.9M
2006
settled
$10.9M
$9.9M
2007
settled
$11.9M
$10.7M
2008
settled with audit
$12.7M
$10.9M
2009
settled
$11.9M
$10.8M
2010
settled
$10.7M
$10.8M
2011
settled
$11.7M
$10.8M
2012
reopened
$11.5M
$11.4M
2013
settled with audit
$11.1M
$11.5M
2014
settled
$10.5M
$9.4M
2015
settled
$13.2M
$16.8M
2016
settled
$11.1M
$14.6M
2017
settled
$12.1M
$13.8M
2018
settled
$13.5M
$14.7M
2019
settled
$14.4M
$15.7M
2020
settled
$14.0M
$16.0M
2021
settled
$15.0M
$15.6M
2022
as submitted
$16.4M
$16.8M
2023
as submitted
$16.9M
$17.4M
2024
as submitted
$20.0M
$19.3M
2025
as submitted
$20.6M
$20.1M

Beside its peers

Critical access hospitals in North Carolina with under 25 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Swain County Hospital24$20,605,201$20,113,0772.4%
Cape Fear Valley-Bladen County Hospital, Elizabethtown21$62,263,190$39,131,30337.1%
Charles A Cannon Jr Memorial Hospital, Linville23$27,991,435$26,491,8425.4%
Firsthealth Montgomery Memorial Hospital, Troy9$22,475,766$19,273,72014.2%
MH Highlands-Cashiers Medical Center, LLLP, Highlands24$30,218,969$37,082,186−22.7%
Outer Banks Health Hospital, Nags Head21$122,238,964$90,336,88526.1%

Patients and payers

Discharges
26
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
4,852
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
13.3
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
55.4%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
33.1%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
30.6%
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 HEALT, home office.

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 341305. 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 January 6, 2026.