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Critical access hospital · Edenton, North Carolina · 25 beds · CMS certification number 341318

ECU Health Chowan Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS March 3, 2026. 22 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$89.7M
$89,729,491 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$68.7M
$68,733,843 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$21.0M
$20,995,648 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
23.4%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $11.0M in its first year on file (2004) to $89.7M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $15.5M (2023), $21.2M (2024), $21.0M (2025).
  • 3 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 1.8% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 29.0%.

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

22 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
2004
settled
$11.0M
$11.3M
2005
settled
$36.8M
$36.7M
2006
settled
$41.4M
$40.6M
2007
settled with audit
$38.6M
$39.5M
2008
settled with audit
$47.0M
$47.8M
2009
settled with audit
$50.2M
$51.8M
2010
settled with audit
$46.7M
$48.6M
2011
settled
$43.2M
$43.7M
2012
settled with audit
$43.9M
$44.6M
2013
settled with audit
$45.8M
$42.7M
2014
settled
$50.4M
$48.9M
2015
settled
$52.6M
$46.0M
2016
settled
$55.3M
$45.9M
2017
settled
$53.9M
$47.1M
2018
settled
$56.7M
$50.8M
2019
settled with audit
$59.1M
$52.3M
2020
settled
$56.7M
$46.6M
2021
settled
$64.5M
$50.4M
2022
as submitted
$61.5M
$55.1M
2023
as submitted
$74.9M
$59.4M
2024
as submitted
$84.8M
$63.6M
2025
as submitted
$89.7M
$68.7M

Beside its peers

Critical access hospitals in North Carolina with 25 to 49 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
ECU Health Chowan Hospital25$89,729,491$68,733,84323.4%
Washington Regional Medical Center, Plymouth25$19,240,653$20,652,470−7.3%
Chatham Hospital, Siler City25$60,173,363$52,453,81112.8%
Lifebrite Community Hospital of Stokes, Danbury25$12,417,954$13,777,147−10.9%
Novant Health Pender Medical Center, Burgaw25$48,359,864$40,318,21316.6%
MH Transylvania Regional Hospital, LLLP, Brevard25$58,518,338$52,179,93510.8%

Patients and payers

Discharges
1,463
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
5,617
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
15.4
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
61.6%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
29.0%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
1.8%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Related organizations on its own cost report: UNIVERSITY HEAL, parent company; VMG, phy services.

Type of control on its cost report: voluntary nonprofit, other.

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 341318. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, read March 3, 2026.