Children's hospital · Columbus, Ohio · 700 beds · CMS certification number 363305
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 26, 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 $155.9M in its first year on file (1996) to $2.8B in 2025.
- Its result from patient care: $201.0M (2023), $206.2M (2024), $325.5M (2025).
- 1 of the 5 children's hospital peers below with a margin on file also reports a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
- Medicaid paid for 11.0% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 0.3%.
- NATIONWIDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL INC holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.
Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.
30 years of filings
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Beside its peers
Hospitals of the same type (children's hospital), nearest in size, from Ohio first; each on fiscal year 2025.
| Hospital | Beds | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide Children's Hospital | 700 | $2,766,192,691 | $2,440,670,960 | 11.8% |
| Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati | 719 | $2,876,836,000 | $3,458,580,969 | −20.2% |
| Akron Children's Hospital, Akron | 381 | $1,376,089,553 | $1,381,370,506 | −0.4% |
| Dayton Childrens Hospital, Dayton | 182 | $661,365,054 | $624,550,970 | 5.6% |
| Nationwide Children's Hospital Toledo, Toledo | 56 | $55,358,681 | $65,570,749 | −18.4% |
| University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children�S, Cleveland | 262 | $2,724,922,022 | $2,944,628,753 | −8.1% |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 19,314S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 175,314S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 481.6days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 68.6%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 0.3%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
- Medicaid share of days
- 11.0%S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8
Who owns it
- NATIONWIDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL INC100%
Related organizations on its own cost report: NCH HOME OFFICE (100%).
Other hospitals with the same owner: Nationwide Children's Hospital Toledo (OH).
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 363305. 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 26, 2026.