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Short-term acute care hospital · Conway, South Carolina · 163 beds · CMS certification number 420049

Conway Medical Center

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

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$329.3M
$329,348,232 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$391.7M
$391,695,745 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$62.3M
−$62,347,513 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−18.9%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $52.6M in its first year on file (1996) to $329.3M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$37.6M (2023), −$60.3M (2024), −$62.3M (2025).
  • 2 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 7.6% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 22.8%.

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

30 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1996
reopened
$52.6M
$45.9M
1997
reopened
$49.5M
$50.2M
1998
reopened
$67.8M
$63.4M
1999
settled
$73.8M
$70.9M
2000
reopened
$79.3M
$80.1M
2001
settled with audit
$91.6M
$87.1M
2002
settled with audit
$96.9M
$91.8M
2003
settled with audit
$100.3M
$98.1M
2004
settled with audit
$110.5M
$106.3M
2005
reopened
$127.7M
$119.0M
2006
reopened
$134.8M
$129.7M
2007
settled with audit
$148.1M
$140.0M
2008
reopened
$146.4M
$138.4M
2009
reopened
$142.1M
$140.7M
2010
reopened
$152.9M
$147.2M
2011
reopened
$157.1M
$147.6M
2012
settled with audit
$163.2M
$157.2M
2013
reopened
$168.3M
$160.4M
2014
reopened
$183.5M
$165.9M
2015
reopened
$191.8M
$177.1M
2016
reopened
$196.7M
$186.6M
2017
settled
$194.0M
$203.7M
2018
settled
$163.4M
$169.0M
2019
settled
$176.5M
$162.7M
2020
reopened
$178.1M
$201.4M
2021
settled with audit
$224.6M
$241.9M
2022
settled
$250.2M
$286.8M
2023
settled with audit
$271.0M
$308.6M
2024
amended
$291.0M
$351.3M
2025
as submitted
$329.3M
$391.7M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in South Carolina with 100 to 199 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Conway Medical Center163$329,348,232$391,695,745−18.9%
Aiken Regional Medical Centers, Aiken197$274,521,010$236,340,43613.9%
Beaufort County Memorial Hospital, Beaufort167$339,663,599$366,283,160−7.8%
Bon Secours St. Francis Xavier Hospital, Charleston147$534,682,009$502,701,0156.0%
Columbia Medical Center Downtown, Columbia180$325,635,421$356,413,828−9.4%
Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital, Sumter159$233,233,877$226,693,4842.8%

Patients and payers

Discharges
10,147
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
34,882
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
95.8
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
58.6%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
22.8%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
7.6%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

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

Community benefit, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by CONWAY HOSPITAL INC (employer identification number 570314381) 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)$20,822,576IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$11,188,511IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$9,577,432IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$20,765,943IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$56,633IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.0674IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202442279349301144. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by CONWAY HOSPITAL INC (employer identification number 570314381) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
AARON EPSTEINPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$864,576$0$40,925
ANGELA WILLIFORDCHIEF RISK OFFICERKey employee$292,765$0$42,140
BARB BIEHNERTRUSTEE (AS OF 08/23)Trustee/director$0$0$0
BILL SCHIFFTRUSTEE (AS OF 08/23)Trustee/director$0$0$0
BRET BARRCEO & TRUSTEE (THRU 12/22)Officer$848,609$0$48,857
BRIAN ARGOCFO (TO 12/22); CEO (AS OF 01/23)Officer$454,044$0$48,149
CHRISTIAN ECCLESPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$736,931$0$42,836
CHRISTY EVERETTETRUSTEETrustee/director$0$0$0
CURT SHAWTRUSTEE (AS OF 08/23)Trustee/director$0$0$0
DANIEL REIDPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$803,108$0$41,966
DAVID MIERCFO (AS OF 01/23)Officer$250,029$0$10,107
DELAN STEVENSTRUSTEETrustee/director$0$0$0
DENNIS WADEVICE CHAIRMANTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
DIANNE W RAYTRUSTEETrustee/director$0$0$0
DONOVAN JOHNSONPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$732,043$0$33,158
DR HAL B HOLMESTRUSTEETrustee/director$0$0$0
DR MICHAEL ELLISTRUSTEETrustee/director$0$0$0
DR REGINALD F DAVESTRUSTEETrustee/director$0$0$0
GEORGE N MAGRATH JRTRUSTEETrustee/director$0$0$0
HEATHER VON HERMANNTRUSTEETrustee/director$0$0$0
JAMES ADAMSONTRUSTEETrustee/director$0$0$0
JEFF LINDSAYTRUSTEE (AS OF 08/23)Trustee/director$0$0$0
KEVIN LOVETTVP OF FACILITIESKey employee$259,258$0$38,487
LEROY RAINBOW JRCHAIRMANTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
M WAYNE STATONSECRETARYTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
MATTHEW SECURROFMR CHIEF HR OFFICER (TO 03/22)Former$514,799$0$4,363
MITCH LAMMTRUSTEE (AS OF 08/23)Trustee/director$0$0$0
PAUL RICHARDSONCHIEF MEDICAL OFFICERKey employee$523,313$0$41,966
ROXIE WELLSTRUSTEE (AS OF 08/23)Trustee/director$0$0$0
SRINIVAS VUPPALATRUSTEETrustee/director$0$0$0
STEPHEN BRADYPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$772,078$0$37,015
TED MILFORDCHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICERKey employee$269,776$0$30,171
TONY MINSHEWFMR CHIEF NURSING OFFICER (TO 06/22)Former$221,812$0$17,328
WILLIAM R BENSONTRUSTEETrustee/director$0$0$0

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 420049. 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.