Short-term acute care hospital · Murfreesboro, Tennessee · 408 beds · CMS certification number 440053
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, amended, stamped by CMS September 30, 2026. 29 years on file, every one shown below.
Fiscal 2025 at a glance
What stands out
- Net patient revenue rose from $73.6M in its first year on file (1997) to $510.3M in 2025.
- Its result from patient care: $6.0M (2023), −$12.7M (2024), $38.6M (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.
Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.
29 years of filings
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Beside its peers
Short-term acute care hospitals in Tennessee with 400 and over beds, each on fiscal year 2025.
| Hospital | Beds | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | 408 | $510,254,169 | $471,637,207 | 7.6% |
| Jackson Madison County General Hospital, Jackson | 588 | $790,867,999 | $711,282,486 | 10.1% |
| Johnson City Medical Center, Johnson City | 569 | $708,155,323 | $713,850,020 | −0.8% |
| Memorial Hospital/Memorial Hospital Hixson-CHI Memorial/ CHI Memorial, Chattanooga | 431 | $641,240,599 | $678,376,905 | −5.8% |
| Parkridge Medical Center, Chattanooga | 412 | $487,955,387 | $327,192,630 | 33.0% |
| Tristar Centennial Medical Center, Nashville | 642 | $1,291,622,767 | $852,353,783 | 34.0% |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 22,131S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 109,720S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 301.4days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 75.6%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 21.4%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Who owns it
Indirect owners: ASCENSION HEALTH; SAINT THOMAS HEALTH
Related organizations on its own cost report: ST. THOMAS (100%), home office; ST. THOMAS (100%), physician services; ST. THOMAS (100%), laundry; ST. THOMAS (100%), home office.
Other hospitals with the same owner: Ascension St. Vincent's St. Clair (AL), Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - Chicago (IL), Alexian Brothers Medical Center (IL), St. Alexius Medical Center (IL), Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital (IL), Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo (IN), Ascension St. Vincent Hospital (IN), Ascension St. Vincent Anderson (IN), Ascension St. Vincent Evansville (IN), Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center (IN).
Type of control on its cost report: voluntary nonprofit, church.
Owners of 5% or more, from CMS’s hospital ownership file (Medicare enrollment, October 1, 2026).
Community benefit, as filed
From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital (employer identification number 620475842) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.
| Figure | As filed | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Total community benefit expense (line 7k) | $53,497,690 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance at cost (line 7a) | $21,988,726 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Medicaid (line 7b) | $21,502,018 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d) | $43,490,744 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Other benefits (line 7j) | $10,006,946 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f) | 0.1208 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct> |
E-file object id 202411329349300301. The IRS archive it was read from.
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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 440053. 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 September 30, 2026.