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Short-term acute care hospital · Sevierville, Tennessee · 60 beds · CMS certification number 440081

Covenant Health Leconte

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, amended, stamped by CMS June 22, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$149.3M
$149,257,126 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$126.7M
$126,658,877 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$22.6M
$22,598,249 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
15.1%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $18.0M in its first year on file (1996) to $149.3M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $23.9M (2023), $25.0M (2024), $22.6M (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.
  • COVENANT HEALTH holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

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
$18.0M
$16.7M
1997
reopened
$19.3M
$18.6M
1998
reopened
$21.0M
$20.3M
1999
reopened
$23.2M
$22.1M
2000
reopened
$25.2M
$24.3M
2001
settled
$29.6M
$29.3M
2002
settled
$33.5M
$33.0M
2003
settled
$38.8M
$39.2M
2004
reopened
$42.3M
$41.2M
2005
settled
$43.9M
$43.0M
2006
reopened
$47.0M
$46.0M
2007
reopened
$50.7M
$48.3M
2008
reopened
$53.5M
$51.0M
2009
reopened
$54.4M
$53.5M
2010
reopened
$64.2M
$65.8M
2011
reopened
$71.7M
$72.5M
2012
reopened
$60.5M
$62.0M
2013
reopened
$63.2M
$64.5M
2014
reopened
$70.3M
$67.6M
2015
settled
$77.9M
$71.5M
2016
settled
$103.5M
$95.2M
2017
settled
$103.9M
$95.9M
2018
settled
$105.7M
$94.9M
2019
settled
$109.2M
$99.7M
2020
settled
$110.7M
$103.4M
2021
reopened
$125.4M
$114.1M
2022
settled
$126.3M
$118.2M
2023
settled
$137.2M
$113.3M
2024
as submitted
$146.4M
$121.4M
2025
amended
$149.3M
$126.7M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Tennessee with 50 to 99 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Covenant Health Leconte60$149,257,126$126,658,87715.1%
Franklin Woods Community Hospital, Johnson City80$133,666,944$110,318,61317.5%
Greeneville Community Hospital, Greeneville70$136,785,489$135,034,6761.3%
Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial Hospital, Jefferson City56$67,588,037$69,820,043−3.3%
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Pulaski, Pulaski81$58,987,722$55,601,4255.7%
Sycamore Shoals Hospital, Elizabethton59$52,945,095$59,903,323−13.1%

Patients and payers

Discharges
4,154
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
14,867
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
40.8
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
67.9%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
26.1%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • COVENANT HEALTH100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: COVENANT HEALTH, home office; PARKWEST MEDICAL CTR, hospital; FORTRESS, property management; FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MC, hospital; THOMPSON CANCER CTR, cancer support.

Other hospitals with the same owner: St. Joseph Hospital (ME), St. Marys Regional Medical Center (ME), St. Joseph Hospital of Nashua NH (NH), Cumberland Medical Center (TN), Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System (TN), Covenant Health Roane (TN), Methodist Medical Center (TN), Claiborne Medical Center (TN), Fort Loudoun Medical Center (TN).

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).

Community benefit, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by LeConte Medical Center (employer identification number 621114867) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

FigureAs filedWhere it comes from
Total community benefit expense (line 7k)$16,579,850IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$8,264,696IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$3,665,680IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$12,230,579IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$4,349,271IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.1465IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202423189349305477. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by LeConte Medical Center (employer identification number 621114867) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
Aaron M BurnsPresident & CAOOfficer$0$309,278$29,735
Alexander V UsyninMedical PhysicistHighest-compensated employee$188,203$0$40,881
Alvin NanceDirectorTrustee/director$0$1,044$0
Bill MyersDirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
Cosby StoneDirectorTrustee/director$0$1,595$0
Dave MillerDirectorTrustee/director$0$1,044$0
Diane R BaileyPharmacistHighest-compensated employee$139,875$0$35,333
Donald HickmanDirectorTrustee/director$0$1,498$0
Edgar GrayDirectorTrustee/director$0$1,054$0
Gerald BoydDirectorTrustee/director$0$977$0
Jacqueline H HounshellVP - Financial ServicesOfficer$219,225$0$39,449
James D VanderSteegPresident & CEOTrustee/director, Officer$0$2,762,691$352,568
James GibsonDirectorTrustee/director$0$1,008$0
James Tramontana MDDirectorTrustee/director$0$1,196$0
Janice McKinleyDirectorTrustee/director$0$1,222$0
Jeremy M ClementShift Leader CNHighest-compensated employee$148,434$0$39,255
Jodi L WhitakerVP - Chief Nursing OfficerKey employee$176,290$0$35,605
Joe SutterDirectorTrustee/director$0$1,462$0
John T GeppiFmr EVP/CFO (through June 2023)Officer$0$971,426$24,345
Jorge SanabriaDirectorTrustee/director$0$1,234$0
Joseph C DolanEVP/CFOOfficer$0$358,890$38,564
Kailea E MckeehanClinical NurseHighest-compensated employee$142,616$0$9,346
King PurnellDirector/ChairTrustee/director, Officer$0$1,630$0
Leslye HartsellDirectorTrustee/director$0$1,027$0
Linda OgleDirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
Michael Casey MDDirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
Mitchell Dickson MDDirectorTrustee/director$0$796$0
Ronni ChandlerFmr Director (through June 2023)Trustee/director$0$0$0
Stephanie FloodDirectorTrustee/director$0$808$0
Timothy MatthewsDirectorTrustee/director$0$1,196$0
Treymon McNearVP - Support ServicesHighest-compensated employee$132,829$0$13,770
Willard Campbell MDDirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
William SealeDirectorTrustee/director$0$1,321$0

E-file object id 202423189349305477. The IRS archive it was read from.

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 440081. 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 22, 2026.