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Short-term acute care hospital · Nashville, Tennessee · 642 beds · CMS certification number 440161

Tristar Centennial Medical Center

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, amended, stamped by CMS September 22, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$1.3B
$1,291,622,767 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$852.4M
$852,353,783 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$439.3M
$439,268,984 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
34.0%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $227.1M in its first year on file (1996) to $1.3B in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $320.5M (2023), $383.1M (2024), $439.3M (2025).
  • 2 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.
  • Medicaid paid for 1.4% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 16.9%.
  • HCA HEALTHCARE 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

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1996
as submitted
$227.1M
$202.8M
1997
as submitted
$199.9M
$201.1M
1998
as submitted
$199.9M
$188.6M
1999
as submitted
$224.2M
$210.8M
2000
as submitted
$237.1M
$215.7M
2001
reopened
$594.4M
$247.4M
2002
reopened
$315.0M
$282.1M
2003
reopened
$317.1M
$283.6M
2004
reopened
$343.6M
$315.9M
2005
reopened
$345.4M
$301.8M
2006
reopened
$387.7M
$335.1M
2007
reopened
$402.7M
$338.8M
2008
reopened
$445.0M
$368.8M
2009
reopened
$469.5M
$384.9M
2010
reopened
$493.5M
$401.5M
2011
reopened
$486.7M
$410.2M
2012
reopened
$504.2M
$427.5M
2013
reopened
$546.9M
$454.0M
2014
reopened
$580.2M
$469.4M
2015
reopened
$657.0M
$538.9M
2016
reopened
$706.3M
$560.3M
2017
reopened
$754.0M
$598.3M
2018
reopened
$803.6M
$619.6M
2019
settled with audit
$862.7M
$661.3M
2020
settled
$946.4M
$656.3M
2021
settled with audit
$1.0B
$742.2M
2022
amended
$991.8M
$763.8M
2023
amended
$1.1B
$736.6M
2024
amended
$1.1B
$764.9M
2025
amended
$1.3B
$852.4M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Tennessee with 400 and over beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Tristar Centennial Medical Center642$1,291,622,767$852,353,78334.0%
Erlanger Medical Center, Chattanooga662$1,389,534,364$1,429,442,715−2.9%
Jackson Madison County General Hospital, Jackson588$790,867,999$711,282,48610.1%
Johnson City Medical Center, Johnson City569$708,155,323$713,850,020−0.8%
Saint Thomas West Hospital, Nashville704$1,231,642,803$1,162,598,2145.6%
University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville698$1,408,485,754$1,658,527,958−17.8%

Patients and payers

Discharges
28,460
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
160,510
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
441.0
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
68.5%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
16.9%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
1.4%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • HCA HEALTHCARE INC100%
  • HCA INC100%
  • HEALTHSERV ACQUISITION LLC100%
  • HEALTHTRUST INC - THE HOSPITAL COMPANY100%
  • HERCULES HOLDING II20%
  • FRISCO HOLDING II11%

Related organizations on its own cost report: HPG, purchasing grou; HCI, insurance; HCA, home office; PARALLON, ssc.

Type of control on its cost report: proprietary, corporation.

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 440161. 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 September 22, 2026.