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Short-term acute care hospital · Nashville, Tennessee · 23 beds · CMS certification number 440218

Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 8, 2026. 27 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$79.5M
$79,537,685 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$64.6M
$64,569,315 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$15.0M
$14,968,370 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
18.8%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $6.9M in its first year on file (2000) to $79.5M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $34.6M (2023), $34.0M (2024), $15.0M (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.
  • BAPTIST HEALTH CARE AFFILIATES INC holds 52% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

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

27 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1999
settled
not filed
not filed
2000
settled
$6.9M
$9.4M
2001
settled
$9.0M
$11.5M
2002
settled
$8.1M
$9.3M
2003
settled
$7.2M
$7.0M
2004
settled
$7.5M
$7.4M
2005
settled
$17.0M
$14.0M
2006
settled
$28.5M
$19.0M
2007
settled
$32.9M
$18.9M
2008
settled
$36.5M
$21.5M
2009
settled
$38.8M
$22.2M
2010
settled
$44.0M
$23.7M
2011
settled
$43.1M
$23.4M
2012
settled
$40.8M
$23.1M
2013
reopened
$40.1M
$23.0M
2014
reopened
$51.1M
$27.2M
2015
settled
$58.6M
$32.7M
2016
settled
$62.8M
$35.0M
2017
settled
$68.7M
$37.3M
2018
settled
$69.5M
$37.6M
2019
settled
$71.6M
$41.1M
2020
settled
$68.2M
$38.8M
2021
settled
$74.7M
$43.6M
2022
settled
$78.7M
$47.7M
2023
settled
$84.7M
$50.1M
2024
settled
$79.2M
$45.2M
2025
as submitted
$79.5M
$64.6M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Tennessee with under 25 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery23$79,537,685$64,569,31518.8%
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital, Sparta14$28,364,166$27,500,5003.0%
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River, Woodbury19$11,957,149$15,499,789−29.6%
Ascension Saint Thomas Dekalb, Smithville18$12,669,834$15,360,808−21.2%
Trustpoint Hospital, Murfreesboro13$94,307,346$72,208,94223.4%
West Tennessee Healthcare Volunteer Hospital, Martin20$33,728,213$33,111,5281.8%

Patients and payers

Discharges
1,147
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
1,945
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
5.3
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
23.2%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
29.4%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • BAPTIST HEALTH CARE AFFILIATES INC52%
  • NS INVESTMENTS LLC28%
  • UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL INC20%
  • USP DOMESTIC HOLDINGS INC20%
  • USP TENNESSEE INC20%
  • USPI GROUP HOLDINGS INC20%
  • USPI HOLDING COMPANY INC20%
  • USPI HOLDINGS INC20%
  • HCN SURGERY CENTER HOLDINGS INC10%
  • TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION6%
  • VHS SAN ANTONIO PARTNERS LLC1%

Related organizations on its own cost report: BAPTIST HEALTHCARE AFFILIATES, health system; NS INVESTMENTS LLC, physicians; USP TENNESSEE INC, healthcare corp.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Arizona Spine and Joint Hospital (AZ), Arizona Specialty Hospital (AZ), Fresno Surgical Hospital (CA), Northwest Surgical Hospital (OK), Community Hospital (OK), Ocom (OK), Reading Surgery Center of the Surgical Institute of Reading (PA), Dunes Surgical Hospital (SD), Highpoint Health - Sumner With Ascension Saint Thomas (TN), Highpoint Health - Winchester With Ascension Saint Thomas (TN), Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman (TN), Highpoint Health - Trousdale With Ascension Saint Thomas (TN).

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

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 440218. 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 8, 2026.