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Short-term acute care hospital · Brownsville, Texas · 240 beds · CMS certification number 450028

VHS Brownsville Hospital Company

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended April 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS October 10, 2025. 30 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$222.0M
$221,967,208 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$183.0M
$183,006,701 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$39.0M
$38,960,507 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
17.5%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $88.1M in its first year on file (1996) to $222.0M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $37.4M (2023), $25.1M (2024), $39.0M (2025).
  • All 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 11.7% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 11.5%.
  • VHS VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM LLC 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
$88.1M
$57.1M
1997
settled with audit
$96.6M
$66.5M
1998
reopened
$96.2M
$73.6M
1999
reopened
$100.7M
$69.5M
2000
reopened
$110.7M
$74.8M
2001
reopened
$130.0M
$79.1M
2002
reopened
$163.5M
$99.6M
2003
reopened
$100.4M
$91.2M
2004
reopened
$21.2M
$18.2M
2005
reopened
$138.1M
$128.1M
2006
reopened
$127.0M
$117.1M
2007
reopened
$132.6M
$132.1M
2008
reopened
$137.6M
$137.0M
2009
reopened
$148.9M
$136.6M
2010
reopened
$147.0M
$150.1M
2011
reopened
$132.4M
$161.9M
2012
reopened
$70.5M
$72.2M
2013
reopened
$110.0M
$113.0M
2014
reopened
$143.5M
$123.1M
2015
reopened
$196.1M
$117.4M
2016
reopened
$110.8M
$131.7M
2017
reopened
$140.1M
$135.7M
2018
reopened
$126.8M
$144.3M
2019
reopened
$138.8M
$134.4M
2020
reopened
$160.9M
$149.2M
2021
settled
$164.8M
$149.4M
2022
settled
$187.6M
$163.7M
2023
settled
$202.4M
$165.0M
2024
as submitted
$203.0M
$177.8M
2025
as submitted
$222.0M
$183.0M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Texas with 200 to 399 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
VHS Brownsville Hospital Company240$221,967,208$183,006,70117.5%
Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas, Austin240$543,791,629$536,976,2851.3%
St. Lukes the Woodlands Hospital, The Woodlands240$360,969,669$351,410,8432.6%
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth South, Burleson250$420,310,677$364,487,67213.3%
Texas Health Southwest Fort Worth, Fort Worth243$408,171,928$370,893,8929.1%
United Regional Health Care System, Wichita Falls244$517,246,328$432,237,66716.4%

Patients and payers

Discharges
10,727
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
50,441
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
138.6
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
57.6%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
11.5%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
11.7%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • VHS VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM LLC100%
  • VHS VALLEY MANAGEMENT COMPANY INC100%
  • MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER CAPITAL8%

Indirect owners: MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER CAPITAL; TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION; VANGUARD HEALTH FINANCIAL COMPANY LLC; VANGUARD HEALTH HOLDING COMPANY I LLC; VANGUARD HEALTH HOLDING COMPANY II LLC; VANGUARD HEALTH SYSTEMS INC

Related organizations on its own cost report: TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, parent company; CONIFER, credit and collection; GLOBAL BUSINESS CENTER, accounting support.

Other hospitals with the same owner: St. Mary's Hospital (AZ), St. Joseph's Hospital (AZ), Abrazo Central Campus (AZ), Abrazo Scottsdale Campus (AZ), Abrazo Arrowhead Campus (AZ), Arizona Spine and Joint Hospital (AZ), Abrazo West Campus (AZ), Arizona Specialty Hospital (AZ), HCH Tucson Holdings (AZ).

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 HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 450028. 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 October 10, 2025.