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Short-term acute care hospital · Big Spring, Texas · 75 beds · CMS certification number 450653

Shannon Medical Center Big Spring

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 16, 2026. 31 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$34.1M
$34,105,003 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$44.6M
$44,624,782 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$10.5M
−$10,519,779 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−30.9%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue fell from $24.7M in its first year on file (1996) to $10.3M in 2026.
  • Its result from patient care: −$10.8M (2024), −$10.5M (2025), $554K (2026).
  • 2 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 1.6% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 24.7%.
  • SHANNON HEALTH SYSTEM holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

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

31 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1996
settled
$24.7M
$21.1M
1997
reopened
$30.0M
$28.3M
1998
reopened
$27.8M
$27.5M
1999
reopened
$27.6M
$30.2M
2000
reopened
$32.0M
$36.0M
2001
reopened
$33.2M
$33.5M
2002
reopened
$33.0M
$33.4M
2003
settled
$36.3M
$35.3M
2004
reopened
$38.0M
$38.2M
2005
reopened
$37.1M
$37.4M
2006
settled
$41.6M
$41.9M
2007
settled
$44.8M
$44.7M
2008
settled
$47.3M
$49.9M
2009
settled
$50.6M
$52.8M
2010
settled
$52.5M
$55.2M
2011
reopened
$52.6M
$56.9M
2012
reopened
$53.9M
$58.2M
2013
reopened
$58.9M
$60.2M
2014
reopened
$60.5M
$68.1M
2015
settled
$60.4M
$71.8M
2016
settled
$44.7M
$51.5M
2017
settled
$47.0M
$50.5M
2018
settled
$58.3M
$68.3M
2019
settled
$32.5M
$29.4M
2020
settled
$37.3M
$44.0M
2021
settled
$41.1M
$45.9M
2022
settled
$43.0M
$46.7M
2023
settled
$46.1M
$45.0M
2024
as submitted
−$3.6M
$7.2M
2025
as submitted
$34.1M
$44.6M
2026
as submitted
$10.3M
$9.7M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Shannon Medical Center Big Spring75$34,105,003$44,624,782−30.9%
CHI St. Luke's Health Brazosport, Lake Jackson80$106,304,483$98,892,9347.0%
CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Alice, Alice72$69,403,494$56,321,56718.9%
Huntsville Memorial Hospital, Huntsville80$91,845,529$95,743,217−4.2%
Lubbock Heart Hospital, Lubbock73$88,710,883$96,093,268−8.3%
Palestine Regional Medical Center, Palestine78$114,184,513$105,113,5757.9%

Patients and payers

Discharges
711
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
2,046
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
5.6
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
7.5%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
24.7%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
1.6%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • SHANNON HEALTH SYSTEM100%
  • SHANNON WEST TEXAS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: QHC (100%), h.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Shannon Medical Center (TX), Shannon Rehabilitation Hospital, an Affiliate of Encompass Health (TX).

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

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 450653. 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 16, 2026.