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Short-term acute care hospital · Norfolk, Virginia · 481 beds · CMS certification number 490007

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 8, 2026. 29 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$2.2B
$2,155,790,936 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$1.8B
$1,825,195,537 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$330.6M
$330,595,399 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
15.3%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $261.3M in its first year on file (1997) to $2.2B in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $207.5M (2023), $215.2M (2024), $330.6M (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 3.6% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 22.8%.
  • SENTARA HEALTH holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

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

29 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1997
settled with audit
$261.3M
$243.1M
1998
reopened
$280.0M
$259.1M
1999
reopened
$292.3M
$280.1M
2000
reopened
$323.5M
$298.2M
2001
reopened
$337.0M
$314.3M
2002
reopened
$376.0M
$360.6M
2003
settled with audit
$403.0M
$401.7M
2004
settled with audit
$422.2M
$422.4M
2005
reopened
$482.7M
$475.3M
2006
settled with audit
$527.8M
$515.7M
2007
reopened
$553.8M
$535.1M
2008
reopened
$581.9M
$554.6M
2009
reopened
$587.4M
$548.7M
2010
reopened
$612.5M
$570.7M
2011
reopened
$646.1M
$591.1M
2012
reopened
$680.2M
$625.6M
2013
reopened
$721.7M
$676.8M
2014
reopened
$748.6M
$687.7M
2015
reopened
$779.9M
$698.9M
2016
settled
$818.4M
$730.8M
2017
reopened
$865.7M
$814.7M
2018
amended
$1.0B
$940.4M
2019
as submitted
$1.1B
$984.0M
2020
amended
$1.1B
$1.0B
2021
amended
$1.3B
$1.2B
2022
as submitted
$1.3B
$1.3B
2023
as submitted
$1.7B
$1.5B
2024
as submitted
$1.8B
$1.6B
2025
as submitted
$2.2B
$1.8B

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital481$2,155,790,936$1,825,195,53715.3%
Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke635$1,998,387,108$2,062,274,408−3.2%
CJW Medical Center, Richmond598$1,174,187,227$804,272,87531.5%
Riverside Regional Medical Center, Newport News455$1,315,312,522$1,575,016,325−19.7%
UVA Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville646$2,893,272,413$3,002,840,339−3.8%
Winchester Medical Center, Winchester455$934,869,661$914,576,8362.2%

Patients and payers

Discharges
26,850
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
178,665
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
490.8
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
101.8%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
22.8%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
3.6%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • SENTARA HEALTH100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: SENTARA HEALTHC (1%), healthcare.

Other hospitals with the same owner: RMH Healthcare (VA), Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital (VA), Sentara Obici Hospital (VA), Sentara Leigh Hospital (VA), Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital (VA), Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center (VA), Martha Jefferson Hospital (VA), Sentara Careplex Hospital (VA), Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center (VA), Sentara Princess Anne Hospital (VA).

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).

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 490007. 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.