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Short-term acute care hospital · Norfolk, Virginia · 274 beds · CMS certification number 490046

Sentara Leigh Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 9, 2026. 29 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$760.3M
$760,338,162 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$588.1M
$588,113,193 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$172.2M
$172,224,969 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
22.7%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $87.0M in its first year on file (1997) to $760.3M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $108.3M (2023), $111.8M (2024), $172.2M (2025).
  • 4 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 2.1% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 26.2%.
  • 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
$87.0M
$74.5M
1998
settled
$96.9M
$80.2M
1999
settled
$102.6M
$86.6M
2000
reopened
$118.4M
$101.3M
2001
settled
$121.9M
$112.2M
2002
reopened
$135.9M
$126.8M
2003
reopened
$159.2M
$143.6M
2004
reopened
$169.1M
$154.8M
2005
reopened
$156.1M
$170.8M
2006
reopened
$199.6M
$180.2M
2007
reopened
$207.4M
$189.0M
2008
reopened
$207.8M
$192.5M
2009
reopened
$213.2M
$190.4M
2010
reopened
$228.5M
$200.6M
2011
reopened
$255.4M
$214.2M
2012
reopened
$270.6M
$228.0M
2013
reopened
$282.9M
$245.8M
2014
settled
$292.4M
$248.0M
2015
reopened
$296.9M
$251.0M
2016
reopened
$312.2M
$263.5M
2017
reopened
$338.0M
$283.2M
2018
reopened
$356.5M
$298.9M
2019
reopened
$411.7M
$325.8M
2020
reopened
$418.1M
$329.6M
2021
settled with audit
$490.2M
$400.6M
2022
as submitted
$511.5M
$436.3M
2023
as submitted
$597.1M
$488.8M
2024
as submitted
$658.3M
$546.5M
2025
as submitted
$760.3M
$588.1M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Sentara Leigh Hospital274$760,338,162$588,113,19322.7%
Bon Secours - Southside Medical Center, Petersburg300$342,343,927$317,177,3037.3%
Chesapeake General Hospital, Chesapeake310$442,131,667$450,225,132−1.8%
Inova Alexandria Hospital, Alexandria303$642,166,212$389,218,50739.4%
Lewis Gale Medical Center, Salem264$571,458,794$403,452,82529.4%
Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital, Virginia Beach239$576,901,217$477,080,56017.3%

Patients and payers

Discharges
18,205
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
89,704
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
246.4
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
89.7%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
26.2%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
2.1%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • SENTARA HEALTH100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: SENTARA HEALTH, healthcare.

Other hospitals with the same owner: RMH Healthcare (VA), Sentara Norfolk General Hospital (VA), Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital (VA), Sentara Obici 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 490046. 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 9, 2026.