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Short-term acute care hospital · Weirton, West Virginia · 127 beds · CMS certification number 510023

West Virginia University Health System

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS December 3, 2025. 29 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$198.5M
$198,512,239 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$186.3M
$186,306,706 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$12.2M
$12,205,533 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
6.2%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $51.8M in its first year on file (1997) to $198.5M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $17.1M (2023), $6.5M (2024), $12.2M (2025).
  • 1 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also reports a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 7.2% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 32.9%.
  • WEST VIRGINIA UNITED HEALTH SYSTEM, INC 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
$51.8M
$47.4M
1998
reopened
$52.2M
$52.2M
1999
reopened
$55.7M
$54.6M
2000
reopened
$59.6M
$63.8M
2001
reopened
$68.5M
$70.5M
2002
settled
$73.2M
$77.7M
2003
settled
$71.1M
$77.7M
2004
settled
$79.4M
$76.5M
2005
reopened
$77.9M
$80.1M
2006
reopened
$80.2M
$86.8M
2007
reopened
$84.5M
$88.5M
2008
settled
$86.8M
$89.4M
2009
reopened
$100.8M
$105.8M
2010
reopened
$93.2M
$99.0M
2011
reopened
$92.5M
$97.2M
2012
reopened
$76.1M
$91.6M
2013
reopened
$99.5M
$101.4M
2014
settled
$110.2M
$111.5M
2015
settled
$123.0M
$121.4M
2016
settled
$140.3M
$131.2M
2017
reopened
$155.0M
$140.4M
2018
settled
$167.1M
$145.0M
2019
settled
$161.6M
$152.8M
2020
settled
$151.9M
$143.9M
2021
settled
$167.6M
$152.3M
2022
settled
$176.8M
$157.9M
2023
settled
$182.4M
$165.3M
2024
as submitted
$182.1M
$175.7M
2025
as submitted
$198.5M
$186.3M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in West Virginia with 100 to 199 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
West Virginia University Health System127$198,512,239$186,306,7066.2%
Berkeley Medical Center, Martinsburg161$494,959,495$467,830,7145.5%
Logan Regional Medical Center, Logan128$107,149,412$107,573,448−0.4%
Mon Health Medical Center, Morgantown160$452,503,118$453,964,526−0.3%
Princeton Community Hospital Association, Princeton125$310,140,690$316,488,031−2.1%
Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling192$628,959,061$633,110,724−0.7%

Patients and payers

Discharges
5,345
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
26,374
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
72.5
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
56.9%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
32.9%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
7.2%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • WEST VIRGINIA UNITED HEALTH SYSTEM, INC100%
  • WEST VIRGINIA UNITED HEALTH SYSTEM, INC100%

Other hospitals with the same owner: Garrett Regional Medical Center (MD), Barnesville Hospital (OH), Uniontown Hospital (PA), WVU Hospitals (WV), United Hospital Center (WV), Berkeley Medical Center (WV), Reynolds Memorial Hospital (WV), Thomas Memorial Hospital (WV), Princeton Community Hospital Association (WV), Wheeling Hospital (WV).

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).

Community benefit, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by WEIRTON MEDICAL CENTER INC (employer identification number 550387249) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

FigureAs filedWhere it comes from
Total community benefit expense (line 7k)$15,953,794IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$5,369,065IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$10,584,729IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$15,953,794IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$0IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.0731IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202421249349300327. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by WEIRTON MEDICAL CENTER INC (employer identification number 550387249) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
ATUL SHAH MDDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
ATUL SHETTY MDPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$702,941$0$38,662
CHERIAN JOHN MDPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$1,090,703$0$37,008
DAVID SCOTT ARTMANCOO-DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONSKey employee$306,193$0$18,420
DON GIANNIDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
JAMES R SHOCKLEYCHAIRMANTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
JJ BERNABEISECRETARYTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
JOE PAOLO JRDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
JOHN C FRANKOVITCHCEO/TREASURER/PRESIDENTTrustee/director, Officer$667,909$0$37,187
JOHN CHERIAN MDPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$801,266$0$5,022
JOHN GRECOVICE CHAIRMANTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
JOSEPH SAYUTCFOOfficer$197,433$0$32,523
LISA CONTIVP OF PPI OPERATIONSKey employee$286,381$0$15,628
LUKE MYERSDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
SCOTT WINWOODDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
SONDRA WEIGELDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
VARDHAN J REDDY MDPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$817,067$0$35,000
VENKATA TAMMANA MDPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$728,782$0$36,085

E-file object id 202421249349300327. The IRS archive it was read from.

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 510023. 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 December 3, 2025.