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Children's hospital · Milwaukee, Wisconsin · 309 beds · CMS certification number 523300

Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 3, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$1.0B
$1,014,821,800 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$947.6M
$947,567,077 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$67.3M
$67,254,723 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
6.6%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $160.4M in its first year on file (1996) to $1.0B in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $22.0M (2023), $39.1M (2024), $67.3M (2025).
  • 3 of the 5 children's hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 29.4% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 0.2%.

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
$160.4M
$153.8M
1997
settled with audit
$165.0M
$160.9M
1998
reopened
$175.3M
$172.2M
1999
reopened
$188.1M
$186.8M
2000
reopened
$204.4M
$199.6M
2001
reopened
$228.5M
$222.0M
2002
reopened
$259.8M
$249.2M
2003
reopened
$275.9M
$272.4M
2004
reopened
$293.4M
$294.3M
2005
reopened
$336.6M
$314.3M
2006
reopened
$376.5M
$344.9M
2007
reopened
$390.8M
$374.2M
2008
settled
$413.1M
$407.8M
2009
settled
$526.3M
$471.2M
2010
settled
$496.6M
$473.6M
2011
settled
$512.1M
$471.4M
2012
reopened
$513.7M
$500.1M
2013
reopened
$540.1M
$508.2M
2014
reopened
$545.7M
$515.6M
2015
reopened
$564.3M
$551.4M
2016
reopened
$574.5M
$546.4M
2017
reopened
$622.4M
$573.5M
2018
reopened
$655.5M
$616.2M
2019
reopened
$697.1M
$643.8M
2020
reopened
$641.8M
$650.0M
2021
reopened
$733.1M
$685.6M
2022
reopened
$795.1M
$755.2M
2023
settled
$834.6M
$812.6M
2024
settled
$901.1M
$862.0M
2025
as submitted
$1.0B
$947.6M

Beside its peers

Hospitals of the same type (children's hospital), nearest in size, from Wisconsin first; each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin309$1,014,821,800$947,567,0776.6%
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin-Fox Valley, Neenah42$33,057,428$32,541,5351.6%
Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami (FL)278$927,374,361$893,943,1893.6%
University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children�S, Cleveland (OH)262$2,724,922,022$2,944,628,753−8.1%
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, Atlanta (GA)319$911,062,875$472,494,20748.1%
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (PA)313$991,044,377$992,023,308−0.1%

Patients and payers

Discharges
9,927
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
73,239
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
201.2
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
64.9%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
0.2%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
29.4%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Related organizations on its own cost report: CHHS; CSSW; CSSW.

Type of control on its cost report: voluntary nonprofit, other.

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 523300. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, read June 3, 2026.