Hospital · Short-term acute hospital
Who owns Athens Limestone Hospital?
700 West Market Street · Athens, AL · 35611
Overview
Beds66
Discharges3,497cost report 2025
Occupancy58%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)621
Athens Limestone Hospital is a short-term acute hospital in Athens, Alabama. Limestone County has 1 hospitals, 2 nursing homes and 5 urgent care centers.
Ownership
The operator and owner of Athens Limestone Hospital are in the full report, with sources and dates.
- Ownership type
- Government (hospital district)
Ownership history
Every dated change of operator and owner for Athens Limestone Hospital, with the source for each.
Finances
From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2025.
| Net patient revenue | $111.8M |
| Operating expenses | $118.8M |
| Net income | $2.8M |
| Net income as a share of net patient revenue | 2.5% |
| Uncompensated care cost | $5.2M |
| Charity care cost | $926K |
| Medicaid net revenue | $2.1M |
| Medicare disproportionate share percentage | 6.0% |
Payer mix by inpatient days (2025)
- Commercial and other 53.0%
- Medicare 31.2%
- Medicaid 15.9%
Services
Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Discharges | Average total payment |
|---|---|---|
| Major hip and knee joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity without MCC · 470 | 68 | $13K |
| Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871 | 66 | $13K |
| Heart failure and shock with MCC · 291 | 41 | $9K |
| Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes without MCC · 641 | 32 | $6K |
| Hip and femur procedures except major joint with CC · 481 | 25 | $14K |
Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Services |
|---|---|
| Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011 | 178 |
| Level 1 Nerve Procedures · 5431 | 153 |
| Level 1 Intraocular Procedures · 5491 | 139 |
| Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5113 | 131 |
| Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5114 | 91 |
Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.
Location and market
- Address
- 700 West Market Street · Athens, AL · 35611
- County
- Limestone County
- State
- Alabama
Hospitals in the county1
Nursing homes2
Urgent care centers5
Nearby hospitals
| Name | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Madison Hospital | Madison | 12.7 mi |
| Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus | Decatur | 14.7 mi |
| North Alabama Specialty Hospital | Huntsville | 23.3 mi |
| Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital North Al | Huntsville | 24.2 mi |
| Crestwood Medical Center | Huntsville | 24.2 mi |
| Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Pulaski | Pulaski | 26.8 mi |
Sources and identifiers
- Finances and payer mix: CMS hospital cost reports (HCRIS), fiscal year 2025
- Services: CMS Medicare inpatient and outpatient utilization
- Ownership type and beds: CMS Provider of Services file
- Location: CMS and Census Bureau geography
- CMS certification number
- 010079
- NPI
- 1144695081
- Last confirmed
- 2026-10-23
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