Hospital · Short-term acute hospital
Who owns UAB Medical West?
5000 Medical West Way · Bessemer, AL · 35022
Overview
Beds200
Discharges6,208cost report 2024
Occupancy49%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)979
UAB Medical West is a short-term acute hospital in Bessemer, Alabama, operated by UAB Health System.
Ownership
UAB Medical West is operated by UAB Health System, part of University of Alabama System.
- Operator
- UAB Health System
- Owner group
- University of Alabama System
- Ownership type
- Government (hospital district)
- Sources
- Company website · 2026-10-25
- Company website · 2026
Ownership history
Every dated change of operator and owner for UAB Medical West, with the source for each.
Full ownership tree of University of Alabama System
Every entity between this facility and its ultimate owner, with ownership percentages and dates.
Finances
From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2024.
| Net patient revenue | $153.8M |
| Operating expenses | $177.4M |
| Net income | −$4.2M |
| Net income as a share of net patient revenue | -2.7% |
| Uncompensated care cost | $12.7M |
| Charity care cost | $8.2M |
| Medicaid net revenue | $6.9M |
| Medicare disproportionate share percentage | 10.0% |
Payer mix by inpatient days (2024)
- Commercial and other 68.2%
- Medicaid 16.9%
- Medicare 14.9%
Services
Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Discharges | Average total payment |
|---|---|---|
| Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871 | 98 | $14K |
| Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with MCC · 193 | 47 | $10K |
| Heart failure and shock with MCC · 291 | 41 | $10K |
| Kidney and urinary tract infections without MCC · 690 | 31 | $7K |
| Esophagitis, gastroenteritis and miscellaneous digestive disorders without MCC · 392 | 25 | $7K |
Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Services |
|---|---|
| Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011 | 162 |
| Level 2 Upper GI Procedures · 5302 | 95 |
| Level 1 Intraocular Procedures · 5491 | 52 |
| Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services · 5361 | 40 |
| Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage · 5072 | 33 |
Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.
Location and market
- Address
- 5000 Medical West Way · Bessemer, AL · 35022
- State
- Alabama
Sources and identifiers
- Operator: Company website
- Finances and payer mix: CMS hospital cost reports (HCRIS), fiscal year 2024
- 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
- 010114
- NPI
- 1790896710
- Last confirmed
- 2026-10-23
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