Hospital · Short-term acute hospital
Who owns Lower Keys Medical Center?
5900 College Road · Key West, FL · 33040
Overview
Lower Keys Medical Center is a short-term acute hospital in Key West, Florida, operated by Key West HMA, LLC. Monroe County has 3 hospitals, 2 nursing homes and 7 urgent care centers.
Ownership
Lower Keys Medical Center is operated by Key West HMA, LLC, part of Community Health Systems.
- Operator
- Key West HMA, LLC
- Owner group
- Community Health Systems
- Ownership type
- Private For Profit
- Sources
- CMS Hospital Enrollments · 2026-10-01
- CMS Hospital All Owners · 2026-09-29
- SEC filing · 2026-02-19
- SEC 10-K, Exhibit 21 · 2026-02-19
Ownership history
Every dated change of operator and owner for Lower Keys Medical Center, with the source for each.
Full ownership tree of Community Health Systems
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 | $116.4M |
| Operating expenses | $88.8M |
| Net income | $27.7M |
| Net income as a share of net patient revenue | 23.8% |
| Uncompensated care cost | $9.4M |
| Charity care cost | $6.3M |
| Medicaid net revenue | $3.7M |
| Medicare disproportionate share percentage | 15.0% |
Payer mix by inpatient days (2024)
- Commercial and other 59.0%
- Medicare 36.0%
- Medicaid 5.0%
Services
Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Discharges | Average total payment |
|---|---|---|
| Heart failure and shock with MCC · 291 | 47 | $14K |
| Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871 | 36 | $22K |
| Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with MCC · 193 | 33 | $16K |
| Respiratory infections and inflammations with MCC · 177 | 32 | $18K |
| Kidney and urinary tract infections with MCC · 689 | 24 | $12K |
Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Services |
|---|---|
| Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011 | 144 |
| Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage · 5072 | 51 |
| Level 2 Upper GI Procedures · 5302 | 39 |
| Level 1 Intraocular Procedures · 5491 | 31 |
| Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5114 | 25 |
Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.
Location and market
- Address
- 5900 College Road · Key West, FL · 33040
- County
- Monroe County
- State
- Florida
1 off-site locations
Campuses, off-site emergency departments and outpatient departments under this hospital's certification.
Sources and identifiers
- Operator: CMS Hospital Enrollments · CMS Hospital All Owners · SEC filing · SEC 10-K, Exhibit 21
- 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
- 100150
- NPI
- 1619922077
- Last confirmed
- 2026-10-23
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