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Hospital · Short-term acute hospital

Who owns Samaritan Medical Center?

830 Washington Street · Watertown, NY · 13601

Overview

Beds181
Discharges7,148cost report 2024
Occupancy59%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)1,591

Samaritan Medical Center is a short-term acute hospital in Watertown, New York, operated by Samaritan Medical Center. Jefferson County has 3 hospitals, 2 nursing homes and 1 urgent care centers.

Ownership

Samaritan Medical Center is operated by Samaritan Medical Center, part of Samaritan Health.

Operator
Samaritan Medical Center
Owner group
Samaritan Health
Ownership type
Private Nonprofit
Sources

Ownership history

Every dated change of operator and owner for Samaritan Medical Center, with the source for each.

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Full ownership tree of Samaritan Health

Every entity between this facility and its ultimate owner, with ownership percentages and dates.

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Finances

From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2024.

Net patient revenue$344.0M
Operating expenses$346.8M
Net income$15.2M
Net income as a share of net patient revenue4.4%
Uncompensated care cost$6.5M
Charity care cost$3.6M
Medicaid net revenue$42.5M
Medicare disproportionate share percentage12.0%

Payer mix by inpatient days (2024)

  • Commercial and other 75.8%
  • Medicare 20.0%
  • Medicaid 4.2%

Services

Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceDischargesAverage total payment
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871141$23K
Heart failure and shock with MCC · 29160$15K
Other kidney and urinary tract diagnoses with MCC · 69846$19K
Respiratory infections and inflammations with MCC · 17737$19K
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours without MCC · 87236$12K

Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceServices
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures · 5491323
Level 2 Urology and Related Services · 5372257
Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011210
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage · 5072157
Level 3 Urology and Related Services · 5373116

Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.

Location and market

Address
830 Washington Street · Watertown, NY · 13601
County
Jefferson County
State
New York
Hospitals in the county3
Nursing homes2
Urgent care centers1

8 off-site locations

Campuses, off-site emergency departments and outpatient departments under this hospital's certification.

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Nearby hospitals

NameCityDistance
Carthage Area Hospital, IncCarthage15.9 mi
Lewis County General HospitalLowville23.7 mi
River Hospital ClinicsAlexandria Bay25.7 mi

Sources and identifiers

  • Operator: CMS Hospital Enrollments and All Owners (PECOS): hospital ownership graph · AHRQ Compendium of U.S. Health Systems (hospital linkage) · 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
330157
NPI
1598713745
Last confirmed
2026-10-23

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