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Hospital · Short-term acute hospital

Who owns CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga?

2525 Desales Ave · Chattanooga, TN · 37404

Overview

Beds431
Discharges22,525cost report 2025
Occupancy67%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)2,451

CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga is a short-term acute hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee, operated by CommonSpirit Health. Hamilton County has 8 hospitals, 9 nursing homes and 22 urgent care centers.

Ownership

CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga is operated by CommonSpirit Health.

Operator
CommonSpirit Health
Owner group
CommonSpirit Health
Ownership type
Church
Sources

Ownership history

Every dated change of operator and owner for CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga, with the source for each.

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Full ownership tree of CommonSpirit 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 2025.

Net patient revenue$641.2M
Operating expenses$678.4M
Net income−$11.0M
Net income as a share of net patient revenue-1.7%
Uncompensated care cost$12.5M
Charity care cost$5.9M
Medicaid net revenue$8.8M

Payer mix by inpatient days (2025)

  • Commercial and other 68.1%
  • Medicare 30.0%
  • Medicaid 1.9%

Services

Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceDischargesAverage total payment
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871591$12K
Heart failure and shock with MCC · 291301$8K
Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with MCC · 193201$9K
Respiratory infections and inflammations with MCC · 177153$10K
Renal failure with MCC · 682132$9K

Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceServices
Comprehensive Observation Services · 80111,054
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures · 5191414
Level 3 Urology and Related Services · 5373355
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures · 5302336
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage · 5072293

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

Location and market

Address
2525 Desales Ave · Chattanooga, TN · 37404
County
Hamilton County
State
Tennessee
Hospitals in the county8
Nursing homes9
Urgent care centers22

Nearby hospitals

Sources and identifiers

  • Operator: CMS Hospital All Owners · Company website
  • 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
440091
NPI
1255428736
Last confirmed
2026-10-23

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