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Hospital · Short-term acute hospital

Who owns Erlanger Baroness Hospital?

975 E 3rd St · Chattanooga, TN · 37403

Overview

Beds662
Discharges34,146cost report 2025
Occupancy76%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)5,970

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

Ownership

Erlanger Baroness Hospital is operated by Erlanger Health, part of Erlanger Health System.

Operator
Erlanger Health
Owner group
Erlanger Health System
Ownership type
Government (hospital district)
Sources

Ownership history

Every dated change of operator and owner for Erlanger Baroness Hospital, with the source for each.

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Full ownership tree of Erlanger Health System

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$1.34B
Operating expenses$1.37B
Net income$71.4M
Net income as a share of net patient revenue5.3%
Uncompensated care cost$74.0M
Charity care cost$64.3M
Medicaid net revenue$124.4M
Medicare disproportionate share percentage23.0%

Payer mix by inpatient days (2025)

  • Commercial and other 68.4%
  • Medicaid 17.9%
  • Medicare 13.7%

Services

Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceDischargesAverage total payment
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871306$18K
Major hip and knee joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity without MCC · 470138$17K
Heart failure and shock with MCC · 291133$13K
Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with CC or tpa in 24 hours · 06575$11K
Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with MCC · 06471$18K

Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceServices
Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011366
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5115359
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5114274
Level 3 Urology and Related Services · 5373252
Level 5 Urology and Related Services · 5375240

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

Location and market

Address
975 E 3rd St · Chattanooga, TN · 37403
County
Hamilton County
State
Tennessee
Hospitals in the county8
Nursing homes9
Urgent care centers22

2 off-site locations

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

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Nearby hospitals

Sources and identifiers

  • Operator: CMS Hospital Enrollments and All Owners (PECOS): hospital ownership graph · CMS record · AHRQ Compendium of U.S. Health Systems (hospital linkage) · Other published source
  • 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
440104
NPI
1861194086
Last confirmed
2026-10-23

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