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Hospital · Short-term acute hospital

Who owns Dch Regional Medical Center?

809 University Boulevard East · Tuscaloosa, AL · 35401

Overview

Beds568
Discharges23,914cost report 2024
Occupancy60%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)3,213

Dch Regional Medical Center is a short-term acute hospital in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, operated by The DCH Health Care Authority. Tuscaloosa County has 4 hospitals, 4 nursing homes and 14 urgent care centers.

Ownership

Dch Regional Medical Center is operated by The DCH Health Care Authority, part of DCH Health System.

Operator
The DCH Health Care Authority
Owner group
DCH Health System
Ownership type
Government (hospital district)
Source

Ownership history

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

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Full ownership tree of DCH 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 2024.

Net patient revenue$590.9M
Operating expenses$659.0M
Net income−$6.1M
Net income as a share of net patient revenue-1.0%
Uncompensated care cost$39.5M
Charity care cost$32.9M
Medicaid net revenue$39.6M
Medicare disproportionate share percentage16.0%

Payer mix by inpatient days (2024)

  • Commercial and other 61.1%
  • Medicare 20.7%
  • Medicaid 18.2%

Services

Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceDischargesAverage total payment
Heart failure and shock with MCC · 291303$11K
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871303$17K
Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with MCC · 193128$12K
Respiratory infections and inflammations with MCC · 177116$13K
Kidney and urinary tract infections without MCC · 69087$8K

Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceServices
Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011407
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage · 5072391
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5115240
Level 1 Nerve Procedures · 5431233
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures · 5191218

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

Location and market

Address
809 University Boulevard East · Tuscaloosa, AL · 35401
County
Tuscaloosa County
State
Alabama
Hospitals in the county4
Nursing homes4
Urgent care centers14

Nearby hospitals

NameCityDistance
Noland Hospital Tuscaloosa Ii, LLCTuscaloosa0.0 mi
Bryce HospitalTuscaloosa0.6 mi
Tuscaloosa Va Medical CenterTuscaloosa2.4 mi
Bibb Medical CenterCentreville28.1 mi

Sources and identifiers

  • Operator: CMS record
  • 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
010092
NPI
1841394418
Last confirmed
2026-10-23

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