Hospital · Short-term acute hospital
Who owns Lowell General Hospital?
295 Varnum Avenue · Lowell, MA · 01854
Overview
Beds390
Discharges19,838cost report 2024
Occupancy65%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)2,452
Lowell General Hospital is a short-term acute hospital in Lowell, Massachusetts, operated by The Lowell General Hospital. Middlesex County has 15 hospitals, 67 nursing homes and 59 urgent care centers.
Ownership
Lowell General Hospital is operated by The Lowell General Hospital, part of Wellforce Inc.
- Operator
- The Lowell General Hospital
- Owner group
- Wellforce Inc
- Ownership type
- Private Nonprofit
- Sources
Ownership history
Every dated change of operator and owner for Lowell General Hospital, with the source for each.
Full ownership tree of Wellforce Inc
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 | $522.6M |
| Operating expenses | $590.2M |
| Net income | −$66.0M |
| Net income as a share of net patient revenue | -12.6% |
| Uncompensated care cost | $16.4M |
| Charity care cost | $6.0M |
| Medicaid net revenue | $97.6M |
| Medicare disproportionate share percentage | 19.0% |
Payer mix by inpatient days (2024)
- Commercial and other 58.0%
- Medicare 30.7%
- Medicaid 11.4%
Services
Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Discharges | Average total payment |
|---|---|---|
| Heart failure and shock with MCC · 291 | 460 | $11K |
| Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871 | 414 | $17K |
| Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with MCC · 193 | 159 | $11K |
| Respiratory infections and inflammations with MCC · 177 | 155 | $14K |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with MCC · 190 | 112 | $10K |
Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Services |
|---|---|
| Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011 | 828 |
| Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage · 5072 | 317 |
| Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5115 | 247 |
| Level 2 Upper GI Procedures · 5302 | 154 |
| Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services · 5361 | 145 |
Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.
Location and market
- Address
- 295 Varnum Avenue · Lowell, MA · 01854
- County
- Middlesex County
- State
- Massachusetts
Hospitals in the county15
Nursing homes67
Urgent care centers59
Nearby hospitals
| Name | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tewksbury Hospital | Tewksbury | 6.8 mi |
| NEWTON-WELLESLEY HOSPITAL - Westford | Westford | 8.7 mi |
| Southern Nh Medical Center | Nashua | 9.7 mi |
| St Joseph Hospital | Nashua | 10.1 mi |
| Merrimack Health Methuen Hospital | Methuen | 10.6 mi |
| Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital | Lawrence | 10.8 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
- 220063
- NPI
- 1407804669
- Last confirmed
- 2026-10-23
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