Hospital · Short-term acute hospital
Who owns Welch Community Hospital?
454 Mcdowell Street · WELCH, WV · 24801
Overview
Beds49
Discharges336cost report 2025
Occupancy8%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)149
Welch Community Hospital is a short-term acute hospital in WELCH, West Virginia, operated by State Of West Virginia Welch Community Hospital. McDowell County has 1 hospitals, 1 nursing homes and 0 urgent care centers.
Ownership
Welch Community Hospital is operated by State Of West Virginia Welch Community Hospital.
- Operator
- State Of West Virginia Welch Community Hospital
- Owner group
- State Of West Virginia Welch Community Hospital
- Ownership type
- Government (state)
- Source
Ownership history
Every dated change of operator and owner for Welch Community Hospital, with the source for each.
Full ownership tree of State Of West Virginia Welch Community Hospital
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 2025.
| Net patient revenue | $13.3M |
| Operating expenses | $37.2M |
| Net income | −$17.6M |
| Net income as a share of net patient revenue | -132.6% |
| Uncompensated care cost | $47K |
| Charity care cost | $20K |
| Medicaid net revenue | $2.0M |
| Medicare disproportionate share percentage | 12.0% |
Payer mix by inpatient days (2025)
- Commercial and other 68.7%
- Medicare 25.9%
- Medicaid 5.4%
Services
Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Discharges | Average total payment |
|---|---|---|
| Kidney and urinary tract infections without MCC · 690 | 13 | $12K |
Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Services |
|---|---|
| Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011 | 45 |
Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.
Location and market
- Address
- 454 Mcdowell Street · WELCH, WV · 24801
- County
- McDowell County
- State
- West Virginia
Hospitals in the county1
Nursing homes1
Urgent care centers0
Nearby hospitals
| Name | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Carilion Tazewell Community Hospital | Tazewell | 22.3 mi |
| Princeton Community Hospital | Princeton | 26.7 mi |
| Encompass Health Rehab Hospital Of Princeton | Princeton | 26.7 mi |
| Clinch Valley Medical Center | Richlands | 27.0 mi |
| Buchanan General Hospital | Grundy | 28.4 mi |
Sources and identifiers
- Operator: CMS Hospital Enrollments and All Owners (PECOS): hospital ownership graph
- 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
- 510086
- NPI
- 1134158900
- Last confirmed
- 2026-10-23
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