1850 Chadwick Dr, Jackson, MS, 39204 · (601) 376-1000
Beds
238
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Overall rating
Net patient revenue
$88.2M
FY 2025
Net income
$542K
Patient care margin -0.0%
Discharges
4,311
Occupancy 31.7%
Clinicians
77
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $88.2M | $88.2M | -0.0% | $542K | 4,311 | $15.1M | 9.9% | 33.3% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 11.6% | US median 11.8% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4.1% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 18.4% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 13.6% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.8% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14.1% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $97.0M | $97.0M | -0.1% | $1.8M | 4,605 | $15.7M | 8.3% | 34.3% |
| 2023 | $86.3M | $92.3M | -6.9% | -$2.0M | 4,637 | $14.2M | 14.3% | 35.0% |
| 2022 | $142.2M | $159.9M | -12.4% | -$12.4M | 4,802 | $20.1M | 19.1% | 24.7% |
| 2021 | $155.7M | $156.0M | -0.2% | $24.3M | 5,631 | $14.9M | 25.4% | 22.9% |
| 2020 | $168.7M | $152.0M | 9.9% | $21.8M | 5,848 | $18.1M | 27.8% | 25.7% |
| US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 22.2% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.9% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.92 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.28 · better |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.87 | US median 0.60 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 76% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 76% | US median 80% |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 71% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 63% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 67% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 51% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 1% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 91 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 6% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 58% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 34% | US median 79% |
| 14 |
| $114,385.21 |
| $11,685.93 |
| $12,400.10 |
| DRG 881 DEPRESSIVE NEUROSES | 13 | $48,440.15 | $8,435.77 | $8,329.12 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 13 | 13 | $1,810.11 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5627 Level 7 Radiation Therapy | 13 | 13 | $5,194.00 | $6,120.75 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 11 | 11 | $1,825.68 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5182 Level 2 Vascular Procedures | - | - | - | $1,204.32 |
| APC 5154 Level 4 Airway Endoscopy | - | - | - | $2,832.62 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | - | - | - | $8,873.86 |
| APC 5194 Level 4 Endovascular Procedures | - | - | - | $14,606.35 |
| APC 5223 Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures | - | - | - | $8,569.01 |
| APC 5231 Level 1 ICD and Similar Procedures | - | - | - | $21,011.04 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | - | - | - | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5341 Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures | - | - | - | $2,635.67 |
| APC 5112 Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures | - | - | - | $1,196.16 |
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays and outpatient services; groups with fewer than 11 cases are not published. Payments are those drug and device companies must report.
Merit Health Central is a for-profit short-term acute care hospital in Jackson, MS with 238 beds, part of Community Health Systems and a 3-star overall rating.
Merit Health Central in Jackson, MS has 238 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 451 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 4,311 inpatients that year, with 31.7% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-09-30), Merit Health Central reported net patient revenue of $88.2M and operating expenses of $88.2M, a margin on patient care of -0.0%. After other income and expenses its net income was $542K (0.6% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Merit Health Central is part of Community Health Systems (listed company, ticker CYH), a health system with 60 hospitals based in Franklin, TN. It is a for-profit hospital.
Merit Health Central has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings.
Yes, Merit Health Central provides emergency services.
77 Medicare clinicians list Merit Health Central as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Internal Medicine, Family Practice.
In 2024, Merit Health Central had 227 Medicare inpatient stays in 4 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 885 (psychoses) with 178 stays; Medicare paid $10,701.40 per stay on average, compared with $11,869.17 across all hospitals.