1995 Highway 51 S, Covington, TN, 38019 · (901) 476-2621
Beds
31
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$247.2M
FY 2025
Net income
$114.7M
Patient care margin -49.9%
Discharges
2,432
Occupancy 34.9%
Clinicians
379
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 | $247.2M | $370.6M | -49.9% | $114.7M | 2,432 | $7.6M | 30.1% | 16.7% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for COPD patients | 6.9% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 10.7% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.8% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 12.9% | US median 15.2% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 20.8% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 23.4% |
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 | $358.7M | $309.8M | 13.6% | $94.8M | 2,960 | $6.8M | 30.2% | 15.7% |
| 2023 | $199.6M | $204.3M | -2.4% | $32.3M | 2,103 | $7.4M | 31.4% | 6.9% |
| 2022 | $179.0M | $189.3M | -5.8% | $13.9M | 1,568 | $5.8M | 38.0% | 10.9% |
| 2021 | $171.1M | $175.9M | -2.8% | $14.7M | 1,256 | $5.7M | 32.6% | - |
| 2020 | $145.6M | $150.5M | -3.4% | $6.2M | 1,073 | $5.3M | 36.0% | 29.0% |
| US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.8% | US median 17.2% |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.28 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 85% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 88% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 63% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 75% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 70% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 73% | 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) | 149 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 16% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 70% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 87% | US median 79% |
| 20 |
| $30,538.45 |
| $12,012.80 |
| $12,667.88 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 17 | $28,913.76 | $9,607.18 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 16 | $21,678.13 | $8,228.94 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 641 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC | 14 | $21,412.14 | $6,696.29 | $5,829.71 |
| DRG 689 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 14 | $30,687.79 | $9,126.57 | $8,838.11 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 13 | $29,306.38 | $8,397.31 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 13 | $41,601.85 | $9,969.85 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 884 ORGANIC DISTURBANCES AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY | 11 | $21,588.82 | $12,493.73 | $13,593.39 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 94 | 87 | $1,779.68 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 83 | 75 | $1,571.67 | $2,141.49 |
| APC 5182 Level 2 Vascular Procedures | 15 | 14 | $1,078.04 | $1,204.32 |
| APC 5092 Level 2 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures | - | - | - | $4,981.95 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | - | - | - | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | - | - | - | $2,373.24 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | - | - | - | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5431 Level 1 Nerve Procedures | - | - | - | $1,406.61 |
| APC 5112 Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures | - | - | - | $1,196.16 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | - | - | - | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5091 Level 1 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures | - | - | - | $2,930.15 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
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.
Baptist Memorial Hospital Tipton is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Covington, TN with 31 beds, part of Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation and a 3-star overall rating.
Baptist Memorial Hospital Tipton in Covington, TN has 31 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 100 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 2,432 inpatients that year, with 34.9% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-09-30), Baptist Memorial Hospital Tipton reported net patient revenue of $247.2M and operating expenses of $370.6M, a margin on patient care of -49.9%. After other income and expenses its net income was $114.7M (23.6% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Baptist Memorial Hospital Tipton is part of Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation, a health system with 22 hospitals based in Memphis, TN. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Baptist Memorial Hospital Tipton has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 4 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Baptist Memorial Hospital Tipton provides emergency services.
379 Medicare clinicians list Baptist Memorial Hospital Tipton as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Internal Medicine, Family Practice.
In 2024, Baptist Memorial Hospital Tipton had 220 Medicare inpatient stays in 10 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 54 stays; Medicare paid $13,931.48 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $83K in payments to Baptist Memorial Hospital Tipton as a teaching hospital ($5,059 general and $78K for research) from 6 companies.