An expanding nonprofit hospital shows positive historical finances, community benefit and favorable safety evidence, while public records leave important staffing and contractor questions unresolved.
Bartow hospital corporation and campus; BayCare system context; SCP Health contractor relationship · Evidence through August 30, 2026
Start with control
Revenue is money coming in before costs. Operating income is what remains after operating costs. Net assets are assets minus liabilities. Keep the organization and year beside each number.
What matters
CMS showed three overall stars; available mortality measures had zero worse-than-national results, and BayCare reported a Spring 2026 Leapfrog A for Bartow. These hospital-wide measures do not prove every shift was adequately staffed.
Bartow reported $127.20M in revenue and $24.50M in excess revenue over expenses for 2024. This Form 990 result is not a current audited operating margin or proof of unrestricted cash available in 2026.
Bartow reported $9.93M across displayed 2024 Schedule H community-benefit categories, including $3.32M in net financial assistance. Charity assistance, Medicaid shortfall and other categories remain separate.
One 22-year ER charge nurse reported a $50.35 base and $58.26 with night and charge differentials. The base is above the 2025 regional all-RN median and P90, but one observation cannot establish Bartow's median or rule out senior-pay compression.
The announced $110M project expands ED rooms from 16 to 43, licensed beds from 72 to 90 and ICU beds from six to 12, with additional step-down, surgical and diagnostic capacity. The additional capacity was not yet labeled operational in the latest reviewed update.
Public records support SCP Health as Bartow's emergency-medicine contractor and Onex as SCP's sponsor. This is vendor exposure, not private-equity ownership of Bartow or BayCare, and it does not prove causation of any staffing decision.
BayCare can point to favorable safety evidence, community benefit, nursing-development programs and a major local capital expansion.
Publish the Bartow-specific staffing, pay-distribution and contractor records needed to evaluate how the expanded capacity will operate.
Look at the record
Bartow 2024 Form 990 surplus: $127,199,493 revenue - $102,701,531 expenses = $24,497,962, or 19.26% of revenue.
Reported nurse base comparison: $50.35 / $40.40 regional all-RN median - 1 = 24.63%. One nurse observation is not a hospital median.
How it unfolded
BayCare's acquisition of Bartow became effective.
Bartow reported a $24.50M Form 990 surplus and 39,354 emergency visits.
Construction began on the announced $110M campus expansion.
BayCare announced a topping-out milestone.
Bartow received a Leapfrog A in the reviewed release.
The verified-findings edition closed its public-record review.
Check it yourself
Start with the visual PDF. Go deeper only where you want to. These files belong to this investigation, not a combined hospital report.
License 2026-04-01 through 2028-03-31 · Bartow facility · License profile 4428
Supports: Legal identity, control and licensed beds
Open source ↗Calendar 2024 · Bartow Regional Medical Center, Inc. · Core return and schedules
Supports: Revenue, expenses, employees, compensation and contractors
Open source ↗Calendar 2024 · Bartow Regional Medical Center, Inc. · Part I community-benefit table
Supports: Financial assistance and community-benefit categories
Open source ↗FY2024-FY2025 · BayCare consolidated system · Financial highlights
Supports: System operating scale and financial results
Open source ↗Current reviewed release · CCN 100121 · Bartow record and outcome measures
Supports: Overall rating, mortality, safety and readmissions
Open source ↗Current retrieved page; survey dates vary · Bartow facility · Facility profile
Supports: Safety grade and survey measures
Open source ↗Announced June 2024 · Bartow campus · Project announcement
Supports: Project cost, size, phases and planned capacity
Open source ↗April 2026 · Bartow campus · Construction update
Supports: Project status and future staffing context
Open source ↗2025 OEWS · Lakeland-Winter Haven all-RN occupation · Local wages for 29-1141.00
Supports: Regional median and percentile wage benchmarks
Open source ↗Current page · Bartow emergency medicine · Facility profile
Supports: Contractor relationship and recruitment
Open source ↗July 2015-present on retrieved page · SCP Health sponsor relationship · Portfolio record
Supports: Private-capital sponsor and fund context
Open source ↗Current through 2026 annual report · Bartow legal entity · Corporate detail page
Supports: Corporate status and current officers
Open source ↗Published August 30, 2026. Historical records keep their original reporting periods. Read our methodology.
