Healthcare Cost Report Information System

The Healthcare Cost Report Information System (HCRIS) contains annual reports submitted by institutional providers to Medicare. It provides information to CMS that assists with the annual settlement summary between CMS and the institutional provider.

The cost report information includes facility level:

  • utilization statistics,
  • costs,
  • charges,
  • Medicare payments, and
  • financial information.

For more information or to download these data, please visit the CMS website: http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Files-for-Order/....

Availability: 
1994-2011

The data available for download are updated on a quarterly basis and represent all of the cost reports received as of the update date.

Next Release Date: 
October, 2012
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