$5,538,165Net patient revenueWhat the hospital took in for treating patients, after discounts.
-47.3%Left after the cost of careWhat was left after their care was paid for; below zero means it cost more than it brought in.
0.1%Charity careCare given free or discounted, as a share of what patients brought in.
0.1%Uncompensated careCharity care plus bills that went unpaid, on the same basis.
From this hospital’s Medicare cost report for the year ended 30 June 2025. Every figure on this page names the cell it came from.
0Registered locations
1Associated locations
1Contract pharmacies
1With no end date
1 January 2016In 340B since
Finances, as filed
From this hospital’s Medicare cost report for the year ended 30 June 2025.
Figure
As filed
Where it comes from
Net patient revenue
$5,538,165
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Total operating expenses
$8,155,261
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Income from service to patients
−$2,617,096
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Charity care, at charges
$4,293
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Charity care, at cost
$6,083
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Uncompensated care, at cost
$6,083
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Total facility beds
8
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Cost-to-charge ratio
1.4169
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Cost report filed under CMS certification number 271311 for 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025, as submitted. The public file it was read from.
Where this hospital sits among its peers
Each figure’s position among critical access hospitals in Montana that file a Medicare cost report. A position, not a score: the hospitals are counted, not ranked.
3rdpercentile of 40 critical access hospitals in MontanaCharity care
2ndpercentile of 44 critical access hospitals in MontanaUncompensated care
2ndpercentile of 45 critical access hospitals in MontanaLeft after the cost of care
36thpercentile of 45 critical access hospitals in MontanaContract pharmacies
Among hospitals of the same type in Montana
Every critical access hospital in Montana that files a Medicare cost report carrying both figures — 40 hospitals, each at its own reporting year. Across the bottom: how much of what the hospital took in from patients went to charity care. Up the side: what it had left after the cost of serving them. Both come straight from the filings.
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Velarion Records, “BIG SANDY MEDICAL CENTER” (340B ID CAH271311-00), citing the HRSA 340B OPAIS Covered Entity Daily Report, file 340B_CoveredEntity_Daily_20260907_110549.xlsx. https://velarionrecords.com/340b/CAH271311-00
Register detail and identifiers
Participation, as filed
Participating
TRUE
Participation start date
1 January 2016
Certification date
25 August 2026
Record last edited
25 August 2026
Identifiers
340B ID
CAH271311-00
Entity type as filed
CAH
CMS certification number
271311
NPI
1609954759 (MT), 1720160278 (MT), 1730129305 (MT)
Rural
No
166 MONTANA AVENUE EAST, BIG SANDY MT 59520
Associated locations
Organization
Address
Where
BIG SANDY MEDICAL CENTER
166 MONTANA AVENUE EAST
BIG SANDY MT 59520
Pharmacy contracts
Pharmacy
Where
Begins
Ends
BIG SANDY PHARMACY INC
BIG SANDY, MT
1 January 2016
no end date filed
Every figure on this page is printed as it appears in the HRSA 340B OPAIS Covered Entity Daily Report, file 340B_CoveredEntity_Daily_20260907_110549.xlsx, stamped by its publisher 7 September 2026. This record has been read here since 6 September 2026.