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Critical access hospital · Bisbee, Arizona · 14 beds · CMS certification number 031312

Copper Queen Community Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS November 24, 2025. Twenty years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$85.4M
$85,401,481 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$77.5M
$77,499,539 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$7.9M
$7,901,942 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
9.3%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $6.2M in its first year on file (2006) to $85.4M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $4.2M (2023), $8.7M (2024), $7.9M (2025).
  • 1 of the 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file also reports a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 9.0% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 32.4%.

Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.

Twenty years of filings

Net patient revenue against operating expenses, each year as filed.

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
2006
settled
$6.2M
$6.5M
2007
settled
$12.1M
$11.6M
2008
settled
$14.7M
$13.8M
2009
settled with audit
$17.7M
$16.2M
2010
settled with audit
$18.2M
$17.7M
2011
settled
$20.9M
$19.4M
2012
reopened
$22.6M
$20.0M
2013
settled
$22.1M
$20.6M
2014
settled
$23.3M
$22.4M
2015
settled
$25.5M
$23.2M
2016
settled
$31.4M
$26.4M
2017
settled
$33.6M
$31.2M
2018
settled
$41.9M
$38.5M
2019
settled with audit
$48.0M
$41.6M
2020
reopened
$46.4M
$45.9M
2021
amended
$50.7M
$45.1M
2022
settled
$57.6M
$53.7M
2023
settled
$63.5M
$59.3M
2024
amended
$75.0M
$66.3M
2025
as submitted
$85.4M
$77.5M

Beside its peers

Hospitals of the same type (critical access hospital), nearest in size, from Arizona first; each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Copper Queen Community Hospital14$85,401,481$77,499,5399.3%
Benson Hospital, Benson22$23,987,331$29,013,367−20.9%
Northern Cochise Community Hospital, Willcox24$18,371,890$21,767,049−18.5%
Page Hospital, Page25$23,789,538$24,937,281−4.8%
White Mountain Regional Medical Center, Springerville21$31,001,749$28,954,9926.6%
Wickenburg Community Hospital, Wickenburg19$48,242,620$56,189,913−16.5%

Patients and payers

Discharges
286
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
1,349
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
3.7
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
26.4%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
32.4%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
9.0%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Type of control on its cost report: voluntary nonprofit, other.

Community benefit, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by BISBEE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC (employer identification number 860334996) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

FigureAs filedWhere it comes from
Total community benefit expense (line 7k)$7,728,378IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$234,588IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$0IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$234,588IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$7,493,790IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.1226IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202431289349303203. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by BISBEE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC (employer identification number 860334996) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
CRISTIAN LAGUILLOFAMILY PHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$422,530$0$25,359
DENNIS GALLUSDIRECTOR/PRESIDENTTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
DENNIS NELSONDIRECTOR/VICE PRESIDENTTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
ERIK ARELLANODIRECTOR/FAMILY PHYSICIANTrustee/director$433,721$0$24,707
HEATHER LUNDSTROMCFOOfficer$266,911$0$20,174
HEIDI LODGEINTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$468,351$0$26,526
KATHLEEN HEARDDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
LAURA CHAVEZDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
LAWANA DIFFLESECRETARYTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
PATRICK COGHLAN MDVICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTORTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
PEGGY AVINAFAMILY PHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$442,769$0$25,503
PETER CAMPBELLDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
REBECCA OROZCOSECRETARY/DIRECTORTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
ROBERT SEAMONCEOOfficer$377,624$0$29,203
ROSA ANEL LOPEZPRESIDENTTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
ROSALIE BUTLERTREASURERTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
SEAN SPURRFAMILY PHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$407,600$0$22,729
SYLVIA VALENZUELADIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
VINOD SINGHGASTROENTEROLOGY PHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$648,345$0$10,423

E-file object id 202431289349303203. The IRS archive it was read from.

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 031312. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, read November 24, 2025.