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Critical access hospital · Ridgecrest, California · 25 beds · CMS certification number 051333

Ridgecrest Regional Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 26, 2026. Fourteen years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$160.3M
$160,348,755 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$171.9M
$171,854,221 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$11.5M
−$11,505,466 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−7.2%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $32.7M in its first year on file (2012) to $160.3M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$21.8M (2023), −$13.4M (2024), −$11.5M (2025).
  • 4 of the 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.

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

Fourteen years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
2012
settled
$32.7M
$30.3M
2013
settled
$81.6M
$80.3M
2014
settled
$86.1M
$87.4M
2015
settled with audit
$110.6M
$98.2M
2016
settled
$116.0M
$108.1M
2017
settled
$117.8M
$119.0M
2018
settled
$120.6M
$122.4M
2019
reopened
$124.4M
$129.5M
2020
settled
$130.2M
$142.6M
2021
settled
$156.6M
$163.8M
2022
amended
$149.6M
$171.6M
2023
amended
$149.3M
$171.1M
2024
as submitted
$145.1M
$158.5M
2025
as submitted
$160.3M
$171.9M

Beside its peers

Critical access hospitals in California with 25 to 49 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital25$160,348,755$171,854,221−7.2%
Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley, Tehachapi25$76,151,246$77,156,105−1.3%
Fairchild Medical Center, Yreka25$126,769,172$131,267,534−3.5%
Glenn Medical Center, Willows25$21,974,876$28,918,494−31.6%
Adventist Health Howard Memorial, Willits25$96,439,900$96,666,555−0.2%
Trinity Hospital, Weaverville25$36,409,169$32,624,53410.4%

Patients and payers

Discharges
1,099
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
5,114
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
14.0
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
56.0%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
64.5%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 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 RIDGECREST REGIONAL HOSPITAL (employer identification number 952082686) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

FigureAs filedWhere it comes from
Total community benefit expense (line 7k)$11,479,554IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$513,242IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$10,836,872IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$11,350,114IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$129,440IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.0732IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202413209349302421. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by RIDGECREST REGIONAL HOSPITAL (employer identification number 952082686) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
ANITA READDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
CHRISTOPHER ELLISDIRECTOR/CHAIRPERSONTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
DANA LYONSVICE CHAIRTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
DENNIS CRUISECFO (THRU 11/2023)Officer$250,078$0$27,197
GEORGE HASLAMDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
HANI CHAABOPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$358,833$0$35,297
HEALTHY DESAIPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$678,654$0$56,965
HOPE ZISSOSPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$313,885$0$55,982
JAMES SUVERCEOOfficer$563,317$0$35,803
JIM RIZZARDINIDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
JUDY THARPDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
KEVIN FLANIGANPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$317,956$0$47,279
LAWRENCE COSNERDIRECTOR/PHYSICIANTrustee/director$73,661$0$14,997
MARGARET HANNONTREASURERTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
MARTI HOPPUSDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
MINU AMBIKA RAJENDRANPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$311,057$0$36,791
PAIGE SORBO-NETZERDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
SHROOQ ABU-ISSASECRETARYTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
WALTER MARTINDIRECTOR (THRU 05/2023)Trustee/director$0$0$0

E-file object id 202413209349302421. The IRS archive it was read from.

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 051333. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, read June 26, 2026.