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Short-term acute care hospital · Lamar, Colorado · 37 beds · CMS certification number 060007

Prowers Medical Center

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended July 31, 2004, settled, stamped by CMS October 27, 2005. Nine years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2004 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$9.5M
$9,498,084 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$11.8M
$11,766,091 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$2.3M
−$2,268,007 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−23.9%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue fell from $11.8M in its first year on file (1996) to $9.5M in 2004.
  • Its result from patient care: −$1.4M (2002), −$2.6M (2003), −$2.3M (2004).
  • 1 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also reports a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2004.

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

Nine years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1996
settled
$11.8M
$11.4M
1997
settled
$11.7M
$13.2M
1998
settled
$13.5M
$14.8M
1999
settled
$15.6M
$15.2M
2000
reopened
$13.4M
$16.3M
2001
settled
$15.9M
$17.4M
2002
settled
$16.9M
$18.3M
2003
settled
$17.7M
$20.3M
2004
settled
$9.5M
$11.8M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Colorado with 25 to 49 beds, each on fiscal year 2004.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Prowers Medical Center37$9,498,084$11,766,091−23.9%
St. Elizabeth Hospital, Fort Morgan40$30,909,126$23,308,48224.6%
Community Hospital, Grand Junction45$28,961,843$29,080,911−0.4%
Montrose Regional Health, Montrose48$44,872,738$44,366,2221.1%
Sterling Regional Medcenter, Sterling36$37,467,742$36,185,1753.4%
Uchealth, Steamboat Springs29$47,644,013$44,540,3626.5%

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSPFY2004.ZIP, form CMS-2552-96, filed under CMS certification number 060007.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSPFY2004.ZIP, read October 27, 2005.