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Critical access hospital · Brush, Colorado · 25 beds · CMS certification number 061303

East Morgan County Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS May 25, 2026. 29 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$44.0M
$44,004,769 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$43.8M
$43,845,089 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$160K
$159,680 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
0.4%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $5.8M in its first year on file (1997) to $44.0M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $575K (2023), $948K (2024), $160K (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 22.5% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 36.6%.
  • BANNER HEALTH holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

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

29 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1997
reopened
$5.8M
$6.4M
1998
settled
$6.2M
$6.8M
1999
reopened
$6.3M
$7.5M
2000
settled with audit
$7.0M
$7.5M
2001
reopened
$7.9M
$8.5M
2002
reopened
$8.3M
$8.8M
2003
reopened
$10.4M
$9.4M
2004
reopened
$11.3M
$10.1M
2005
reopened
$13.0M
$11.9M
2006
reopened
$11.5M
$11.5M
2007
reopened
$13.0M
$13.2M
2008
reopened
$16.1M
$15.3M
2009
settled with audit
$18.3M
$17.9M
2010
reopened
$21.3M
$20.3M
2011
settled
$23.9M
$22.2M
2012
settled
$21.5M
$21.8M
2013
settled
$22.0M
$22.7M
2014
settled
$24.9M
$24.6M
2015
settled
$28.1M
$25.0M
2016
settled
$29.3M
$27.7M
2017
settled
$29.8M
$28.4M
2018
settled
$33.9M
$31.4M
2019
settled
$34.6M
$32.1M
2020
reopened
$35.2M
$34.1M
2021
settled
$39.2M
$36.2M
2022
settled
$39.8M
$38.6M
2023
settled
$40.2M
$39.7M
2024
settled
$41.4M
$40.4M
2025
as submitted
$44.0M
$43.8M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
East Morgan County Hospital25$44,004,769$43,845,0890.4%
Family Health West Hospital, Fruita25$87,903,342$85,311,0392.9%
Haxtun Hospital, Haxtun25$14,433,942$17,540,176−21.5%
Lincoln Health Hospital, Hugo25$25,973,543$30,608,325−17.8%
Memorial Regional Health, Craig25$78,859,286$81,276,401−3.1%
Weisbrod Health, Eads25$7,126,996$11,800,884−65.6%

Patients and payers

Discharges
506
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
1,886
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
5.2
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
20.7%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
36.6%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
22.5%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • BANNER HEALTH100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: BANNER HEALTH S (100%), home office; BANNER HEALTH S (100%), county board.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix (AZ), Banner Casa Grande Medical Center (AZ), Banner Boswell Medical Center (AZ), Banner - University Medical Center Tucson Campus (AZ), Banner Desert Medical Center (AZ), Banner Baywood Medical Center (AZ), Banner Thunderbird Medical Center (AZ), Banner Del E Webb Medical Center (AZ), Banner Heart Hospital (AZ), Banner - University Medical Center South Campus (AZ), Banner Estrella Medical Center (AZ), Banner Gateway Medical Center (AZ).

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

Owners of 5% or more, from CMS’s hospital ownership file (Medicare enrollment, October 1, 2026).

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 061303. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing. Ownership: CMS Hospital All Owners and Hospital Enrollments.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, read May 25, 2026.