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Critical access hospital · La Junta, Colorado · 20 beds · CMS certification number 061336

Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, as submitted, stamped by CMS August 21, 2026. Ten years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2026 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$45.7M
$45,676,457 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$47.8M
$47,843,577 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$2.2M
−$2,167,120 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−4.7%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $17.8M in its first year on file (2017) to $45.7M in 2026.
  • Its result from patient care: −$4.4M (2024), −$4.8M (2025), −$2.2M (2026).
  • 1 of the 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file also reports a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2026.
  • Medicaid paid for 21.3% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 20.8%.
  • ARKANSAS VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

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

Ten years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
2017
settled
$17.8M
$17.1M
2018
settled
$38.5M
$40.0M
2019
settled
$38.1M
$39.7M
2020
settled
$35.6M
$38.5M
2021
settled
$28.1M
$38.0M
2022
settled
$37.1M
$38.4M
2023
settled
$37.1M
$39.0M
2024
settled with audit
$36.5M
$40.9M
2025
as submitted
$41.7M
$46.5M
2026
as submitted
$45.7M
$47.8M

Beside its peers

Hospitals of the same type (critical access hospital), nearest in size, from Colorado first; each on fiscal year 2026.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center20$45,676,457$47,843,577−4.7%
Cherry County Hospital, Valentine (NE)21$45,650,460$41,458,2669.2%
Clay County Hospital, Flora (IL)20$48,822,863$45,895,7966.0%
Pinckneyville Community Hospital, Pinckneyville (IL)20$48,145,692$48,717,186−1.2%
Spooner Health System, Spooner (WI)20$38,457,551$32,867,74914.5%
Washington County Hospital District, Nashville (IL)22$19,193,155$18,715,1112.5%

Patients and payers

Discharges
468
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
1,493
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
4.1
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
20.4%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
20.8%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
21.3%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • ARKANSAS VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER100%

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 061336. 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 August 21, 2026.