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Critical access hospital · Lake Butler, Florida · 25 beds · CMS certification number 101303

Lake Butler Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 16, 2026. 24 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$17.0M
$17,019,372 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$14.3M
$14,296,503 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$2.7M
$2,722,869 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
16.0%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $5.0M in its first year on file (2002) to $17.0M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $2.9M (2023), $2.7M (2024), $2.7M (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.
  • PAULA G WEBB holds 50% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

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

24 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
2002
reopened
$5.0M
$3.6M
2003
settled with audit
$5.5M
$3.7M
2004
settled with audit
$3.5M
$4.5M
2005
settled
$4.5M
$5.3M
2006
settled
$6.6M
$6.5M
2007
reopened
$6.0M
$7.2M
2008
settled
$6.3M
$7.6M
2009
settled
$7.7M
$9.1M
2010
settled
$10.0M
$9.8M
2011
settled
$9.2M
$9.5M
2012
reopened
$10.0M
$11.0M
2013
settled
$9.7M
$10.9M
2014
settled with audit
$8.1M
$8.9M
2015
settled
$7.6M
$9.0M
2016
settled
$7.6M
$8.1M
2017
settled
$10.1M
$8.1M
2018
settled
$12.5M
$9.3M
2019
settled
$15.4M
$10.3M
2020
settled
$11.4M
$10.4M
2021
settled
$12.0M
$11.2M
2022
settled
$12.9M
$11.7M
2023
settled
$15.4M
$12.5M
2024
as submitted
$16.0M
$13.3M
2025
as submitted
$17.0M
$14.3M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Lake Butler Hospital25$17,019,372$14,296,50316.0%
Adventhealth Wauchula, Wauchula25$41,027,277$36,945,02310.0%
Doctors Memorial Hospital, Perry25$24,069,303$28,193,906−17.1%
George E Weems Memorial Hospital, Apalachicola25$7,774,183$13,992,446−80.0%
Madison County Memorial Hospital, Madison25$14,316,048$17,170,455−19.9%
Northwest Florida Community Hospital, Chipley25$45,053,487$50,913,320−13.0%

Patients and payers

Discharges
11
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
3,228
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
8.9
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
35.4%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
47.5%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • PAULA G WEBB50%

Related organizations on its own cost report: PAULA WEBB (100%), real estate.

Type of control on its cost report: proprietary, corporation.

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 101303. 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 June 16, 2026.