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Short-term acute care hospital · Aledo, Illinois · 30 beds · CMS certification number 140218

Mercer County Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended April 30, 2000, reopened, stamped by CMS July 2, 2003. Four years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2000 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$6.7M
$6,728,951 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$7.3M
$7,345,362 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$616K
−$616,411 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−9.2%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue fell from $8.2M in its first year on file (1997) to $6.7M in 2000.
  • Its result from patient care: −$781K (1998), −$901K (1999), −$616K (2000).
  • 4 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2000.

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

Four years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1997
settled
$8.2M
$8.4M
1998
reopened
$8.0M
$8.7M
1999
reopened
$7.9M
$8.8M
2000
reopened
$6.7M
$7.3M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Illinois with 25 to 49 beds, each on fiscal year 2000.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Mercer County Hospital30$6,728,951$7,345,362−9.2%
Carlinville Area Hospital, Carlinville33$10,568,404$12,150,591−15.0%
Clay County Hospital, Flora28$9,864,674$9,858,4650.1%
HSHS Holy Family Hospital, Greenville32$15,722,088$15,728,911−0.0%
Harvard Memorial Hospital, Harvard32$11,474,239$12,951,662−12.9%
Rochelle Community Hospital, Rochelle30$11,210,661$11,264,295−0.5%

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSPFY1999.ZIP, form CMS-2552-96, filed under CMS certification number 140218.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSPFY1999.ZIP, read July 2, 2003.