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Critical access hospital · El Dorado, Illinois · 25 beds · CMS certification number 141324

Ferrell Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, as submitted, stamped by CMS September 16, 2026. 24 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2026 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$72.6M
$72,627,382 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$73.9M
$73,921,783 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$1.3M
−$1,294,401 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−1.8%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $9.3M in its first year on file (2003) to $72.6M in 2026.
  • Its result from patient care: −$3.1M (2024), −$19.3M (2025), −$1.3M (2026).
  • 2 of the 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2026.
  • Medicaid paid for 0.3% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 65.2%.

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
2003
settled
$9.3M
$9.4M
2004
settled
$11.0M
$9.6M
2005
settled
$12.1M
$10.7M
2006
settled
$10.7M
$12.0M
2007
settled
$13.7M
$13.0M
2008
settled
$14.0M
$14.0M
2009
settled with audit
$13.9M
$14.5M
2010
settled
$13.4M
$14.0M
2011
reopened
$13.7M
$13.8M
2012
settled
$14.2M
$13.9M
2013
settled with audit
$14.9M
$16.7M
2014
settled
$15.2M
$15.5M
2015
settled
$15.3M
$15.1M
2016
settled
$16.8M
$16.6M
2017
settled with audit
$18.5M
$18.7M
2018
settled
$19.7M
$20.2M
2019
settled with audit
$22.4M
$23.7M
2020
settled
$26.0M
$29.2M
2021
settled
$24.0M
$29.5M
2022
settled with audit
$34.5M
$40.0M
2023
amended
$45.1M
$47.9M
2024
amended
$55.8M
$58.9M
2025
as submitted
$54.8M
$74.1M
2026
as submitted
$72.6M
$73.9M

Beside its peers

Critical access hospitals in Illinois with 25 to 49 beds, each on fiscal year 2026.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Ferrell Hospital25$72,627,382$73,921,783−1.8%
Crawford Memorial Hospital, Robinson25$88,640,410$84,896,0664.2%
Hardin County General Hospital, Rosiclare25$14,945,478$18,677,887−25.0%
Massac Memorial Hospital, Metropolis25$35,179,695$37,092,375−5.4%
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Murphysboro25$100,362,995$60,040,61840.2%
Salem Township Hospital, Salem25$52,161,882$49,944,4084.3%

Patients and payers

Discharges
483
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
3,383
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
9.3
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
37.1%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
65.2%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
0.3%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Related organizations on its own cost report: DEACONESS HLTH; DEACONESS HOSP; DRHS IL.

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

Community benefit, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by FERRELL HOSPITAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (employer identification number 201244058) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

FigureAs filedWhere it comes from
Total community benefit expense (line 7k)$4,016,646IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$0IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$4,016,646IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$4,016,646IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.0843IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202420439349301422. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by FERRELL HOSPITAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (employer identification number 201244058) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
ALISA COLEMANCEOOfficer$0$0$0
AUSTIN RAHMOELLERBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
AYN BARTIKBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
BARB DEVOUSSECRETARYTrustee/director$0$0$0
CALEB MITCHELL DOPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$381,824$0$50,969
CALEIGH BRUCECHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICEROfficer$102,109$0$9,076
CLIFFORD EUGENE MORRISCHAIRMANTrustee/director$0$0$0
DAVID GUNZELPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$292,511$0$42,590
DIRK MORGANCFOOfficer$0$0$0
DR JAMES PORTER MDBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
E T SEELYVICE-CHAIRMANTrustee/director$0$0$0
JANNA PATHI MDSURGEONHighest-compensated employee$470,094$0$11,741
JARED FLORENCEBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
JEFF CAMPBELLBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
JOSEPH A JACKSON MDPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$503,916$0$54,098
LUKE HALLPHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$269,610$0$40,664
NATE OLDHAM MDBOARD MEMBER/PHYSICIANTrustee/director$486,369$0$68,616
NIKKI ROSERBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
RACHEL PRATHERCHIEF NURSING OFFICEROfficer$115,949$0$32,697

E-file object id 202420439349301422. The IRS archive it was read from.

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 141324. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, read September 16, 2026.