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Critical access hospital · Primghar, Iowa · 14 beds · CMS certification number 161300

Mercyone Primghar Medical Center

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, settled, stamped by CMS February 3, 2026. 25 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2024 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$5.5M
$5,465,855 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$6.8M
$6,829,700 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$1.4M
−$1,363,845 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−24.9%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $1.1M in its first year on file (2000) to $5.5M in 2024.
  • Its result from patient care: −$1.5M (2022), −$1.1M (2023), −$1.4M (2024).
  • 4 of the 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2024.

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

25 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
2000
reopened
$1.1M
$1.3M
2001
reopened
$2.6M
$2.9M
2002
reopened
$3.0M
$3.2M
2003
reopened
$4.9M
$5.2M
2004
reopened
$5.7M
$5.4M
2005
reopened
$5.5M
$5.5M
2006
reopened
$5.7M
$5.9M
2007
settled
$5.3M
$6.3M
2008
settled
$6.8M
$6.7M
2009
settled
$6.7M
$6.8M
2010
settled
$6.6M
$6.9M
2011
settled
$7.9M
$7.3M
2012
settled
$7.2M
$7.3M
2013
settled
$7.0M
$7.3M
2014
settled
$7.2M
$7.4M
2015
settled
$6.1M
$7.4M
2016
settled
$7.7M
$7.9M
2017
settled
$7.3M
$8.6M
2018
reopened
$7.5M
$8.8M
2019
settled
$7.5M
$8.1M
2020
settled
$9.1M
$7.6M
2021
settled
$9.4M
$7.0M
2022
settled
$7.6M
$9.1M
2023
settled
$7.6M
$8.7M
2024
settled
$5.5M
$6.8M

Beside its peers

Critical access hospitals in Iowa with under 25 beds, each on fiscal year 2024.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Mercyone Primghar Medical Center14$5,465,855$6,829,700−24.9%
Cherokee Regional Medical Center, Cherokee15$50,951,212$56,878,502−11.6%
Community Memorial Hospital, Sumner16$17,939,286$19,040,529−6.1%
Mercyone Genesis Dewitt Medical Center, Dewitt13$33,114,487$26,632,32319.6%
Mercyone Dyersville Medical Center, Dyersville13$7,453,684$7,693,735−3.2%
Mercyone Elkader Medical Center, Elkader15$12,862,286$13,027,154−1.3%

Patients and payers

Discharges
16
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
142
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
0.4
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
2.8%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
87.3%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Related organizations on its own cost report: MERCYONE (50%), home office; MERCYONE SC (100%), med center; TRINITY HEALTH (100%), home office.

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

Community benefit, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by BAUM HARMON MERCY HOSPITAL (employer identification number 421500277) 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)$570,011IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$117,487IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$295,980IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$413,467IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$156,544IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.0642IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202441369349302249. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by BAUM HARMON MERCY HOSPITAL (employer identification number 421500277) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
BETH HUGHESPRES MERCYONE SIOUXLAND THR 8/22Officer$0$391,470$31,615
DOUGLAS STRONGINTERIM PRES MERCYONE SC 8/22-2/23Officer$0$501,937$34,538
JESICA HANSONVP FINANCE MERCYONE SIOUXLANDOfficer$0$326,417$45,662
JULIE SAMPSONDIRECTOR; SECRETARYTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
LISA DUCOMMUNADVANCED PRACTICE CLINICIANHighest-compensated employee$0$102,473$0
MELISSA CUNNINGHAMDIR & CAH DIRECTOR AS OF 7/22Trustee/director$0$97,361$572
MUDDASIR GHOUSEDIR; REG VP OPS MERCYONE SIOUXLANDTrustee/director$0$129,430$17,872
PATRICK KENTADVANCED PRACTICE CLINICIANHighest-compensated employee$0$140,723$36,128
PETER THIELEOAKLAND CLINIC PA-CHighest-compensated employee$0$147,496$41,631
RITA KRUGERDIRECTOR; VICE CHAIRTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
RODNEY AHRENSDORFFDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
SOE NYUNT MDDIRECTOR; PHYSICIANTrustee/director$0$322,563$43,428
STEVE LOSHMANDIRECTOR; CHAIRTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
TAYLOR BRADSHAWADVANCED PRACTICE CLINICIANHighest-compensated employee$0$129,303$33,790
THOMAS CLARKPRES WEST IOWA REGION AS OF 2/23Officer$0$0$0
TRACIE MARTIN MDOAKLAND CLINIC PHYSICIANHighest-compensated employee$0$222,117$39,916

E-file object id 202441369349302249. The IRS archive it was read from.

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2023.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 161300. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2023.ZIP, read February 3, 2026.