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Short-term acute care hospital · Pittsburg, Kansas · 64 beds · CMS certification number 170006

Mercy Health

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS September 16, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$70.9M
$70,933,168 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$75.4M
$75,444,939 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$4.5M
−$4,511,771 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−6.4%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $32.2M in its first year on file (1996) to $70.9M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$15.3M (2023), −$17.1M (2024), −$4.5M (2025).
  • All 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 19.9% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 32.2%.
  • MERCY HEALTH holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

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

30 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1996
reopened
$32.2M
$29.3M
1997
reopened
$33.6M
$32.0M
1998
reopened
$35.5M
$34.3M
1999
reopened
$39.7M
$38.9M
2000
reopened
$44.3M
$43.4M
2001
reopened
$46.0M
$45.2M
2002
settled
$51.6M
$50.9M
2003
reopened
$64.3M
$61.8M
2004
reopened
$65.0M
$62.2M
2005
reopened
$71.6M
$70.3M
2006
settled
$74.2M
$74.1M
2007
reopened
$65.6M
$69.2M
2008
reopened
$72.9M
$73.2M
2009
reopened
$73.7M
$72.9M
2010
reopened
$78.8M
$78.3M
2011
reopened
$88.9M
$83.4M
2012
settled
$46.1M
$46.3M
2013
reopened
$87.0M
$91.7M
2014
reopened
$86.2M
$92.8M
2015
reopened
$88.0M
$91.2M
2016
settled
$85.0M
$88.7M
2017
reopened
$82.1M
$90.2M
2018
settled
$85.4M
$88.4M
2019
settled
$93.9M
$88.3M
2020
settled
$105.8M
$104.1M
2021
reopened
$91.9M
$105.2M
2022
settled
$99.3M
$106.9M
2023
settled
$90.4M
$105.7M
2024
settled
$85.6M
$102.7M
2025
as submitted
$70.9M
$75.4M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Kansas with 50 to 99 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Mercy Health64$70,933,168$75,444,939−6.4%
Adventhealth South Overland Park, Overland Park51$97,798,540$98,799,207−1.0%
Kansas Medical Center, Andover58$68,066,841$73,404,947−7.8%
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Manhattan84$101,480,384$103,147,599−1.6%
NMC Health, Newton76$105,052,120$112,215,546−6.8%
Southwest Medical Center, Liberal67$75,417,065$84,299,870−11.8%

Patients and payers

Discharges
3,129
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
5,790
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
19.2
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
29.9%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
32.2%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
19.9%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • MERCY HEALTH100%
  • MERCY HEALTH SOUTHWEST MISSOURI KANSAS COMMUNITIES100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: MERCY HEALTH SW, home office.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas (AR), Mercy Hospital Fort Smith (AR), Mercy Hospital Paris (AR), Mercy Hospital Ozark (AR), Mercy Hospital Waldron (AR), Mercy Hospital Booneville (AR), Mercy Hospital Berryville (AR).

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

Owners of 5% or more, from CMS’s hospital ownership file (Medicare enrollment, October 1, 2026).

Community benefit, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by ASCENSION VIA CHRISTI HOSPITAL PITTSBURG INC (employer identification number 480543778) 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)$11,038,374IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$2,124,328IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$8,160,991IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$10,285,319IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$753,055IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.1056IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202411339349301131. The IRS archive it was read from.

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 170006. 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 HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, read September 16, 2026.