Medicare cost report · CMS certification number 170166
MORTON COUNTY HEALTH SYSTEM
ELKHART, Kansas · short-term acute care hospital
Figures for 1 January 2023 to 21 September 2023 — a reporting period of 263 days, not a full year, on form CMS-2552-10, as submitted.
Finances, as filed
From this hospital’s Medicare cost report for the year ended 21 September 2023 — a reporting period of 263 days, not a full year.
| Figure | As filed | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Total patient revenue | $6,583,634 | CMS-2552-10 worksheet G300000 line 100 column 100 |
| Contractual allowances | $2,400,523 | CMS-2552-10 worksheet G300000 line 200 column 100 |
| Net patient revenue | $4,183,111 | CMS-2552-10 worksheet G300000 line 300 column 100 |
| Total operating expenses | $6,894,285 | CMS-2552-10 worksheet G300000 line 400 column 100 |
| Income from service to patients | −$2,711,174 | CMS-2552-10 worksheet G300000 line 500 column 100 |
| Charity care, at charges | $254 | CMS-2552-10 worksheet S100001 line 2000 column 300 |
| Charity care, at cost | $254 | CMS-2552-10 worksheet S100001 line 2300 column 300 |
| Bad debt expense | $347,305 | CMS-2552-10 worksheet S100001 line 2600 column 100 |
| Bad debt other than Medicare, at cost | $359,732 | CMS-2552-10 worksheet S100001 line 2900 column 100 |
| Uncompensated care, at cost | $359,986 | CMS-2552-10 worksheet S100001 line 3000 column 100 |
| Total facility beds | 26 | CMS-2552-10 worksheet S300001 line 1400 column 200 |
| Cost-to-charge ratio | 1.0501 | CMS-2552-10 worksheet S100001 line 100 column 100 |
Cost report filed under CMS certification number 170166 for 1 January 2023 to 21 September 2023, as submitted. The public file it was read from.
Where this hospital sits among its peers
A position, not a score: the hospitals are counted, not ranked. Each line names the hospitals the position was taken over.
- 38thpercentile of 72 hospitals in KS, same facility class, 25 to 49 bedsNet patient revenue
Net patient revenue across every hospital filing for 2023, with this one marked.
Middle half between $23,320,575 and $237,314,346, midpoint $62,119,169, across 5,791 hospitals.
- 44thpercentile of 73 hospitals in KS, same facility class, 25 to 49 bedsTotal operating expenses
Total operating expenses across every hospital filing for 2023, with this one marked.
Middle half between $24,862,073 and $234,035,190, midpoint $64,747,492, across 5,937 hospitals.
- 5thpercentile of 20 hospitals in KS, same facility class, 25 to 49 bedsCharity care, at cost
- 10thpercentile of 20 hospitals in KS, same facility class, 25 to 49 bedsUncompensated care, at cost
- 15thpercentile of 73 hospitals in KS, same facility class, 25 to 49 bedsTotal facility beds
Total facility beds across every hospital filing for 2023, with this one marked.
Middle half between 25 and 169, midpoint 63, across 5,916 hospitals.
- 100thpercentile of 21 hospitals in KS, same facility class, 25 to 49 bedsCost-to-charge ratio
Cost-to-charge ratio across every hospital filing for 2023, with this one marked.
Middle half between 0.1929 and 0.4722, midpoint 0.2823, across 4,558 hospitals.
Every cost report on file
One row per filing, oldest first until you say otherwise. Every column orders both ways. Reporting periods differ between filings and the length of each is shown, because revenue over three months set beside revenue over twelve is a wrong number that looks right.
| Fiscal year ↑↓ | Period ended ↑↓ | Days ↑↓ | Form ↑↓ | Status ↑↓ | Beds ↑↓ | Net patient revenue ↑↓ | Total operating expenses ↑↓ | Income from service to patients ↑↓ | Charity care, at cost ↑↓ | Uncompensated care, at cost ↑↓ | Bad debt expense ↑↓ | Cost-to-charge ratio ↑↓ | Stamped by CMS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1996-12-31 | 365 | CMS-2552-96 | reopened | 38 | $9,855,329 | $9,834,491 | $20,838 | 2000-04-13 | ||||
| 1997 | 1997-12-31 | 364 | CMS-2552-96 | reopened | 38 | $10,321,198 | $11,315,678 | −$994,480 | 2005-02-25 | ||||
| 1998 | 1998-12-31 | 364 | CMS-2552-96 | reopened | 38 | $10,411,667 | $11,732,760 | −$1,321,093 | 2005-02-25 | ||||
| 1999 | 1999-12-31 | 364 | CMS-2552-96 | reopened | 38 | $10,594,411 | $12,320,059 | −$1,725,648 | 2005-02-25 | ||||
| 2000 | 2000-12-31 | 365 | CMS-2552-96 | settled | 30 | $11,306,561 | $11,933,679 | −$627,118 | 2005-02-25 | ||||
| 2001 | 2001-12-31 | 364 | CMS-2552-96 | reopened | 30 | $11,676,293 | $11,061,406 | $614,887 | 2005-02-16 | ||||
| 2002 | 2002-12-31 | 364 | CMS-2552-96 | settled | 30 | $10,659,002 | $11,677,317 | −$1,018,315 | 2006-01-30 | ||||
| 2003 | 2003-12-31 | 364 | CMS-2552-96 | settled | 30 | $11,099,842 | $12,286,954 | −$1,187,112 | 2006-02-01 | ||||
| 2004 | 2004-12-31 | 365 | CMS-2552-96 | settled | 30 | $11,800,009 | $12,938,963 | −$1,138,954 | 2006-02-07 | ||||
| 2005 | 2005-12-31 | 364 | CMS-2552-96 | settled | 30 | $13,190,339 | $14,298,099 | −$1,107,760 | 2007-02-06 | ||||
| 2006 | 2006-12-31 | 364 | CMS-2552-96 | settled | 30 | $13,930,749 | $15,132,289 | −$1,201,540 | 2009-05-19 | ||||
| 2007 | 2007-12-31 | 364 | CMS-2552-96 | reopened | 30 | $14,218,057 | $15,126,600 | −$908,543 | 2012-09-26 | ||||
| 2008 | 2008-12-31 | 365 | CMS-2552-96 | settled | 30 | $15,331,876 | $16,283,657 | −$951,781 | 2010-06-02 | ||||
| 2009 | 2009-12-31 | 364 | CMS-2552-96 | settled | 30 | $15,455,705 | $17,604,240 | −$2,148,535 | 2012-02-06 | ||||
| 2010 | 2010-12-31 | 364 | CMS-2552-96 | reopened | 30 | $14,742,671 | $16,869,191 | −$2,126,520 | 2024-05-09 | ||||
| 2011 | 2011-12-31 | 364 | CMS-2552-10 | reopened | 30 | $13,827,808 | $13,145,402 | $682,406 | $589,536 | $826,846 | 0.7545 | 2024-04-12 | |
| 2012 | 2012-12-31 | 365 | CMS-2552-10 | reopened | 30 | $12,891,525 | $12,287,436 | $604,089 | $662 | $537,559 | $636,443 | 0.8790 | 2016-07-29 |
| 2013 | 2013-12-31 | 364 | CMS-2552-10 | reopened | 30 | $11,997,340 | $12,768,424 | −$771,084 | $450,619 | $609,130 | 0.7694 | 2024-04-24 | |
| 2014 | 2014-12-31 | 364 | CMS-2552-10 | reopened | 30 | $10,027,555 | $9,773,022 | $254,533 | $153,106 | $201,198 | 0.7993 | 2018-01-30 | |
| 2015 | 2015-12-31 | 364 | CMS-2552-10 | settled | 30 | $7,585,655 | $9,063,943 | −$1,478,288 | $1,366 | $39,053 | $79,503 | 0.8170 | 2018-05-30 |
| 2016 | 2016-12-31 | 365 | CMS-2552-10 | settled | 26 | $5,127,788 | $8,601,433 | −$3,473,645 | $2,927 | $69,860 | $105,924 | 0.8569 | 2019-04-29 |
| 2017 | 2017-12-31 | 364 | CMS-2552-10 | settled | 26 | $4,300,873 | $7,424,277 | −$3,123,404 | $36,999 | $330,589 | $393,514 | 0.7739 | 2021-02-01 |
| 2018 | 2018-12-31 | 364 | CMS-2552-10 | settled with audit | 26 | $5,766,556 | $8,710,098 | −$2,943,542 | $837 | $319,712 | $383,825 | 0.8827 | 2021-02-04 |
| 2019 | 2019-12-31 | 364 | CMS-2552-10 | settled | 26 | $6,284,240 | $8,317,375 | −$2,033,135 | $26,004 | $213,764 | $251,491 | 0.8052 | 2023-06-29 |
| 2020 | 2020-12-31 | 365 | CMS-2552-10 | settled | 26 | $6,764,172 | $9,256,974 | −$2,492,802 | $2,622 | $400,613 | $488,316 | 0.8371 | 2024-03-26 |
| 2021 | 2021-12-31 | 364 | CMS-2552-10 | reopened | 26 | $5,964,890 | $8,162,331 | −$2,197,441 | $75,384 | $350,286 | $334,021 | 0.8606 | 2025-06-11 |
| 2022 | 2022-12-31 | 364 | CMS-2552-10 | settled | 26 | $4,347,705 | $8,558,796 | −$4,211,091 | $452 | $906,109 | $902,439 | 1.0315 | 2025-12-25 |
| 2023 | 2023-09-21 | 263 | CMS-2552-10 | as submitted | 26 | $4,183,111 | $6,894,285 | −$2,711,174 | $254 | $359,986 | $347,305 | 1.0501 | 2024-03-18 |
Get an email when this record changes
One email a day naming what moved on MORTON COUNTY HEALTH SYSTEM: the field, the value before, the value after, and the date of the file that first showed it.
The filing alert follows cost reports: one named person, one hospital, invoiced once a year. The certification number arrives filled in because you are on this hospital's own record.
On 25 December 2025, a cost report was filed for fiscal year 2022. That is one line of the filing alert.
Take these figures as a spreadsheet The full report for this hospital
Every figure on this page is printed as it appears in this hospital’s Medicare cost report, filed under CMS certification number 170166 on form CMS-2552-10, publication year 2023, file HOSP10FY2023.ZIP.
The full report for MORTON COUNTY HEALTH SYSTEM
Every figure on this page as a document you can keep, file or send on: the finances as filed with the worksheet, line and column each one came from, five hospitals of a similar size in the same state, the contract-pharmacy network year by year, and what changed on the record.