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Short-term acute care hospital · Elkhart, Kansas · 26 beds · CMS certification number 170166

Morton County Health System

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended September 21, 2023, settled, stamped by CMS July 30, 2026. 28 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2023 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$4.2M
$4,183,111 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$6.9M
$6,894,285 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$2.7M
−$2,711,174 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−64.8%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue fell from $9.9M in its first year on file (1996) to $4.2M in 2023.
  • Its result from patient care: −$2.2M (2021), −$4.2M (2022), −$2.7M (2023).
  • 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 2023.
  • Medicaid paid for 1.5% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 89.0%.

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

28 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1996
reopened
$9.9M
$9.8M
1997
reopened
$10.3M
$11.3M
1998
reopened
$10.4M
$11.7M
1999
reopened
$10.6M
$12.3M
2000
settled
$11.3M
$11.9M
2001
reopened
$11.7M
$11.1M
2002
settled
$10.7M
$11.7M
2003
settled
$11.1M
$12.3M
2004
settled
$11.8M
$12.9M
2005
settled
$13.2M
$14.3M
2006
settled
$13.9M
$15.1M
2007
reopened
$14.2M
$15.1M
2008
settled
$15.3M
$16.3M
2009
settled
$15.5M
$17.6M
2010
reopened
$14.7M
$16.9M
2011
reopened
$13.8M
$13.1M
2012
reopened
$12.9M
$12.3M
2013
reopened
$12.0M
$12.8M
2014
reopened
$10.0M
$9.8M
2015
settled
$7.6M
$9.1M
2016
settled
$5.1M
$8.6M
2017
settled
$4.3M
$7.4M
2018
settled with audit
$5.8M
$8.7M
2019
settled
$6.3M
$8.3M
2020
settled
$6.8M
$9.3M
2021
reopened
$6.0M
$8.2M
2022
settled
$4.3M
$8.6M
2023
settled
$4.2M
$6.9M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Kansas with 25 to 49 beds, each on fiscal year 2023.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Morton County Health System26$4,183,111$6,894,285−64.8%
Centura Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital, Ulysses26$10,559,893$11,989,327−13.5%
Kansas Surgery and Recovery Center, Wichita30$62,783,306$50,221,95820.0%
Mercy Specialty Hospital Southeast Kansas, Galena26$39,249,271$39,430,596−0.5%
Rock Regional Hospital, Derby31$22,793,222$38,399,715−68.5%
The University of Kansas Health System Great Bend Campus, Great Bend29$53,804,798$66,060,611−22.8%

Patients and payers

Discharges
73
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
481
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
1.8
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
7.0%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
89.0%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
1.5%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Type of control on its cost report: governmental, county.

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2023.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 170166. 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 July 30, 2026.