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Critical access hospital · St. Francis, Kansas · 16 beds · CMS certification number 171310

Cheyenne County Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS May 12, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$15.3M
$15,252,642 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$22.6M
$22,617,561 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$7.4M
−$7,364,919 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−48.3%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $992K in its first year on file (1996) to $15.3M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$6.8M (2023), −$6.8M (2024), −$7.4M (2025).
  • All 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 2.1% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 80.7%.
  • GREAT PLAINS HEALTH ALLIANCE INC 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
settled
$992K
$1.1M
1997
settled
$2.2M
$2.8M
1998
settled
$2.0M
$2.5M
1999
settled
$5.2M
$3.1M
2000
settled
$5.8M
$3.5M
2001
settled
$3.0M
$3.7M
2002
settled
$2.8M
$3.5M
2003
settled
$3.4M
$3.7M
2004
settled with audit
$3.6M
$4.4M
2005
settled
$4.1M
$4.8M
2006
settled
$4.9M
$5.3M
2007
settled
$4.9M
$5.9M
2008
settled
$5.3M
$6.4M
2009
settled
$5.9M
$7.1M
2010
reopened
$6.0M
$7.4M
2011
settled
$6.8M
$8.0M
2012
reopened
$7.1M
$8.4M
2013
settled
$7.1M
$8.8M
2014
settled
$7.5M
$8.9M
2015
reopened
$7.6M
$9.7M
2016
settled
$7.6M
$10.6M
2017
settled
$8.3M
$11.0M
2018
settled
$8.7M
$11.7M
2019
settled
$10.3M
$12.5M
2020
settled
$10.0M
$14.2M
2021
settled
$11.6M
$15.7M
2022
settled
$12.1M
$17.6M
2023
settled
$13.4M
$20.1M
2024
settled
$15.6M
$22.4M
2025
as submitted
$15.3M
$22.6M

Beside its peers

Critical access hospitals in Kansas with under 25 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Cheyenne County Hospital16$15,252,642$22,617,561−48.3%
Caldwell Regional Medical Center, Caldwell16$6,145,612$13,217,541−115.1%
Ellinwood District Hospital, Ellinwood17$13,052,586$16,952,066−29.9%
Sabetha Community Hospital, Sabetha16$19,869,791$23,651,685−19.0%
Nemaha Valley Community Hospital, Seneca18$25,496,695$28,239,130−10.8%
Stevens County Hospital, Hugoton17$22,272,288$23,643,238−6.2%

Patients and payers

Discharges
167
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
953
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
2.6
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
16.3%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
80.7%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
2.1%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • GREAT PLAINS HEALTH ALLIANCE INC100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: GREAT PLAINS HEALTH ALL., hospital mgmt.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Grisell Memorial Hospital District 1 (KS), Ellinwood District Hospital (KS), Ottawa County Health Center (KS), Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital (KS), Sabetha Community Hospital (KS), Republic County Hospital (KS), Smith County Memorial Hospital (KS).

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

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 GREAT PLAINS OF CHEYENNE COUNTY INC (employer identification number 481226831) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

FigureAs filedWhere it comes from
Total community benefit expense (line 7k)$726,399IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$159,197IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$315,024IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$474,221IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$252,178IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.0361IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202433209349303588. 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 171310. 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 HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, read May 12, 2026.