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Critical access hospital · Lakin, Kansas · 21 beds · CMS certification number 171313

Kearny County Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, amended, stamped by CMS August 31, 2026. 29 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$26.5M
$26,499,227 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$27.8M
$27,763,305 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$1.3M
−$1,264,078 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−4.8%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $674K in its first year on file (1997) to $26.5M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$3.3M (2023), −$2.9M (2024), −$1.3M (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 5.1% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 51.0%.

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

29 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1997
settled
$674K
$840K
1998
settled with audit
$2.3M
$3.2M
1999
settled
$3.0M
$4.0M
2000
settled
$4.7M
$6.0M
2001
reopened
$4.7M
$6.9M
2002
settled
$5.0M
$7.1M
2003
settled
$6.1M
$7.5M
2004
settled
$6.2M
$8.3M
2005
settled
$7.0M
$8.9M
2006
settled
$7.5M
$9.4M
2007
settled
$9.0M
$10.8M
2008
reopened
$11.2M
$13.4M
2009
reopened
$11.6M
$13.8M
2010
settled
$12.5M
$15.2M
2011
settled
$13.3M
$15.7M
2012
settled
$14.4M
$17.6M
2013
settled
$15.8M
$18.6M
2014
settled
$16.8M
$20.3M
2015
settled
$17.3M
$21.3M
2016
settled
$19.2M
$22.6M
2017
reopened
$19.9M
$24.1M
2018
settled
$22.1M
$26.3M
2019
settled
$21.4M
$26.5M
2020
settled
$20.9M
$26.6M
2021
settled
$24.3M
$30.7M
2022
settled
$24.9M
$28.9M
2023
settled
$24.4M
$27.7M
2024
settled
$25.5M
$28.4M
2025
amended
$26.5M
$27.8M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Kearny County Hospital21$26,499,227$27,763,305−4.8%
Gove County Medical Center, Quinter21$16,364,514$22,013,979−34.5%
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital, Medicine Lodge22$11,260,603$14,908,024−32.4%
Morris County Hospital, Council Grove21$19,070,610$21,873,325−14.7%
Rooks County Health Center, Plainville22$20,874,133$24,967,367−19.6%
Satanta District Hospital, Satanta23$14,904,420$17,622,782−18.2%

Patients and payers

Discharges
507
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
3,185
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
8.8
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
41.5%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
51.0%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
5.1%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Related organizations on its own cost report: KEARNY COUNTY, government.

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

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 171313. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, read August 31, 2026.