Critical access hospital · Wamego, Kansas · 18 beds · CMS certification number 171337
Wamego Health Center
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS March 4, 2026. 24 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.
Fiscal 2025 at a glance
What stands out
- Net patient revenue rose from $3.3M in its first year on file (2002) to $20.8M in 2025.
- Its result from patient care: $1.6M (2023), $1.5M (2024), $2.4M (2025).
- None of the 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file reports a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
- ASCENSION VIA CHRISTI HOSPITAL MANHATTAN INC holds 51% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.
Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.
24 years of filings
Net patient revenue against operating expenses, each year as filed.
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Beside its peers
Critical access hospitals in Kansas with under 25 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.
| Hospital | Beds | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wamego Health Center | 18 | $20,820,039 | $18,405,065 | 11.6% |
| Ellsworth County Medical Center, Ellsworth | 19 | $20,267,795 | $24,651,103 | −21.6% |
| Kearny County Hospital, Lakin | 21 | $26,499,227 | $27,763,305 | −4.8% |
| Meade District Hospital, Meade | 20 | $12,050,235 | $13,836,012 | −14.8% |
| Nemaha Valley Community Hospital, Seneca | 18 | $25,496,695 | $28,239,130 | −10.8% |
| Sheridan County Hospital, Hoxie | 18 | $13,716,588 | $18,406,736 | −34.2% |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 133S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 2,256S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 6.2days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 34.3%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 74.1%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Who owns it
- ASCENSION VIA CHRISTI HOSPITAL MANHATTAN INC51%
Related organizations on its own cost report: MERCY REGIONAL, hospital; VIA CHRISTI, management; WCH, city.
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 Wamego Hospital Association (employer identification number 721526400) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.
| Figure | As filed | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Total community benefit expense (line 7k) | $307,052 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance at cost (line 7a) | $189,215 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Medicaid (line 7b) | $0 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d) | $189,215 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Other benefits (line 7j) | $117,837 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f) | 0.0216 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct> |
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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 171337. 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 March 4, 2026.