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Critical access hospital · Concordia, Kansas · 15 beds · CMS certification number 171349

North Central Kansas Medical Center

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS February 24, 2026. 23 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$26.3M
$26,330,175 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$30.4M
$30,403,240 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$4.1M
−$4,073,065 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−15.5%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $9.1M in its first year on file (2003) to $26.3M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$4.7M (2023), −$4.8M (2024), −$4.1M (2025).
  • All 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.

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

23 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
2003
reopened
$9.1M
$9.5M
2004
settled
$10.3M
$10.7M
2005
settled
$10.8M
$11.1M
2006
settled with audit
$10.9M
$11.4M
2007
settled
$10.8M
$11.3M
2008
settled
$11.7M
$11.6M
2009
settled
$12.0M
$12.2M
2010
settled
$12.9M
$13.3M
2011
settled
$13.1M
$13.4M
2012
settled
$13.4M
$13.7M
2013
settled
$14.2M
$15.2M
2014
settled
$13.8M
$15.8M
2015
settled
$13.4M
$15.7M
2016
settled
$11.2M
$16.1M
2017
settled
$12.0M
$16.6M
2018
settled
$13.3M
$15.9M
2019
settled
$15.3M
$18.8M
2020
settled
$15.2M
$18.7M
2021
settled
$17.2M
$20.6M
2022
settled
$19.6M
$20.7M
2023
settled with audit
$22.5M
$27.2M
2024
as submitted
$22.8M
$27.6M
2025
as submitted
$26.3M
$30.4M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
North Central Kansas Medical Center15$26,330,175$30,403,240−15.5%
Caldwell Regional Medical Center, Caldwell16$6,145,612$13,217,541−115.1%
Graham County Hospital, Hill City15$10,275,267$12,950,004−26.0%
Cheyenne County Hospital, St. Francis16$15,252,642$22,617,561−48.3%
Rawlins County Health Center, Atwood15$8,386,448$12,062,142−43.8%
Sedan City Hospital, Sedan15$4,978,982$5,582,751−12.1%

Patients and payers

Discharges
193
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
1,853
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
5.1
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
33.8%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
74.2%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Related organizations on its own cost report: CLOUD COUNTY (100%), home office.

Type of control on its cost report: voluntary nonprofit, other.

Community benefit, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by Cloud County Health Center Inc (employer identification number 480545923) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

FigureAs filedWhere it comes from
Total community benefit expense (line 7k)$5,282,355IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$280,000IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$1,466,726IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$1,746,726IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$3,535,629IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.2146IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202442279349303264. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by Cloud County Health Center Inc (employer identification number 480545923) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
Amber KnoettgenDirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
Amy LangeTreasurerTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
Brandon FraleyAdvanced Practice ProviderHighest-compensated employee$158,148$0$10,294
Charles LambertzSecretaryTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
Daniel GarlowPhysicianHighest-compensated employee$284,012$0$31,949
Darrel HosieDirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
Darrell GallegosDirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
David GarnasAdminstrator/CEOOfficer$0$0$0
Dorothy BreaultPhysicianHighest-compensated employee$268,487$0$39,462
Joanne BalthazorDirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
Justin PooreChief of Staff/PhysicianTrustee/director$0$0$0
Kent OtottDirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
Kurt KocherVice ChairpersonTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
Philip GillilandChairpersonTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
Quentin BreeseDirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
Ronald HarringtonCFOOfficer$0$0$0
Shawna HuggansAdvanced Practice ProviderHighest-compensated employee$185,007$0$32,666
Sister Jean RosemarynoskiDirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
Tiffany NaccaratoAdvanced Practice ProviderHighest-compensated employee$179,692$0$8,985

E-file object id 202442279349303264. 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 171349. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, read February 24, 2026.