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Short-term acute care hospital · Columbia, Louisiana · 40 beds · CMS certification number 190184

Citizens Medical Center

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, as submitted, stamped by CMS September 9, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2026 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$16.4M
$16,433,482 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$22.2M
$22,215,982 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$5.8M
−$5,782,500 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−35.2%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $5.6M in its first year on file (1997) to $16.4M in 2026.
  • Its result from patient care: −$7.7M (2024), −$6.3M (2025), −$5.8M (2026).
  • 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 2026.
  • STEVEN BARBO holds 0% 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
1997
settled
$5.6M
$6.0M
1998
as submitted
$6.8M
$6.5M
1999
settled
$5.4M
$6.7M
2000
as submitted
$7.5M
$7.8M
2001
reopened
$5.6M
$7.6M
2002
reopened
$4.1M
$6.9M
2003
reopened
$4.1M
$7.0M
2004
reopened
$5.1M
$7.2M
2005
settled
$6.5M
$7.3M
2006
settled
$6.6M
$7.1M
2007
reopened
$6.6M
$7.2M
2008
reopened
$6.4M
$7.7M
2009
reopened
$9.0M
$9.5M
2010
reopened
$9.1M
$10.1M
2011
reopened
$7.4M
$10.7M
2012
reopened
$7.6M
$10.9M
2013
reopened
$6.3M
$11.0M
2014
reopened
$6.0M
$11.9M
2015
settled
$7.1M
$12.6M
2016
settled
$8.0M
$12.8M
2017
settled
$8.2M
$13.6M
2018
settled
$9.4M
$13.3M
2019
settled
$10.3M
$14.1M
2020
settled
$9.7M
$15.6M
2021
settled
$9.5M
$15.2M
2022
settled
$12.2M
$16.8M
2023
settled
$12.5M
$18.7M
2024
settled
$11.8M
$19.5M
2025
as submitted
$16.3M
$22.6M
2026
as submitted
$16.4M
$22.2M

Beside its peers

Hospitals of the same type (short-term acute care hospital), nearest in size, from Louisiana first; each on fiscal year 2026.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Citizens Medical Center40$16,433,482$22,215,982−35.2%
Alexandria Hospital, Alexandria10$20,661,626$19,306,1986.6%
Oakdale Community Hospital, Oakdale37$24,544,011$27,103,638−10.4%
Sabine Medical Center, Many48$27,473,141$28,424,963−3.5%
Terrebonne General Health System, Houma151$272,259,967$285,453,871−4.9%
Winn Parish Medical Center, Winnfield45$19,407,645$21,178,678−9.1%

Patients and payers

Discharges
383
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
1,427
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
3.9
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
9.8%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
48.6%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • STEVEN BARBO0%

Type of control on its cost report: governmental, hospital district.

Owners of 5% or more, from CMS’s hospital ownership file (Medicare enrollment, October 1, 2026).

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 190184. 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 September 9, 2026.