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Short-term acute care hospital · Fergus Falls, Minnesota · 80 beds · CMS certification number 240052

Lake Region Healthcare

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS March 16, 2026. 29 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$164.4M
$164,381,894 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$177.9M
$177,885,467 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$13.5M
−$13,503,573 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−8.2%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $30.4M in its first year on file (1997) to $164.4M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$22.4M (2023), −$14.3M (2024), −$13.5M (2025).
  • 3 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 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 7.1% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 30.0%.

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
$30.4M
$29.4M
1998
settled
$30.0M
$29.2M
1999
settled
$32.0M
$30.3M
2000
settled
$32.8M
$32.3M
2001
settled
$36.1M
$34.7M
2002
settled
$38.7M
$37.5M
2003
reopened
$41.9M
$40.7M
2004
reopened
$45.5M
$43.6M
2005
reopened
$50.4M
$46.5M
2006
reopened
$51.5M
$48.5M
2007
settled
$53.3M
$50.0M
2008
reopened
$52.7M
$52.4M
2009
reopened
$57.9M
$56.8M
2010
reopened
$75.7M
$76.7M
2011
reopened
$99.9M
$100.3M
2012
reopened
$93.2M
$103.6M
2013
reopened
$92.9M
$103.7M
2014
settled
$109.6M
$110.3M
2015
settled
$114.2M
$116.7M
2016
settled
$115.1M
$119.8M
2017
settled
$117.0M
$125.0M
2018
settled
$121.3M
$128.5M
2019
reopened
$123.2M
$134.5M
2020
reopened
$120.1M
$131.7M
2021
settled
$135.7M
$143.6M
2022
settled
$134.1M
$149.4M
2023
settled
$139.6M
$161.9M
2024
as submitted
$155.3M
$169.6M
2025
as submitted
$164.4M
$177.9M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Minnesota with 50 to 99 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Lake Region Healthcare80$164,381,894$177,885,467−8.2%
Centracare - Rice Memorial Hospital, Willmar81$149,123,106$144,659,0253.0%
Healtheast Woodwinds Hospital, Woodbury86$232,087,237$220,745,9764.9%
Lakeview Hospital, Stillwater68$167,901,974$168,367,068−0.3%
University Medical Center/ Mesaba Clinics, Hibbing73$147,938,676$158,918,621−7.4%
St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Shakopee89$241,442,180$247,202,407−2.4%

Patients and payers

Discharges
1,170
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
3,978
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
10.9
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
13.6%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
30.0%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
7.1%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Related organizations on its own cost report: W CENTRAL LINEN, laundry; PRAIRIE RIDGE, hospital; LAKE REGION, home office.

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

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 240052. 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 March 16, 2026.