Critical access hospital · Wheaton, Minnesota · 15 beds · CMS certification number 241304
Sanford Wheaton Medical Center
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS May 18, 2026. 26 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 $1.8M in its first year on file (2000) to $11.5M in 2025.
- Its result from patient care: −$137K (2023), $634K (2024), −$4K (2025).
- 4 of the 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
- SANFORD holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.
Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.
26 years of filings
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Beside its peers
Critical access hospitals in Minnesota with under 25 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.
| Hospital | Beds | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Wheaton Medical Center | 15 | $11,511,345 | $11,515,043 | −0.0% |
| North Shore Health, Grand Marais | 16 | $25,050,131 | $26,723,168 | −6.7% |
| Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital, Ely | 16 | $26,993,858 | $32,093,073 | −18.9% |
| Essentia Health Holy Trinity Hospital, Graceville | 15 | $12,506,747 | $12,838,504 | −2.6% |
| Lakewood Health Center, Baudette | 15 | $20,770,829 | $23,699,394 | −14.1% |
| Olivia Hospital & Clinic, Olivia | 16 | $71,690,189 | $34,107,641 | 52.4% |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 71S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 673S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 1.8days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 12.3%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 47.3%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Who owns it
- SANFORD100%
- SANFORD NORTH100%
Related organizations on its own cost report: CMDI (100%); SANFORD, home office.
Other hospitals with the same owner: Sanford Sheldon Medical Center (IA), Sanford Worthington Medical Center (MN), Sanford Bemidji Medical Center (MN), Sanford Westbrook Medical Center (MN), Sanford Tracy Medical Center (MN), Sanford Jackson Medical Center (MN), Sanford Bagley Medical Center (MN), Sanford Canby Medical Center (MN).
Type of control on its cost report: voluntary nonprofit, other.
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 241304. 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 May 18, 2026.