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Critical access hospital · Starbuck, Minnesota · 19 beds · CMS certification number 241310

Western Pope County Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 1, 2005, reopened, stamped by CMS September 18, 2007. Five years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2005 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$3.5M
$3,539,596 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$5.9M
$5,890,120 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$2.4M
−$2,350,524 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−66.4%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $1.4M in its first year on file (2001) to $3.5M in 2005.
  • Its result from patient care: −$813K (2003), −$1.4M (2004), −$2.4M (2005).
  • 1 of the 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file also reports a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2005.

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

Five years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
2001
settled
$1.4M
$1.6M
2002
settled
$3.1M
$3.3M
2003
settled
$3.7M
$4.5M
2004
settled
$4.6M
$6.0M
2005
reopened
$3.5M
$5.9M

Beside its peers

Critical access hospitals in Minnesota with under 25 beds, each on fiscal year 2005.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Western Pope County Hospital19$3,539,596$5,890,120−66.4%
Hendricks Commmuity Hospital, Hendricks19$8,091,871$8,077,4920.2%
Johnson Memorial Hospital, Dawson20$9,255,801$9,059,0002.1%
Bigfork Valley Hospital, Bigfork20$10,175,506$12,553,392−23.4%
Ridgeview Sibley Medical Center, Arlington20$8,849,288$8,533,6853.6%
Mayo Clinic Health System-Waseca, Waseca19$16,516,712$15,691,8755.0%

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSPFY2004.ZIP, form CMS-2552-96, filed under CMS certification number 241310.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSPFY2004.ZIP, read September 18, 2007.