Critical access hospital · Aurora, Minnesota · 16 beds · CMS certification number 241340
Essentia Health Northern Pines
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS December 4, 2025. 23 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 $6.6M in its first year on file (2003) to $24.7M in 2025.
- Its result from patient care: $2.2M (2023), $1.8M (2024), $1.8M (2025).
- 2 of the 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
- Medicaid paid for 0.1% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 57.6%.
- ESSENTIA HEALTH holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.
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.
settled
settled
settled
settled
settled
settled
settled
settled
settled
reopened
settled
settled
settled
settled
settled
settled
settled
settled
settled
settled
settled
settled
as submitted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essentia Health Northern Pines | 16 | $24,727,358 | $22,943,719 | 7.2% |
| 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% |
| Johnson Memorial Hospital, Dawson | 17 | $26,015,970 | $29,566,189 | −13.7% |
| Olivia Hospital & Clinic, Olivia | 16 | $71,690,189 | $34,107,641 | 52.4% |
| Sanford Tracy Medical Center, Tracy | 18 | $14,188,371 | $13,537,521 | 4.6% |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 257S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 2,314S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 6.4days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 39.6%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 57.6%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
- Medicaid share of days
- 0.1%S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8
Who owns it
- ESSENTIA HEALTH100%
Related organizations on its own cost report: CMDI (1%), radiology services; ESSENTIA (100%), a&g.
Other hospitals with the same owner: Essentia Health St. Marys Medical Center (MN), Essentia Health Duluth (MN), Essentia Health - St. Josephs Medical Center (MN), Essentia Health Virginia (MN), Essentia Health St. Mary's Detroit Lakes (MN), St. Francis Regional Medical Center (MN), Essentia Health Sandstone (MN), Essentia Health Ada (MN), Essentia Health Holy Trinity Hospital (MN), Essentia Health Moose Lake (MN), Essentia Health Deer River (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).
Community benefit, as filed
From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by NORTHERN PINES MEDICAL CENTER (employer identification number 410841441) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.
| Figure | As filed | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Total community benefit expense (line 7k) | $126,186 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance at cost (line 7a) | $110,397 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Medicaid (line 7b) | $0 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d) | $110,397 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Other benefits (line 7j) | $15,789 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f) | 0.0061 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct> |
E-file object id 202441279349303419. The IRS archive it was read from.
Executive and director compensation, as filed
From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by NORTHERN PINES MEDICAL CENTER (employer identification number 410841441) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.
| Name | Title | Role | Reportable comp, from this organization | Reportable comp, from related organizations | Other compensation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JASON LENZ | NURSE PRACTITIONER | Highest-compensated employee | $173,467 | $0 | $45,594 |
| JESSICA LINSTEN | NURSE PRACTITIONER | Highest-compensated employee | $186,750 | $0 | $12,950 |
| JOSHUA SENGER | FINANCE DIRECTOR | Officer | $0 | $192,308 | $1,703 |
| KEITH SHATAVA | BOARD SECRETARY | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| KRISTA SKORUPA MD | BOARD DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $533,408 | $69,831 |
| LAURA ACKMAN | ADMINISTRATOR | Officer | $213,949 | $0 | $13,329 |
| MICHELLE OMAN MD | BOARD DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $315,946 | $63,377 |
| PETER MATTSON | PHARMACY SITE SUPERVISOR | Highest-compensated employee | $162,660 | $0 | $33,720 |
| RICHARD HESS | BOARD CHAIR/TREASURER | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $4,963 | $0 |
| RICHARD JACKSON | MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN | Highest-compensated employee | $154,280 | $0 | $32,544 |
| STEVE FELTMAN | FORMER SENIOR FINANCE ADVISOR | Former | $0 | $101,406 | $11,567 |
| SUSAN STARK | NURSE PRACTITIONER | Highest-compensated employee | $134,606 | $0 | $7,502 |
| TAMMY KRITZER | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS | Key employee | $0 | $468,127 | $65,835 |
| THOMAS WITT MD | FORMER PHYSICIAN LEADER | Former | $0 | $680,647 | $79,815 |
E-file object id 202441279349303419. The IRS archive it was read from.
Follow this hospital, free
We send this record now and tell you when it files again.
More critical access hospitals in Minnesota
From the publisher of Velarion Records
Velarion Intel
Independent Decision-Grade Intelligence
Compensation and corporate governance intelligence for advisors, investors and companies. Executive and board pay for public companies, benchmarked against peers.
Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 241340. 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 HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, read December 4, 2025.