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Critical access hospital · Moose Lake, Minnesota · 25 beds · CMS certification number 241350

Essentia Health Moose Lake

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS November 26, 2025. 22 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$46.2M
$46,166,526 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$43.7M
$43,729,676 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$2.4M
$2,436,850 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
5.3%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $16.8M in its first year on file (2004) to $46.2M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$1.9M (2023), $787K (2024), $2.4M (2025).
  • 1 of the 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file also reports a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 1.3% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 49.3%.
  • ESSENTIA HEALTH holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

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

22 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
2004
reopened
$16.8M
$17.6M
2005
settled with audit
$23.7M
$25.5M
2006
reopened
$26.9M
$27.5M
2007
settled with audit
$30.7M
$32.9M
2008
settled with audit
$33.1M
$33.1M
2009
settled
$34.0M
$33.3M
2010
settled
$31.8M
$32.2M
2011
settled
$28.1M
$28.4M
2012
settled
$28.6M
$29.1M
2013
settled with audit
$27.4M
$30.0M
2014
settled
$28.6M
$31.2M
2015
settled
$30.3M
$32.4M
2016
settled
$33.7M
$35.1M
2017
settled
$34.3M
$35.6M
2018
settled
$35.9M
$36.9M
2019
settled
$35.9M
$39.2M
2020
settled
$27.7M
$31.8M
2021
settled
$29.7M
$31.7M
2022
settled
$34.5M
$40.0M
2023
as submitted
$38.1M
$40.0M
2024
as submitted
$41.6M
$40.8M
2025
as submitted
$46.2M
$43.7M

Beside its peers

Critical access hospitals in Minnesota with 25 to 49 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Essentia Health Moose Lake25$46,166,526$43,729,6765.3%
CCM Health, Montevideo25$72,369,462$75,837,744−4.8%
Lakewood Health System, Staples25$153,924,280$170,270,412−10.6%
Madelia Health, Madelia25$23,038,187$24,835,605−7.8%
Riverwood Health Care Center, Aitkin25$99,605,141$120,986,513−21.5%
Sanford Bagley Medical Center, Bagley25$15,624,155$14,799,7675.3%

Patients and payers

Discharges
521
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
3,145
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
8.6
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
34.5%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
49.3%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
1.3%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • ESSENTIA HEALTH100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: CMDI (0%), radiology; CMDI (0%), radiology; CMDI (0%), radiology; SISU SOLUTIONS (0%), data processing; SISU SYSTEMS (0%), data processing.

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 Northern Pines (MN), Essentia Health Deer River (MN).

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).

Community benefit, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by ESSENTIA HEALTH MOOSE LAKE (employer identification number 845099016) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

FigureAs filedWhere it comes from
Total community benefit expense (line 7k)$2,962,034IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$2,933,074IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$2,933,074IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$28,960IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.074IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202401279349302890. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by ESSENTIA HEALTH MOOSE LAKE (employer identification number 845099016) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
BRADLEY BEARDBOARD VICE CHAIRTrustee/director, Officer$0$932,410$137,485
ERIN LAVEAU-ALLENCRNAHighest-compensated employee$214,756$76,368$39,075
JAMES MACH JRCRNAHighest-compensated employee$373,147$0$49,111
JON PRYOR MDBOARD PRESIDENT THRU 1/23Trustee/director, Officer$0$1,131,335$37,830
JOSHUA SENGERFINANCE DIRECTOROfficer$0$192,308$1,703
KEVIN BORENBOARD TREASURERTrustee/director, Officer$0$528,452$89,011
KRISTA SKORUPA MDINTERIM BOARD PRESIDENTTrustee/director, Officer$0$533,408$69,831
MATTHEW BRABECCRNAHighest-compensated employee$204,880$78,980$14,469
MICHAEL LARSONSENIOR VP, OPERATIONS THRU 6/23Key employee$0$471,133$76,360
MICHAEL YOUSOFORMER ADMINISTRATORFormer$149,989$0$14,016
ROBERT JOHNSONPHARMACY SITE SUPERVISORHighest-compensated employee$157,568$0$20,818
SHANNON SNYDERREGIONAL NURSING DIRECTORHighest-compensated employee$142,388$0$31,717
THOMAS WITT MDADMINISTRATOR THRU 6/23Officer$680,647$0$79,815
WILLIAM HEEGAARD MDBOARD PRESIDENTTrustee/director, Officer$0$902,097$138,409

E-file object id 202401279349302890. The IRS archive it was read from.

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 241350. 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 November 26, 2025.