Critical access hospital · Wadena, Minnesota · 18 beds · CMS certification number 241354
Astera Health
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS May 28, 2026. 22 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 $10.9M in its first year on file (2004) to $94.5M in 2025.
- Its result from patient care: −$11.0M (2023), −$7.7M (2024), −$8.3M (2025).
- 2 of the 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
- Medicaid paid for 1.6% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 27.3%.
Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.
22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astera Health | 18 | $94,537,121 | $102,838,666 | −8.8% |
| Glacial Ridge Hospital, Glenwood | 19 | $58,856,825 | $62,567,040 | −6.3% |
| Bigfork Valley Hospital, Bigfork | 20 | $24,953,935 | $31,303,544 | −25.4% |
| Sanford Tracy Medical Center, Tracy | 18 | $14,188,371 | $13,537,521 | 4.6% |
| Ridgeview Sibley Medical Center, Arlington | 20 | $23,006,989 | $19,602,952 | 14.8% |
| Windom Area Health, Windom | 18 | $32,755,631 | $32,095,072 | 2.0% |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 759S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 2,815S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 7.7days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 42.9%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 27.3%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
- Medicaid share of days
- 1.6%S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8
Who owns it
Related organizations on its own cost report: CMDI (3%), joint venture; CANCER CENTER (51%), joint venture.
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 241354. 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 May 28, 2026.