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Critical access hospital · Deer River, Minnesota · 20 beds · CMS certification number 241360

Essentia Health Deer River

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS November 25, 2025. 21 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$44.5M
$44,527,873 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$42.9M
$42,931,208 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$1.6M
$1,596,665 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
3.6%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $16.3M in its first year on file (2005) to $44.5M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $895K (2023), $4.1M (2024), $1.6M (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 0.5% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 58.0%.
  • ESSENTIA HEALTH holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

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

21 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
2005
settled
$16.3M
$16.4M
2006
settled
$16.0M
$16.1M
2007
reopened
$16.9M
$17.1M
2008
settled
$20.4M
$20.0M
2009
settled
$20.9M
$22.5M
2010
settled
$20.5M
$21.7M
2011
settled
$20.9M
$21.8M
2012
settled
$21.4M
$22.7M
2013
settled with audit
$23.4M
$24.4M
2014
settled
$12.5M
$14.7M
2015
settled
$29.1M
$29.0M
2016
settled
$30.2M
$28.0M
2017
settled
$30.9M
$30.2M
2018
settled
$33.0M
$33.3M
2019
settled
$36.0M
$34.0M
2020
settled
$34.6M
$35.8M
2021
settled
$38.9M
$36.9M
2022
settled
$41.0M
$40.3M
2023
settled with audit
$41.6M
$40.7M
2024
settled
$44.3M
$40.2M
2025
as submitted
$44.5M
$42.9M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Essentia Health Deer River20$44,527,873$42,931,2083.6%
Murray County Memorial Hospital, Slayton21$17,189,216$18,919,709−10.1%
Bigfork Valley Hospital, Bigfork20$24,953,935$31,303,544−25.4%
Riverview Health, Crookston21$64,329,882$71,420,099−11.0%
Ridgeview Sibley Medical Center, Arlington20$23,006,989$19,602,95214.8%
Avera Tyler Hospital, Tyler20$14,360,599$14,441,352−0.6%

Patients and payers

Discharges
210
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
1,440
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
4.0
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
19.7%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
58.0%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
0.5%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • ESSENTIA HEALTH100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: ESSENTIA HEALTH, home office; CMDI, radiology.

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 Moose Lake (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 DEER RIVER HEALTHCARE CENTER INC (employer identification number 410844574) 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)$1,531,433IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$204,894IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$1,259,555IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$1,464,449IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$66,984IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.0374IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202431279349303268. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by DEER RIVER HEALTHCARE CENTER INC (employer identification number 410844574) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
AMANDA REEDADMINISTRATOROfficer$115,193$0$44,768
APRIL JESPERSONBOARD DIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
ARA ANDERSONBOARD VICE CHAIRTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
BERTIL LINDQUISTCRNAHighest-compensated employee$193,842$0$43,135
DAVID DELAWYERBOARD DIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
JOSHUA SENGERFINANCE DIRECTOROfficer$0$192,308$1,703
KEVIN BARSNESSCRNAHighest-compensated employee$241,928$0$25,186
KRISTA SKORUPA MDBOARD DIRECTORTrustee/director$0$533,408$69,831
KRISTINE MOSHERNURSE PRACTITIONERHighest-compensated employee$165,541$0$24,250
LORI SUTHERLANDCRNA SUPERVISORHighest-compensated employee$250,550$0$13,546
LYNETTE HOWBOARD SECRETARY/TREASURERTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
MICHAEL LARSONINTERIM ADMINISTRATOR THRU 8/22Officer$0$471,133$76,360
NEAL WALKERBOARD CHAIRTrustee/director, Officer$0$650$0
PAM THOMPSONBOARD DIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
STEPHANIE ALEXANDERNURSE PRACTITIONERHighest-compensated employee$211,280$0$11,428
STEVE FELTMANFORMER SENIOR FINANCE ADVISORFormer$0$101,406$11,567
TAMMY KRITZERBOARD DIRECTORTrustee/director$0$468,127$65,835
TOM DIMICHBOARD DIRECTORTrustee/director$0$650$0

E-file object id 202431279349303268. 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 241360. 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 25, 2025.