Psychiatric hospital · Thief River Falls, Minnesota · 16 beds · CMS certification number 244018
Sanford Behavioral Health Center
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, settled, stamped by CMS July 16, 2026. Ten years on file, every one shown below.
Fiscal 2025 at a glance
What stands out
- Net patient revenue rose from $5.4M in its first year on file (2016) to $12.0M in 2025.
- Its result from patient care: −$2.5M (2023), −$3.4M (2024), −$4.9M (2025).
- Medicaid paid for 43.7% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 11.8%.
- SANFORD holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.
Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.
Ten years of filings
Net patient revenue against operating expenses, each year as filed.
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Beside its peers
Psychiatric hospitals in Minnesota with under 25 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.
| Hospital | Beds | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Behavioral Health Center | 16 | $12,019,846 | $16,905,147 | −40.6% |
| Community Behavioral Health Hospital Alexandria, St. Paul | 16 | $9,186,935 | ||
| Community Behavioral Health Hospital-Annandale, St. Paul | 16 | $9,708,041 | ||
| CBHH Baxter, St. Paul | 16 | $9,826,886 | ||
| Community Behavioral Health Hospital Bemidji, St. Paul | 16 | $8,465,139 | ||
| Community Behavioral Health Hospital-Fergus Falls, St. Paul | 16 | $9,117,304 |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 486S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 3,178S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 8.7days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 54.4%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 11.8%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
- Medicaid share of days
- 43.7%S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8
Who owns it
- SANFORD100%
- SANFORD NORTH100%
Related organizations on its own cost report: SANFORD, healthcare; SANFORD TRF, healthcare.
Other hospitals with the same owner: Sanford Sheldon Medical Center (IA), Sanford Worthington Medical Center (MN), Sanford Bemidji Medical Center (MN), Sanford Westbrook Medical Center (MN), Sanford Tracy Medical Center (MN), Sanford Wheaton Medical Center (MN), Sanford Jackson Medical Center (MN), Sanford Bagley Medical Center (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).
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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 244018. 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 HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, read July 16, 2026.