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Critical access hospital · Troy, Missouri · 25 beds · CMS certification number 261319

Mercy Hospital Lincoln

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS December 5, 2025. 22 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$59.2M
$59,192,310 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$52.7M
$52,716,760 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$6.5M
$6,475,550 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
10.9%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $6.7M in its first year on file (2004) to $59.2M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$9.5M (2023), $5.6M (2024), $6.5M (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 5.8% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 16.2%.
  • MERCY HEALTH EAST COMMUNITIES 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
settled
$6.7M
$7.8M
2005
reopened
$24.2M
$25.6M
2006
reopened
$28.7M
$29.7M
2007
settled
$29.1M
$30.7M
2008
settled
$33.0M
$33.1M
2009
settled with audit
$28.7M
$30.7M
2010
settled with audit
$30.9M
$34.0M
2011
reopened
$33.6M
$35.4M
2012
reopened
$33.5M
$36.4M
2013
settled
$33.8M
$37.0M
2014
settled
$33.1M
$37.2M
2015
settled
$8.6M
$11.3M
2016
reopened
$28.6M
$31.4M
2017
reopened
$33.3M
$33.6M
2018
reopened
$34.7M
$34.6M
2019
settled
$35.6M
$34.7M
2020
settled
$36.9M
$37.7M
2021
settled
$40.7M
$37.4M
2022
settled
$48.6M
$42.2M
2023
settled
$30.7M
$40.1M
2024
settled
$53.9M
$48.3M
2025
as submitted
$59.2M
$52.7M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Mercy Hospital Lincoln25$59,192,310$52,716,76010.9%
Madison Medical Center, Fredericktown25$22,798,275$25,435,527−11.6%
Pershing Memorial Hospital, Brookfield25$22,234,092$22,976,666−3.3%
Sullivan County Memorial Hospital, Milan25$9,663,974$13,721,994−42.0%
Washington County Memorial Hospital, Potosi25$25,732,151$28,388,641−10.3%
Wright Memorial Hospital, Trenton25$41,091,829$40,053,1952.5%

Patients and payers

Discharges
852
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
3,141
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
8.6
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
34.4%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
16.2%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
5.8%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • MERCY HEALTH EAST COMMUNITIES100%
  • MERCY HOSPITALS EAST COMMUNITIES100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: MHEC, healthcare.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Mercy Hospital St. Louis (MO), Mercy Hospital Jefferson (MO), Mercy Hospital Washington (MO), Mercy Hospital South (MO), Mercy Hospital Southeast (MO), Mercy Hospital Stoddard (MO), Mercy Hospital Perry (MO), Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital St. Louis (MO), Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital South (MO).

Type of control on its cost report: voluntary nonprofit, church.

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 MERCY HOSPITAL LINCOLN (employer identification number 472219204) 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)$5,267,748IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$1,300,838IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$3,938,139IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$5,238,977IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$28,771IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.1312IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202441319349302504. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by MERCY HOSPITAL LINCOLN (employer identification number 472219204) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
BURKEMPER SARAHBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
ECKHARDT CHRISTIEVP, CHIEF OPERATIONS COUNSEL & SECRETARYOfficer$0$307,029$26,241
GRAY JACQUELINEREGISTERED NURSEHighest-compensated employee$0$173,802$14,739
HILL NICHOLASNURSE ANESTHETISTHighest-compensated employee$0$175,383$7,022
JOHNSTON JEFFREY AFORMER KEY EMPLOYEEFormer$0$2,171,276$23,699
KELLY JOHNBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
KLIETHERHMES JACOBEXEC DIRECTOR, NURSINGHighest-compensated employee$0$173,319$20,076
LOUZADER WILLIAMREGISTERED NURSEHighest-compensated employee$0$191,528$30,828
MACKIN STEPHEN LFORMER OFFICERFormer$0$3,215,797$434,541
MASSEY BRADLEYPHYSICIAN & BOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$594,016$35,409
MATEJKA CHERYL LFORMER OFFICERFormer$0$1,197,639$127,825
MEYER ANETTEBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
NEILL DAVID ANURSE ANESTHETISTHighest-compensated employee$0$243,294$19,047
PENNY MARKBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
RELLER TIMBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
RHOADS HARVEYBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
ROTHERMICH ANTHONYVP, OPERATIONSOfficer$0$293,330$53,252
SMITH ALANADMINISTRATOROfficer$0$284,708$23,189
THORN MARK AEXEC DIRECTOR, FINANCEOfficer$0$181,231$17,544
WARD RSM SR CLAUDIABOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0

E-file object id 202441319349302504. 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 261319. 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 5, 2025.