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Short-term acute care hospital · Havre, Montana · 49 beds · CMS certification number 270032

Northern Montana Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended August 31, 2023, settled, stamped by CMS January 19, 2026. 27 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2023 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$93.3M
$93,269,637 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$97.6M
$97,611,904 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$4.3M
−$4,342,267 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−4.7%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $27.4M in its first year on file (1997) to $93.3M in 2023.
  • Its result from patient care: $1.1M (2021), −$378K (2022), −$4.3M (2023).
  • 3 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2023.
  • Medicaid paid for 47.7% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 41.0%.

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

27 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1997
reopened
$27.4M
$30.7M
1998
settled
$37.2M
$36.9M
1999
settled
$32.9M
$37.2M
2000
reopened
$36.1M
$36.1M
2001
settled with audit
$37.0M
$36.2M
2002
settled
$36.9M
$37.0M
2003
reopened
$36.3M
$37.9M
2004
reopened
$39.9M
$39.4M
2005
settled
$44.3M
$43.4M
2006
settled with audit
$47.2M
$48.3M
2007
reopened
$50.1M
$51.2M
2008
settled
$52.8M
$53.0M
2009
reopened
$55.4M
$55.9M
2010
reopened
$51.5M
$52.1M
2011
reopened
$52.1M
$51.6M
2012
reopened
$49.7M
$50.8M
2013
reopened
$52.9M
$52.1M
2014
reopened
$54.5M
$53.1M
2015
settled
$60.5M
$57.9M
2016
settled
$61.8M
$62.0M
2017
settled
$63.7M
$63.3M
2018
settled
$57.8M
$63.0M
2019
settled
$70.7M
$63.7M
2020
settled
$70.8M
$68.6M
2021
settled
$74.0M
$72.9M
2022
settled
$73.2M
$73.5M
2023
settled
$93.3M
$97.6M

Beside its peers

Hospitals of the same type (short-term acute care hospital), nearest in size, from Montana first; each on fiscal year 2023.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Northern Montana Hospital49$93,269,637$97,611,904−4.7%
Bozeman Health Deaconess Regional Medical Center, Bozeman139$413,499,189$450,698,356−9.0%
RCHP Billings - Missoula, Missoula141$247,399,528$220,781,94410.8%
Great Falls Clinic Hospital, Great Falls20$143,727,104$117,157,49918.5%
Intermountain Health St. James Hospital, Butte69$134,004,388$141,760,878−5.8%
St. Peters Health, Helena125$289,249,142$320,462,842−10.8%

Patients and payers

Discharges
1,116
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
4,636
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
10.9
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
22.2%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
41.0%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
47.7%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

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

Community benefit, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by NORTHERN MONTANA HOSPITAL (employer identification number 810231787) 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)$7,222,008IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$1,758,139IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$1,098,962IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$2,857,101IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$4,364,907IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.0908IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202421349349308307. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by NORTHERN MONTANA HOSPITAL (employer identification number 810231787) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
ALEXANDRIA RUTHERFORD MDMDHighest-compensated employee$465,877$0$17,058
ANDREW CARLSONTRUSTEETrustee/director$0$0$0
CAMERON ACOR DPMTRUSTEE-IPD MEMBERTrustee/director$292,332$0$39,425
CAMERON SCRATON MDMDHighest-compensated employee$438,993$0$31,783
CHRISTEN OBRESLEYVICE PRESIDENTOfficer$170,741$0$19,120
DAMIAN YMZON MDMDHighest-compensated employee$621,531$0$32,525
DAVID C HENRYPRESIDENT/CEOTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
DAVID LEEDSVICE CHAIRTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
DEBBIE HEALYTRUSTEETrustee/director$0$0$0
GARY GROW PHDTRUSTEE-IPD MEMBERTrustee/director$213,749$0$19,991
JENNIFER PATRICKTRUSTEETrustee/director$0$0$0
KARRIE LIEN MDSECRETARYTrustee/director, Officer$462,331$0$40,270
KEVIN HARADA MDTRUSTEE-CHIEF OF MEDICAL STAFFTrustee/director$509,375$0$38,863
KIM LUCKEVP OF FINANCEOfficer$140,288$0$18,752
KRISTEN KAMMERZELLTRUSTEETrustee/director$0$0$0
MICHELLE CAMERON-DONALDSON MDMDHighest-compensated employee$644,791$0$20,396
MILES HAMILTONTREASURERTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
PAUL TUSSTRUSTEETrustee/director$0$0$0
RICK STEVENSCHAIRTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
WALTER SMITH MDRADIOLOGISTHighest-compensated employee$698,920$0$40,426

E-file object id 202421349349308307. The IRS archive it was read from.

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2022.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 270032. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2022.ZIP, read January 19, 2026.