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Short-term acute care hospital · Lincoln, Nebraska · 137 beds · CMS certification number 280020

CHI Health St. Elizabeth

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS December 19, 2025. 29 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$202.2M
$202,198,840 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$205.5M
$205,479,797 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$3.3M
−$3,280,957 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−1.6%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $75.8M in its first year on file (1997) to $202.2M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$22.4M (2023), −$10.8M (2024), −$3.3M (2025).
  • 1 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also reports a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 3.9% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 26.3%.
  • CHI NEBRASKA holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

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

29 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1997
settled
$75.8M
$73.8M
1998
reopened
$93.0M
$86.1M
1999
reopened
$99.2M
$97.5M
2000
reopened
$113.3M
$103.4M
2001
reopened
$129.1M
$113.3M
2002
reopened
$160.4M
$135.5M
2003
reopened
$179.2M
$153.9M
2004
reopened
$185.0M
$167.5M
2005
reopened
$203.9M
$185.9M
2006
reopened
$219.9M
$202.4M
2007
reopened
$229.8M
$209.3M
2008
reopened
$242.0M
$220.8M
2009
reopened
$251.1M
$227.2M
2010
reopened
$237.0M
$214.9M
2011
reopened
$247.0M
$226.2M
2012
reopened
$248.8M
$221.6M
2013
reopened
$244.7M
$224.9M
2014
reopened
$236.8M
$219.3M
2015
reopened
$181.1M
$198.7M
2016
reopened
$198.5M
$187.4M
2017
reopened
$190.2M
$191.0M
2018
reopened
$186.4M
$188.7M
2019
reopened
$161.9M
$179.7M
2020
reopened
$148.4M
$171.3M
2021
settled
$162.7M
$176.2M
2022
settled
$160.6M
$181.0M
2023
settled
$163.6M
$186.0M
2024
settled
$181.1M
$191.9M
2025
as submitted
$202.2M
$205.5M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Nebraska with 100 to 199 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
CHI Health St. Elizabeth137$202,198,840$205,479,797−1.6%
CHI Health Lakeside, Omaha109$222,099,369$188,211,30115.3%
CHI Health St. Francis, Grand Island140$140,791,266$154,548,076−9.8%
Faith Health, Norfolk122$260,749,847$225,841,16813.4%
Mary Lanning Healthcare, Hastings106$249,810,880$241,660,0393.3%
Regional West Medical Center, Scottsbluff121$279,077,897$254,029,8229.0%

Patients and payers

Discharges
8,207
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
33,422
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
91.8
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
66.8%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
26.3%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
3.9%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • CHI NEBRASKA100%
  • COMMONSPIRIT HEALTH100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: COMMONSPIRIT, home office; CHI HEALTH, regional mnmt.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Yavapai Regional Medical Center (AZ), St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center (AZ), Chandler Regional Medical Center (AZ), Mercy Gilbert Medical Center (AZ), Dignity Health Arizona General Hospital (AZ), Dignity Health Arizona General Hospital (AZ), CHI St. Vincent Infirmary (AR), CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs (AR), St. Vincent Medical Center North (AR), CHI St. Vincent Morrilton (AR).

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 SAINT ELIZABETH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (employer identification number 470379836) 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)$16,933,313IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$3,751,148IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$9,371,184IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$13,122,332IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$3,810,981IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.091IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202421319349302312. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by SAINT ELIZABETH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (employer identification number 470379836) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
BETTY WORICKREGISTERED NURSEHighest-compensated employee$205,855$0$38,755
BILL YATESVICE CHAIRTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
CARY WARD MDFORMER OFFICERFormer$0$681,233$45,308
CY XAYARATHTRAVELER - RNFormer$0$300,885$52,261
DAVE TAYLORBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
DEREK VANCEPRESIDENT (PARTIAL YEAR)Officer$0$507,821$73,186
EMILY MANNSCHRECKDIRECTOR - PHARMACYHighest-compensated employee$149,891$49,111$43,375
EVERT KUIPEREX-OFFICIO BM/ PRESIDENT & CEO CHI HEALTHTrustee/director, Officer$0$1,274,593$29,391
HEATHER MORGAN MDBOARD MEMBER/PHYSICIANTrustee/director$0$278,612$50,607
JACQUELINE LIESSPEDIATRIC NURSEFormer$0$254,810$35,479
JEANETTE WOJTALEWICZCFO CHI HEALTH (TERMED 1/6/23)Officer$0$1,168,841$54,280
JOHN PETERSDORFEX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$2,349,200$677,245
KATE SZYMANSKITRAVELER - RNHighest-compensated employee$9,760$184,468$23,202
KELLY BACONBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
KENT BARNEYTREASURERTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
KEVIN FITZGERALDSECRETARYTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
KIRTIBALA GUPTA MDBOARD MEMBER/PHYSICIANTrustee/director$0$396,003$44,314
LG SEARCEYBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
MAKALIA ABRAHAMSONPATIENT LOGISTICS MANAGERHighest-compensated employee$121,829$143,785$11,873
MARDELL WILSON EDDBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
MICHELE MURPHYCOORDINATOR - PHARMACYHighest-compensated employee$189,251$0$41,477
NICK OTOOLINTERIM CFO, CHI HEALTHOfficer$0$257,678$47,032
RICK THOMPSON MDINTERIM PRESIDENTOfficer$0$375,333$7,307
SISTER MAURITA SOUKUPBOARD CHAIRTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
SISTER NADINE HEIMANN OSFBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
SUSANNE L HRUZA MDBOARD MEMBERTrustee/director$0$0$0
TIMOTHY PLANTEDIV SVP CNOFormer$0$300,407$40,666

E-file object id 202421319349302312. 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 280020. 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 19, 2025.