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Short-term acute care hospital · Columbus Nebraska, Nebraska · 50 beds · CMS certification number 280111

Columbus Community Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended April 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS October 10, 2025. 29 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$166.3M
$166,344,759 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$158.6M
$158,569,769 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$7.8M
$7,774,990 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
4.7%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $17.9M in its first year on file (1997) to $166.3M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$1.6M (2023), $1.8M (2024), $7.8M (2025).
  • All 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 5.4% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 42.4%.

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
$17.9M
$16.9M
1998
settled
$20.5M
$18.8M
1999
as submitted
$22.2M
$20.5M
2000
as submitted
$24.0M
$22.4M
2001
reopened
$26.8M
$25.4M
2002
reopened
$27.3M
$26.6M
2003
settled
$32.0M
$32.5M
2004
reopened
$40.2M
$38.0M
2005
settled
$43.7M
$43.8M
2006
settled with audit
$51.6M
$46.9M
2007
settled
$53.5M
$46.8M
2008
reopened
$56.4M
$47.7M
2009
settled
$58.7M
$51.7M
2010
reopened
$62.2M
$52.8M
2011
reopened
$63.5M
$55.7M
2012
reopened
$67.2M
$58.3M
2013
reopened
$66.9M
$59.8M
2014
reopened
$70.8M
$61.4M
2015
settled
$78.3M
$65.7M
2016
settled with audit
$80.5M
$69.3M
2017
settled
$87.0M
$76.2M
2018
settled
$95.0M
$83.2M
2019
settled
$97.6M
$85.2M
2020
settled
$97.9M
$94.8M
2021
settled with audit
$105.1M
$103.4M
2022
settled
$123.9M
$120.9M
2023
settled
$137.1M
$138.7M
2024
settled
$151.5M
$149.6M
2025
as submitted
$166.3M
$158.6M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Nebraska with 50 to 99 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Columbus Community Hospital50$166,344,759$158,569,7694.7%
Bellevue Medical Center - Nebraska Medicine, Bellevue71$146,375,196$113,702,40822.3%
CHI Health Nebraska Heart, Lincoln59$87,615,641$86,317,5451.5%
Grand Island Regional Medical Center, Grand Island60$103,348,781$98,811,8084.4%
Great Plains Health, North Platte97$373,596,043$358,947,9233.9%
Methodist Fremont Health, Fremont70$179,502,000$153,185,28914.7%

Patients and payers

Discharges
1,997
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
9,527
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
26.2
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
52.2%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
42.4%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
5.4%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Related organizations on its own cost report: HEALTHPARK LLC, landlord.

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

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 280111. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, read October 10, 2025.