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Critical access hospital · Wahoo, Nebraska · 16 beds · CMS certification number 281307

Saunders Medical Center

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS September 24, 2025. 26 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$43.0M
$43,003,163 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$41.0M
$41,001,733 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$2.0M
$2,001,430 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
4.7%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $7.2M in its first year on file (2000) to $43.0M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$2K (2023), $2.0M (2024), $2.0M (2025).
  • 2 of the 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 2.4% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 66.8%.
  • SAUNDERS COUNTY holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

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

26 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
2000
settled
$7.2M
$3.5M
2001
as submitted
$6.8M
$7.1M
2002
settled
$8.3M
$8.4M
2003
as submitted
$8.9M
$9.4M
2004
settled
$9.6M
$9.4M
2005
settled
$9.5M
$9.2M
2006
settled
$9.6M
$9.3M
2007
settled
$10.2M
$9.5M
2008
reopened
$12.7M
$13.1M
2009
settled
$14.3M
$14.3M
2010
settled
$15.8M
$15.8M
2011
settled
$17.1M
$16.6M
2012
settled
$18.2M
$18.5M
2013
settled
$18.9M
$19.7M
2014
settled
$18.5M
$21.6M
2015
reopened
$19.6M
$22.2M
2016
settled
$22.6M
$24.6M
2017
reopened
$23.8M
$25.1M
2018
settled
$26.0M
$27.6M
2019
settled
$28.2M
$28.9M
2020
settled
$29.4M
$29.7M
2021
settled
$30.5M
$31.7M
2022
settled
$32.2M
$32.3M
2023
settled
$35.9M
$35.9M
2024
settled
$39.1M
$37.2M
2025
as submitted
$43.0M
$41.0M

Beside its peers

Critical access hospitals in Nebraska with under 25 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Saunders Medical Center16$43,003,163$41,001,7334.7%
Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Health Center, Osceola16$9,505,188$9,711,531−2.2%
Avera Creighton Hospital, Creighton17$20,312,394$21,651,385−6.6%
Jefferson Community Health & Life, Fairbury17$35,989,876$37,290,233−3.6%
Nemaha County Hospital, Auburn16$20,168,022$19,499,0853.3%
Pawnee County Memorial Hospital, Pawnee City17$11,820,720$11,068,6876.4%

Patients and payers

Discharges
104
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
534
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
1.5
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
9.1%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
66.8%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
2.4%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • SAUNDERS COUNTY100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: BRYAN HEALTH, healthcare.

Type of control on its cost report: governmental, county.

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 HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 281307. 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 September 24, 2025.