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Critical access hospital · Benkelman, Nebraska · 12 beds · CMS certification number 281340

Dundy County Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended February 28, 2026, as submitted, stamped by CMS July 30, 2026. 26 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2026 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$15.6M
$15,581,178 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$17.4M
$17,390,528 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$1.8M
−$1,809,350 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−11.6%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $2.0M in its first year on file (2001) to $15.6M in 2026.
  • Its result from patient care: −$3.4M (2024), −$3.0M (2025), −$1.8M (2026).
  • 3 of the 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2026.
  • Medicaid paid for 3.4% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 67.3%.

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
2001
settled
$2.0M
$953K
2002
settled
$4.0M
$4.2M
2003
settled
$4.2M
$4.3M
2004
settled
$5.2M
$5.0M
2005
settled
$4.6M
$4.8M
2006
settled
$5.2M
$5.3M
2007
settled
$5.6M
$5.5M
2008
settled
$6.5M
$6.3M
2009
settled
$6.5M
$6.7M
2010
settled
$6.7M
$7.0M
2011
settled
$6.5M
$6.9M
2012
reopened
$7.0M
$7.7M
2013
settled
$6.3M
$7.3M
2014
settled
$7.2M
$7.8M
2015
settled
$7.5M
$8.2M
2016
settled
$7.3M
$8.2M
2017
settled
$7.6M
$9.2M
2018
settled
$7.4M
$9.5M
2019
settled
$7.8M
$9.3M
2020
settled
$8.3M
$9.8M
2021
settled
$8.9M
$10.5M
2022
settled
$11.0M
$13.2M
2023
settled
$9.7M
$13.2M
2024
settled
$10.7M
$14.2M
2025
settled
$12.3M
$15.3M
2026
as submitted
$15.6M
$17.4M

Beside its peers

Hospitals of the same type (critical access hospital), nearest in size, from Nebraska first; each on fiscal year 2026.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Dundy County Hospital12$15,581,178$17,390,528−11.6%
Cherry County Hospital, Valentine21$45,650,460$41,458,2669.2%
Garden County Health Services, Oshkosh10$4,252,099$5,859,924−37.8%
Lincoln County Hospital, Lincoln (KS)14$7,204,444$8,522,569−18.3%
Nemaha County Hospital, Auburn16$25,470,240$21,826,69614.3%
Warner Hospital and Health Services, Clinton (IL)12$24,984,411$25,935,018−3.8%

Patients and payers

Discharges
114
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
762
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
2.1
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
17.4%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
67.3%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
3.4%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Related organizations on its own cost report: RURAL HEALTH VENTURES INC, imaging service; RURAL HEALTH VENTURES INC, imaging service; RURAL HEALTH VENTURES INC, imaging service.

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

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 281340. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, read July 30, 2026.