Medicare cost report · CMS certification number 281345
PROVIDENCE MEDICAL CENTER
WAYNE, Nebraska · critical access hospital
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Figures for January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025 — a reporting period of 364 days, on form CMS-2552-10, as submitted.
This hospital also appears on the 340B covered-entity register: Providence Medical Center.
Finances, as filed
From this hospital’s Medicare cost report for the year ended December 31, 2025.
| Figure | As filed | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Total patient revenue | $46,563,074 | CMS-2552-10 worksheet G300000 line 100 column 100 |
| Contractual allowances | $10,878,535 | CMS-2552-10 worksheet G300000 line 200 column 100 |
| Net patient revenue | $35,684,539 | CMS-2552-10 worksheet G300000 line 300 column 100 |
| Total operating expenses | $34,112,461 | CMS-2552-10 worksheet G300000 line 400 column 100 |
| Income from service to patients | $1,572,078 | CMS-2552-10 worksheet G300000 line 500 column 100 |
| Charity care, at charges | $717,190 | CMS-2552-10 worksheet S100001 line 2000 column 300 |
| Charity care, at cost | $591,389 | CMS-2552-10 worksheet S100001 line 2300 column 300 |
| Bad debt expense | $898,673 | CMS-2552-10 worksheet S100001 line 2600 column 100 |
| Bad debt other than Medicare, at cost | $617,751 | CMS-2552-10 worksheet S100001 line 2900 column 100 |
| Uncompensated care, at cost | $1,209,140 | CMS-2552-10 worksheet S100001 line 3000 column 100 |
| Total facility beds | 21 | CMS-2552-10 worksheet S300001 line 1400 column 200 |
| Cost-to-charge ratio | 0.6910 | CMS-2552-10 worksheet S100001 line 100 column 100 |
Cost report filed under CMS certification number 281345 for January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025, as submitted. The public file it was read from.
Community benefit, as filed
From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by PROVIDENCE MEDICAL CENTER (employer identification number 470566524) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.
| Figure | As filed | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Total community benefit expense (line 7k) | $1,244,611 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance at cost (line 7a) | $311,999 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Medicaid (line 7b) | $631,506 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d) | $943,505 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Other benefits (line 7j) | $301,106 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f) | 0.0406 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct> |
E-file object id 202433179349303448. The IRS archive it was read from.
Executive and director compensation, as filed
From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by PROVIDENCE MEDICAL CENTER (employer identification number 470566524) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.
| Name | Title | Role | Reportable comp, from this organization | Reportable comp, from related organizations | Other compensation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREA BLECKE | DIRECTOR OF THERAPY | Highest-compensated employee | $115,497 | $0 | $19,471 |
| CASSANDRA KORTH | RETAIL PHARMACY COORDINATOR | Highest-compensated employee | $124,422 | $0 | $6,379 |
| DANIELLE GEARHART | CEO | Officer | $224,471 | $0 | $33,242 |
| ERIC KNUTSON | SECRETARY/TREASURER | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JODI PULFER | DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| KIMBERLY HIXSON | CFO | Officer | $138,600 | $0 | $7,998 |
| KIMBERLY LUEDERS | DIRECTOR OF PHARMACY | Highest-compensated employee | $166,162 | $0 | $9,098 |
| MATTHEW LEY | VICE CHAIR | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| MELISSA GRAHAM | DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| NATHAN RAABE | DIRECTOR (TERM 12/31/23) | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| NICOLE HAGLUND | VP OF NURSING | Highest-compensated employee | $112,606 | $0 | $37,008 |
| RICHARD BRANDOW | CHAIR | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| ROSS HANSEN | DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| STEVEN ELLIOTT | DIRECTOR (TERM 12/04/23) | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
E-file object id 202433179349303448. The IRS archive it was read from.
This hospital’s current CEO’s pay is also benchmarked against its state, facility-class and bed-band peers in the 990 Hospital CEO Pay Benchmark.
Where this hospital sits among its peers
A position, not a grade. Each line names the figure, how it is measured, and the hospitals it is placed among: critical access hospitals in the same state and the same bed-size band, each on its latest filed year. Under it, the same figure across every hospital that filed for the year — a larger set, and a different one.
- 80thpercentile of 51 hospitals in NE, same facility class, under 25 bedsNet patient revenue, in dollars, as filed
Net patient revenue across every hospital that filed for 2025, in every state and of every size, with this one marked.
Net patient revenue (CMS-2552-10 worksheet G300000 line 300 column 100)
Middle half between $26,780,592 and $275,353,989, median $73,049,131, across 5,659 hospitals that filed for 2025, in every state and of every size.
- 75thpercentile of 52 hospitals in NE, same facility class, under 25 bedsTotal operating expenses, in dollars, as filed
Total operating expenses across every hospital that filed for 2025, in every state and of every size, with this one marked.
Total operating expenses (CMS-2552-10 worksheet G300000 line 400 column 100)
Middle half between $27,953,478 and $268,914,289, median $72,935,955, across 5,819 hospitals that filed for 2025, in every state and of every size.
- 92ndpercentile of 48 hospitals in NE, same facility class, under 25 bedsCharity care, at cost, in dollars, as filed
- 86thpercentile of 51 hospitals in NE, same facility class, under 25 bedsUncompensated care, at cost, in dollars, as filed
- 94thpercentile of 52 hospitals in NE, same facility class, under 25 bedsTotal facility beds, a count of beds, as filed
Total facility beds across every hospital that filed for 2025, in every state and of every size, with this one marked.
Total facility beds (CMS-2552-10 worksheet S300001 line 1400 column 200)
Middle half between 25 and 168, median 64, across 5,777 hospitals that filed for 2025, in every state and of every size.
- 45thpercentile of 51 hospitals in NE, same facility class, under 25 bedsCost-to-charge ratio, the ratio, as filed
Cost-to-charge ratio across every hospital that filed for 2025, in every state and of every size, with this one marked.
Cost-to-charge ratio (CMS-2552-10 worksheet S100001 line 100 column 100)
Middle half between 0.1809 and 0.4503, median 0.2651, across 4,413 hospitals that filed for 2025, in every state and of every size.
Peers and history
Every Medicare cost report this hospital has filed, with the date CMS stamped each one, and five hospitals of its own size in Nebraska beside it — each figure with the cell it came from — are in one signed, dated document. The citable document with peers and history — $295.
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The filing alert follows cost reports: one named person, one hospital, invoiced once a year. The certification number arrives filled in because you are on this hospital's own record.
On June 4, 2026, a cost report was filed for fiscal year 2025. That is one line of the filing alert.
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Every figure on this page is printed as it appears in this hospital’s Medicare cost report, filed under CMS certification number 281345 on form CMS-2552-10, publication year 2025, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP.
How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, read June 4, 2026.
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