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Critical access hospital · Danbury, North Carolina · 25 beds · CMS certification number 341317

Lifebrite Community Hospital of Stokes

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 5, 2026. 21 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$12.4M
$12,417,954 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$13.8M
$13,777,147 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$1.4M
−$1,359,193 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−10.9%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $10.7M in its first year on file (2005) to $12.4M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$64K (2023), −$936K (2024), −$1.4M (2025).
  • 1 of the 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file also reports a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 0.2% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 40.8%.
  • CHRISTIAN FLETCHER holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

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

21 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
2005
settled
$10.7M
$13.2M
2006
settled
$12.1M
$14.2M
2007
reopened
$13.4M
$14.7M
2008
reopened
$12.3M
$15.5M
2009
reopened
$12.7M
$16.1M
2010
settled
$13.5M
$16.0M
2011
settled
$13.3M
$15.9M
2012
settled
$18.0M
$15.4M
2013
settled
$21.8M
$17.2M
2014
as submitted
$28.3M
$24.1M
2015
as submitted
$22.6M
$24.2M
2016
as submitted
$17.1M
$18.6M
2017
settled
$21.3M
$10.9M
2018
settled
$19.5M
$27.1M
2019
settled
$14.4M
$14.6M
2020
settled
$11.6M
$12.6M
2021
settled
$16.3M
$13.9M
2022
as submitted
$14.2M
$13.4M
2023
as submitted
$14.4M
$14.4M
2024
amended
$13.8M
$14.8M
2025
as submitted
$12.4M
$13.8M

Beside its peers

Critical access hospitals in North Carolina with 25 to 49 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Lifebrite Community Hospital of Stokes25$12,417,954$13,777,147−10.9%
Washington Regional Medical Center, Plymouth25$19,240,653$20,652,470−7.3%
Chatham Hospital, Siler City25$60,173,363$52,453,81112.8%
ECU Health Chowan Hospital, Edenton25$89,729,491$68,733,84323.4%
Novant Health Pender Medical Center, Burgaw25$48,359,864$40,318,21316.6%
MH Transylvania Regional Hospital, LLLP, Brevard25$58,518,338$52,179,93510.8%

Patients and payers

Discharges
129
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
913
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
2.5
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
10.0%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
40.8%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
0.2%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • CHRISTIAN FLETCHER100%
  • LIFEBRITE HOSPITAL GROUP LLC100%
  • FLETCHER 2018 FAMILY TRUST49%
  • AMBER DOMINIQUE FLETCHER 2018 TRUST5%

Indirect owner: LIFEBRITE LABORATORIES, LLC

Related organizations on its own cost report: LIFEBRITE HOSP, mgt company.

Type of control on its cost report: proprietary, corporation.

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 HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 341317. 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 HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, read June 5, 2026.