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Critical access hospital · Stanley, North Dakota · 11 beds · CMS certification number 351301

Mountrail County Medical Center

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS November 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
$16.4M
$16,442,133 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$17.6M
$17,623,477 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$1.2M
−$1,181,344 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−7.2%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $1.3M in its first year on file (2000) to $16.4M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$1.6M (2023), −$3.1M (2024), −$1.2M (2025).
  • 4 of the 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 0.8% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 54.9%.
  • MOUNTRAIL BETHEL HOME INC holds 50% 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 with audit
$1.3M
$1.4M
2001
settled
$1.7M
$1.7M
2002
settled
$2.0M
$2.0M
2003
settled
$4.9M
$5.3M
2004
settled
$5.0M
$5.3M
2005
settled
$5.0M
$5.5M
2006
settled
$5.8M
$6.2M
2007
settled
$6.0M
$6.4M
2008
settled
$6.4M
$6.8M
2009
settled
$6.3M
$7.2M
2010
settled
$7.1M
$8.1M
2011
settled
$7.5M
$9.2M
2012
settled
$8.2M
$9.4M
2013
settled
$8.1M
$8.9M
2014
settled
$8.7M
$9.9M
2015
settled
$9.5M
$11.3M
2016
reopened
$8.3M
$12.1M
2017
settled
$9.8M
$11.6M
2018
settled
$8.9M
$10.7M
2019
settled
$8.7M
$10.8M
2020
settled
$9.2M
$11.1M
2021
settled
$10.9M
$12.6M
2022
settled
$11.7M
$13.3M
2023
settled
$13.3M
$14.9M
2024
as submitted
$13.7M
$16.8M
2025
as submitted
$16.4M
$17.6M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Mountrail County Medical Center11$16,442,133$17,623,477−7.2%
Dakota Regional Medical Center, Cooperstown9$8,660,628$9,906,421−14.4%
First Care Health Center, Park River14$21,401,752$23,775,454−11.1%
Sakakawea Medical Center, Hazen13$18,629,423$18,559,6020.4%
Towner County Medical Center, Cando8$15,474,034$17,330,561−12.0%
Unity Medical Center, Grafton14$31,247,779$32,719,978−4.7%

Patients and payers

Discharges
43
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
743
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
2.0
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
18.5%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
54.9%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
0.8%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • MOUNTRAIL BETHEL HOME INC50%

Indirect owner: TRINITY HEALTH

Other hospitals with the same owner: Trinity Hospitals (ND), Kenmare Community Hospital (ND).

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

Owners of 5% or more, from CMS’s hospital ownership file (Medicare enrollment, October 1, 2026).

Community benefit, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by Mountrail County Medical Center (employer identification number 450447670) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

FigureAs filedWhere it comes from
Total community benefit expense (line 7k)$82,674IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$61,000IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$21,674IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$82,674IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.0091IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202411219349302361. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by Mountrail County Medical Center (employer identification number 450447670) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
Abbey Ruland PAPhysician AssistantHighest-compensated employee$154,882$0$38,221
Heath HetzelPresident (Jul-Nov)Trustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
Jessica Charon DNP FNP-CDoctor of Nursing PracticeHighest-compensated employee$176,738$0$34,095
John AndersonSecretary/TreasurerTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
Mark Longmuir MDFamily Medicine/Chief of StaffHighest-compensated employee$304,783$0$39,217
Megan BueeCFOOfficer$85,664$0$3,427
Mike SorensonDirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
Ray ScheppDirector (Jul-Nov)Trustee/director$0$0$0
Rhonda JohnsonDirectorTrustee/director$0$0$0
Ryan GjellstadPresident starting NovTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
Stephanie EverettCEO/AdministratorOfficer$220,271$0$30,127
Tammie Braaflat FNP-CFamily Nurse PractitionerHighest-compensated employee$159,171$0$33,393
Tara Nardacci DNPFamily Nurse PractitionerHighest-compensated employee$168,055$0$33,748
Tom WarsockiVice PresidentTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0

E-file object id 202411219349302361. The IRS archive it was read from.

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 351301. 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 November 24, 2025.