Critical access hospital · Eagle Lake, Texas · 21 beds · CMS certification number 451312
Rice Medical Center
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 30, 2026. 25 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.
Fiscal 2025 at a glance
What stands out
- Net patient revenue rose from $1.7M in its first year on file (2001) to $26.4M in 2025.
- Its result from patient care: $4.7M (2023), −$2.4M (2024), $1.5M (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 0.1% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 51.0%.
- EAGLE LAKE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.
Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.
25 years of filings
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Beside its peers
Critical access hospitals in Texas with under 25 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.
| Hospital | Beds | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice Medical Center | 21 | $26,428,356 | $24,884,325 | 5.8% |
| Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis, Luling | 23 | $35,678,569 | $31,378,465 | 12.0% |
| CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital - Jacksonville, Jacksonville | 23 | $93,957,128 | $80,960,262 | 13.8% |
| Coon Memorial Hospital, Dalhart | 21 | $20,242,817 | $30,953,796 | −52.9% |
| Limestone Medical Center, Groesbeck | 20 | $25,584,894 | $30,361,093 | −18.7% |
| Yoakum Community Hospital, Yoakum | 23 | $23,657,174 | $24,631,649 | −4.1% |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 155S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 2,929S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 8.0days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 38.2%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 51.0%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
- Medicaid share of days
- 0.1%S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8
Who owns it
- EAGLE LAKE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL100%
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 CAHRMC (employer identification number 270565499) 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) | $3,289,474 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance at cost (line 7a) | $1,135,062 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Medicaid (line 7b) | $2,154,412 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d) | $3,289,474 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f) | 0.1785 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct> |
E-file object id 202413209349322401. The IRS archive it was read from.
Executive and director compensation, as filed
From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by CAHRMC (employer identification number 270565499) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DINA HERMES | CHIEF FIN. OFFICER | Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMY DINGLER | DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JEFF FRNKA | DIRECTOR, TREASURER | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JOAN LESLEY HALKETT MATTHEWS | DIRECTOR, VICE PRESIDENT | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JOE MIKE SPANIHEL | DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN GERTSON | DIRECTOR, SECRETARY | Trustee/director, Officer | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN MYRES DDS | DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| KURT SUNDERMAN | CHIEF EXEC. OFFICER | Officer | $235,558 | $0 | $19,001 |
| MICHAEL LANIER | DIRECTOR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 451312. 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 30, 2026.