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Short-term acute care hospital · Rhinelander, Wisconsin · 42 beds · CMS certification number 520019

Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 9, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$245.4M
$245,381,098 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$324.5M
$324,541,166 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$79.2M
−$79,160,068 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−32.3%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $35.3M in its first year on file (1996) to $245.4M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$587.9M (2023), −$53.6M (2024), −$79.2M (2025).
  • 3 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 8.4% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 22.5%.
  • ASPIRUS, INC holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

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

30 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1996
settled
$35.3M
$35.7M
1997
settled
$37.1M
$36.5M
1998
settled
$40.3M
$39.7M
1999
reopened
$43.0M
$41.8M
2000
settled
$48.9M
$45.8M
2001
reopened
$54.8M
$50.3M
2002
reopened
$58.5M
$52.7M
2003
settled
$60.0M
$57.3M
2004
reopened
$69.2M
$64.8M
2005
reopened
$75.8M
$71.6M
2006
reopened
$80.2M
$79.8M
2007
settled
$89.7M
$77.6M
2008
reopened
$95.2M
$91.2M
2009
reopened
not filed
$107.9M
2010
reopened
$86.3M
$88.2M
2011
reopened
$86.6M
$107.4M
2012
reopened
$137.9M
$110.5M
2013
reopened
$104.2M
$86.4M
2014
reopened
$150.3M
$114.6M
2015
settled
$141.5M
$115.4M
2016
settled
$121.7M
$106.0M
2017
settled
$119.7M
$103.9M
2018
settled
$116.4M
$120.2M
2019
settled
$112.3M
$108.7M
2020
settled
$105.9M
$111.9M
2021
settled
$119.7M
$117.7M
2022
settled with audit
$119.7M
$199.1M
2023
as submitted
−$363.5M
$224.4M
2024
as submitted
$221.5M
$275.1M
2025
as submitted
$245.4M
$324.5M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Wisconsin with 25 to 49 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital42$245,381,098$324,541,166−32.3%
Marshfield Medical Center - Beaver Dam, Beaver Dam43$89,867,812$107,886,770−20.1%
Howard Young Medical Center Inc of Woodruff Wisconsin, Woodruff42$39,045,914$41,337,740−5.9%
Aurora Medical Center Burlington, Burlington43$139,660,338$115,033,07617.6%
Mile Bluff Medical Center, Mauston40$101,225,519$121,917,360−20.4%
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital Baraboo, Baraboo43$85,293,004$65,150,24823.6%

Patients and payers

Discharges
2,242
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
10,971
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
30.1
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
71.6%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
22.5%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
8.4%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • ASPIRUS, INC100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: ASCENSION WISCO, religious; ASPIRUS INC (100%), healthcare.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Aspirus Iron River Hospital & Clinics (MI), Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital (MI), Aspirus Ironwood Hospital (MI), Aspirus St. Lukes Hospital (MN), Aspirus Lake View Hospital (MN), Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital & Clinics (WI), Aspirus Wausau Hospital (WI).

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).

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 520019. 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 June 9, 2026.