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Short-term acute care hospital · La Crosse, Wisconsin · 263 beds · CMS certification number 520087

Emplify Health la Crosse Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended September 30, 2024, as submitted, stamped by CMS September 28, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2024 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$618.5M
$618,516,271 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$1.2B
$1,193,081,279 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$574.6M
−$574,565,008 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−92.9%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $98.2M in its first year on file (1996) to $1.7B in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $222.7M (2023), −$574.6M (2024), $434.3M (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 2024.
  • Medicaid paid for 8.0% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 23.1%.
  • BELLIN GUNDERSEN HEALTH SYSTEM 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
reopened
$98.2M
$98.5M
1997
reopened
$135.9M
$140.3M
1998
settled
$138.3M
$150.3M
1999
reopened
$157.6M
$164.9M
2000
settled
$177.5M
$179.9M
2001
reopened
$203.3M
$195.1M
2002
reopened
$227.9M
$209.9M
2003
settled
$242.7M
$216.1M
2004
reopened
$256.2M
$239.2M
2005
reopened
$276.2M
$252.4M
2006
reopened
$296.5M
$271.3M
2007
reopened
$316.9M
$284.6M
2008
reopened
$335.6M
$301.6M
2009
settled
$350.9M
$283.8M
2010
reopened
$360.7M
$317.1M
2011
reopened
$405.1M
$368.6M
2012
reopened
$396.3M
$327.4M
2013
reopened
$886.0M
$415.5M
2014
reopened
$940.7M
$923.6M
2015
reopened
$980.7M
$953.1M
2016
reopened
$1.0B
$1.0B
2017
reopened
$1.1B
$1.1B
2018
reopened
$1.1B
$759.0M
2019
reopened
$1.1B
$806.6M
2020
as submitted
$1.1B
$863.3M
2021
as submitted
$761.0M
$964.1M
2022
as submitted
not filed
$1.2B
2023
as submitted
$1.0B
$820.0M
2024
as submitted
$618.5M
$1.2B
2025
as submitted
$1.7B
$1.3B

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Wisconsin with 200 to 399 beds, each on fiscal year 2024.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Emplify Health la Crosse Hospital263$618,516,271$1,193,081,279−92.9%
Ascension NE Wisconsin-St. Elizabeth Campus, Appleton287$356,403,592$363,565,825−2.0%
Aspirus Wausau Hospital, Wausau239$686,050,276$656,409,4814.3%
Marshfield Medical Center, Marshfield218$770,226,800$811,091,397−5.3%
Prohealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital, Waukesha272$606,649,720$551,101,3049.2%
Ascension All Saints Hospital, Racine269$264,485,754$328,909,319−24.4%

Patients and payers

Discharges
16,092
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
71,871
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
196.9
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
74.7%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
23.1%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
8.0%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • BELLIN GUNDERSEN HEALTH SYSTEM INC100%
  • GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN HEALTH SYSTEM INC100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: GL CREDENT SVCS, phys credentlng; GL MEDICAL FND, charitable org; TRI-STATE AMBLN, grnd ambulance; GUNDERSEN CLINI, medical clinic; GUNDLUTH ADMIN, admin svcs.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinics (IA), Gundersen St. Elizabeth's Hospital and Clinics (MN), Bellin Memorial Hospital (WI), Gundersen St. Joseph's Hospital and Clinics (WI), Gundersen Moundview Hospital and Clinics (WI), Gundersen Tri-County Hospital and Clinics (WI), Gundersen Boscobel Area Hospital and Clinics (WI), Emplify Health Oconto Clinic (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 520087. 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 September 28, 2026.