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Critical access hospital · Ripon, Wisconsin · 15 beds · CMS certification number 521321

SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 12, 2026. 24 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$32.0M
$31,969,128 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$35.0M
$35,006,395 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$3.0M
−$3,037,267 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−9.5%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $6.2M in its first year on file (2002) to $32.0M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$1.5M (2023), $397K (2024), −$3.0M (2025).
  • 2 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 6.3% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 27.6%.
  • AGNESIAN HEALTHCARE INC holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

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

24 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
2002
settled
$6.2M
$7.1M
2003
settled
$13.7M
$14.2M
2004
settled
$13.6M
$15.1M
2005
settled
$14.7M
$15.9M
2006
settled
$14.5M
$16.5M
2007
reopened
$16.9M
$18.8M
2008
settled
$17.4M
$19.6M
2009
settled with audit
$17.4M
$20.4M
2010
settled with audit
$18.8M
$24.2M
2011
settled
$14.9M
$23.5M
2012
settled
$16.6M
$17.7M
2013
settled
$20.4M
$21.6M
2014
settled
$21.0M
$21.7M
2015
settled with audit
$24.1M
$25.5M
2016
settled with audit
$25.9M
$28.5M
2017
settled
$27.9M
$28.5M
2018
settled
$29.7M
$29.2M
2019
settled
$28.7M
$29.4M
2020
settled
$25.6M
$29.2M
2021
settled
$32.1M
$29.0M
2022
settled
$33.0M
$33.2M
2023
settled
$31.8M
$33.3M
2024
as submitted
$34.9M
$34.5M
2025
as submitted
$32.0M
$35.0M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital15$31,969,128$35,006,395−9.5%
Cumberland Healthcare, Cumberland14$31,229,691$36,371,432−16.5%
Edgerton Hospital and Health Services, Edgerton16$40,268,823$43,729,676−8.6%
Marshfield Medical Center - Neillsville, Neillsville16$41,737,390$38,607,2177.5%
Mayo Clinic Health System - Sparta, Sparta15$51,161,112$50,252,0401.8%
Essentia Health St. Mary's Hospital- Superior, Superior16$122,248,791$95,122,77722.2%

Patients and payers

Discharges
493
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
1,654
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
4.5
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
30.2%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
27.6%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
6.3%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • AGNESIAN HEALTHCARE INC100%
  • SSM HEALTH CARE OF WISCONSIN INC100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: SSM HEALTH (100%), laboratory; SSM HEALTH (100%), home office; SSM HEALTH (100%), ssm regional ho.

Other hospitals with the same owner: SSM Health Monroe Hospital (WI), Stoughton Hospital (WI).

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

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 RIPON MEDICAL CENTER INC (employer identification number 391101287) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

FigureAs filedWhere it comes from
Total community benefit expense (line 7k)$2,666,396IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$633,205IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$1,692,762IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$2,420,423IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$245,973IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.0801IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202443209349313149. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by RIPON MEDICAL CENTER INC (employer identification number 391101287) for tax year 2023. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
CHRISTOPHER OGLEPT YR DIRECTOR, VICE CHAIRTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
DEANN THURMERFORMER OFFICERFormer$0$407,420$137,142
DOUGLAS LONGSECRETARY, GENERAL COUNSEL AT SSM HEALTHOfficer$0$1,425,239$777,013
ELLEN SORENSENPT YR DIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
JENNIFER MASKELDIRECTOR, PHYSICIANTrustee/director$0$142,795$14,024
JOAN KARSTONDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
KARL BERTRAMPT YR DIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
KATHERINE VERGOSFORMER OFFICERFormer$0$643,009$242,929
KATIE KENNEDYDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
MARGARET HEFFERNANPT YR DIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
MARK HOLZMANDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
MARY WHITROCKPT YR DIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
MATTHEW LUEPTOWPT YR DIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
MATTHEW POGODZINSKIDIRECTOR, PHYSICIANTrustee/director$0$755,367$62,067
OLIVIA OTTEDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
PATTI LEITZEN FYEDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
PENG HERDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
RACHEL PRELLWITZPT YR DIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
RANDY COMBSTREASURER, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AT SSM HEALTHOfficer$0$2,182,354$1,238,074
RHEA EMMERDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
STEVE SMOOTVICE PRESIDENT, COO AT SSM HEALTHOfficer$0$2,054,358$1,204,489
SUE ANDERSONDIRECTOR, REGIONAL PRESIDENTTrustee/director, Officer$0$1,428,914$540,322
TED MILLERDIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
THOMAS KIRSCHBAUMASSISTANT SECRETARYOfficer$0$532,265$210,384
TODD WEIRPT YR DIRECTOR, CHAIRPERSONTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
WAYNE MATZKEDIRECTOR, VICE CHAIRTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
WESLEY SPARKMANDIRECTOR, CHAIRTrustee/director, Officer$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 521321. 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 12, 2026.