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Critical access hospital · Circle, Montana · 25 beds · CMS certification number 271305

McCone County Health Center

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS December 11, 2025. 26 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$5.3M
$5,309,539 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$5.3M
$5,325,761 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$16K
−$16,222 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−0.3%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $1.5M in its first year on file (2000) to $5.3M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$189K (2023), −$253K (2024), −$16K (2025).
  • All 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 38.4% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 4.8%.

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
$1.5M
$1.5M
2001
settled
$1.7M
$1.7M
2002
settled
$1.5M
$2.0M
2003
settled
$1.8M
$2.1M
2004
settled
$2.1M
$2.2M
2005
settled
$2.5M
$2.6M
2006
settled
$2.4M
$2.6M
2007
settled
$2.5M
$2.7M
2008
settled
$2.5M
$2.8M
2009
settled
$2.4M
$2.8M
2010
settled
$2.7M
$2.8M
2011
settled
$2.9M
$3.2M
2012
settled
$3.0M
$3.1M
2013
settled
$2.8M
$3.2M
2014
settled
$3.1M
$3.2M
2015
settled
$3.2M
$3.5M
2016
settled
$3.0M
$3.5M
2017
settled with audit
$3.3M
$3.7M
2018
settled with audit
$3.2M
$3.7M
2019
settled with audit
$3.4M
$3.9M
2020
settled with audit
$3.2M
$3.7M
2021
settled
$3.4M
$4.0M
2022
as submitted
$3.8M
$4.7M
2023
settled with audit
$4.9M
$5.1M
2024
settled
$5.2M
$5.4M
2025
as submitted
$5.3M
$5.3M

Beside its peers

Critical access hospitals in Montana with 25 to 49 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
McCone County Health Center25$5,309,539$5,325,761−0.3%
Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association, Ekalaka25$9,153,602$10,383,914−13.4%
Fallon Medical Complex, Baker25$11,500,176$12,767,576−11.0%
Granite County Medical Center, Philipsburg25$6,577,167$8,151,294−23.9%
Benefis Missouri River Medical Center, Fort Benton25$11,111,107$12,197,805−9.8%
Roosevelt Medical Center, Culbertson29$9,135,083$9,921,731−8.6%

Patients and payers

Discharges
47
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
7,323
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
20.1
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
80.3%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
4.8%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
38.4%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Related organizations on its own cost report: MCCONE COUNTY (100%), government.

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

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 271305. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, read December 11, 2025.