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Short-term acute care hospital · North Platte, Nebraska · 97 beds · CMS certification number 280065

Great Plains Health

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS June 16, 2026. 30 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$373.6M
$373,596,043 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$358.9M
$358,947,923 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$14.6M
$14,648,120 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
3.9%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $40.7M in its first year on file (1996) to $373.6M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $8.1M (2023), −$300.4M (2024), $14.6M (2025).
  • All 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 11.0% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 51.8%.

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
$40.7M
$37.9M
1997
settled with audit
$43.8M
$40.5M
1998
reopened
$49.8M
$46.8M
1999
settled with audit
$54.1M
$52.8M
2000
reopened
$62.1M
$58.6M
2001
reopened
$69.2M
$65.0M
2002
as submitted
$75.3M
$72.2M
2003
settled
$82.3M
$76.6M
2004
settled
$83.9M
$79.2M
2005
reopened
$85.3M
$81.6M
2006
reopened
$89.6M
$83.6M
2007
settled
$90.0M
$88.7M
2008
reopened
$108.5M
$103.5M
2009
settled
$115.8M
$111.3M
2010
reopened
$123.5M
$117.9M
2011
reopened
$136.5M
$129.7M
2012
settled
$141.8M
$134.3M
2013
reopened
$147.3M
$140.5M
2014
settled
$161.5M
$150.0M
2015
reopened
$177.0M
$170.1M
2016
reopened
$197.1M
$187.1M
2017
reopened
$201.1M
$197.1M
2018
settled
$219.1M
$205.4M
2019
reopened
$223.8M
$214.2M
2020
reopened
$225.0M
$213.2M
2021
settled
$263.4M
$240.3M
2022
settled
$268.8M
$258.4M
2023
as submitted
$287.7M
$279.6M
2024
as submitted
not filed
$300.4M
2025
as submitted
$373.6M
$358.9M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Nebraska with 50 to 99 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Great Plains Health97$373,596,043$358,947,9233.9%
Bellevue Medical Center - Nebraska Medicine, Bellevue71$146,375,196$113,702,40822.3%
CHI Health Nebraska Heart, Lincoln59$87,615,641$86,317,5451.5%
Grand Island Regional Medical Center, Grand Island60$103,348,781$98,811,8084.4%
Kearney Regional Medical Center, Kearney98$220,795,989$212,765,9793.6%
Methodist Fremont Health, Fremont70$179,502,000$153,185,28914.7%

Patients and payers

Discharges
4,564
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
18,735
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
51.5
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
52.9%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
51.8%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
11.0%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 280065. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, read June 16, 2026.