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Short-term acute care hospital · Kearney, Nebraska · 98 beds · CMS certification number 280134

Kearney Regional Medical Center

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS July 14, 2026. Twelve years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$220.8M
$220,795,989 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$212.8M
$212,765,979 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$8.0M
$8,030,010 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
3.6%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $26.7M in its first year on file (2014) to $220.8M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$15.0M (2023), −$11.9M (2024), $8.0M (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 2.0% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 38.9%.

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

Twelve years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
2014
settled
$26.7M
$35.2M
2015
settled with audit
$77.8M
$76.1M
2016
settled
$85.5M
$89.8M
2017
settled
$99.5M
$105.1M
2018
settled
$118.1M
$115.7M
2019
settled
$126.9M
$125.2M
2020
reopened
$140.5M
$131.7M
2021
settled
$159.4M
$169.5M
2022
settled
$145.9M
$160.1M
2023
settled
$159.4M
$174.5M
2024
settled
$169.4M
$181.3M
2025
as submitted
$220.8M
$212.8M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Kearney Regional Medical Center98$220,795,989$212,765,9793.6%
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%
Great Plains Health, North Platte97$373,596,043$358,947,9233.9%
Methodist Fremont Health, Fremont70$179,502,000$153,185,28914.7%

Patients and payers

Discharges
4,622
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
16,147
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
44.4
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
45.2%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
38.9%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
2.0%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Related organizations on its own cost report: BRYAN HEALTH (100%); BRYAN MEDICAL C; GRAND ISLAND RE.

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

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 280134. 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 July 14, 2026.