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Critical access hospital · Gettysburg, South Dakota · 7 beds · CMS certification number 431302

Avera Missouri River Health Center

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS December 4, 2025. 29 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$14.2M
$14,233,634 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$13.9M
$13,896,732 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$337K
$336,902 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
2.4%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $3.1M in its first year on file (1997) to $14.2M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$799K (2023), −$751K (2024), $337K (2025).
  • 3 of the 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 14.9% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 73.7%.
  • AVERA HEALTH holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

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

29 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1997
settled
$3.1M
$3.2M
1998
settled
$2.9M
$3.1M
1999
settled
$2.6M
$2.9M
2000
settled
$2.8M
$2.8M
2001
settled
$2.6M
$2.8M
2002
settled
$3.0M
$3.0M
2003
settled
$3.0M
$3.5M
2004
reopened
$3.1M
$4.0M
2005
settled
$4.2M
$4.3M
2006
settled
$4.4M
$4.4M
2007
reopened
$4.6M
$4.8M
2008
reopened
$5.1M
$4.9M
2009
settled
$5.6M
$5.2M
2010
settled
$6.2M
$5.3M
2011
settled
$6.0M
$5.5M
2012
as submitted
$6.1M
$5.6M
2013
settled
$6.5M
$5.7M
2014
settled
$5.3M
$5.7M
2015
settled
$6.1M
$5.4M
2016
settled
$6.2M
$5.5M
2017
settled
$6.8M
$6.1M
2018
settled
$6.7M
$6.4M
2019
settled
$8.2M
$7.6M
2020
settled
$9.0M
$8.6M
2021
settled
$11.0M
$10.4M
2022
settled
$11.4M
$11.6M
2023
settled
$12.0M
$12.8M
2024
settled
$12.1M
$12.9M
2025
as submitted
$14.2M
$13.9M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Avera Missouri River Health Center7$14,233,634$13,896,7322.4%
Bennett County Hospital and Nursing Home, Martin10$10,160,265$10,345,046−1.8%
Avera de Smet Memorial Hospital, De Smet6$9,051,899$7,942,86412.3%
Douglas County Memorial Hospital, Armour11$12,726,567$12,582,7701.1%
Eureka Community Health Services, Eureka4$5,369,401$5,928,454−10.4%
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center, Clear Lake10$8,755,667$7,688,67212.2%

Patients and payers

Discharges
73
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
834
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
2.3
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
32.6%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
73.7%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
14.9%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • AVERA HEALTH100%
  • AVERA ST MARYS100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: ST MARYS (100%).

Other hospitals with the same owner: Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital (IA), Avera Holy Family Hospital (IA), Avera Granite Falls Health Center (MN), Avera Tyler Hospital (MN), Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center (MN), Avera St. Anthonys Hospital (NE).

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).

Community benefit, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by Avera Gettysburg (employer identification number 460234354) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

FigureAs filedWhere it comes from
Total community benefit expense (line 7k)$4,330,992IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$87,000IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$31,059IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$118,059IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$4,212,933IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.3391IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202441359349310034. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by Avera Gettysburg (employer identification number 460234354) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
Connie BelfordNurse PractitionerHighest-compensated employee$165,495$0$41,562
Daylon WigartNurse PractitionerHighest-compensated employee$166,070$0$40,073
Dr Amy Lueking - Board mbrto 03/2023)/VP of Med Affairs/CMOTrustee/director$0$327,482$49,050
Dr Mark HagyBoard Member/OrthopedicsTrustee/director$0$827,282$29,930
Dr Mikel HollandCMO/President/CEO (End 03/2023)Trustee/director, Officer$0$397,658$54,210
Jamie CroninBoard MemberTrustee/director$0$0$0
Jonda Sue JohnsonDirector - Patient CareHighest-compensated employee$115,173$0$29,259
Julie LauttCFO Avera Health;Secretary/TreasurerOfficer$0$1,086,452$17,088
Kim OlsonBoard MemberTrustee/director$0$0$0
Kristi Livermont MBAAdministratorHighest-compensated employee$134,679$0$17,882
Kristin BrostBoard MemberTrustee/director$0$0$0
Mary Mae B Quipot-AckermanMedical Lab ScientistHighest-compensated employee$112,726$0$7,505
Meredith LeeBoard MemberTrustee/director$0$0$0
Michael LarsonBoard MemberTrustee/director$0$0$0
Mike WeisgramChairTrustee/director, Officer$0$0$0
Rena RobbennoltBoard Member/Nurse PractionerTrustee/director$27,887$67,154$42,943
Robert WylieBoard MemberTrustee/director$0$0$0
Shantel KrebsInterim President/CEO (Beg 03/2023)Trustee/director, Officer$0$107,215$5,497
Sr Lynn Marie Welbig PBVMBoard MemberTrustee/director$0$0$0
Sr Penny BinghamBoard MemberTrustee/director$0$0$0
Todd ForkelFormer President/CEOFormer$0$113,998$11,419

E-file object id 202441359349310034. The IRS archive it was read from.

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 431302. 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 December 4, 2025.