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Short-term acute care hospital · Hallettsville, Texas · 36 beds · CMS certification number 450053

Lavaca Medical Center

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended December 28, 2005, reopened, stamped by CMS January 24, 2008. Ten years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2005 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$9.1M
$9,102,636 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$9.7M
$9,748,638 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$646K
−$646,002 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−7.1%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $8.0M in its first year on file (1996) to $9.1M in 2005.
  • Its result from patient care: $36K (2003), −$390K (2004), −$646K (2005).
  • 4 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2005.

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

Ten years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1996
settled
$8.0M
$9.0M
1997
reopened
$6.8M
$7.1M
1998
settled
$6.2M
$7.3M
1999
settled
$6.5M
$6.6M
2000
reopened
$6.3M
$6.9M
2001
reopened
$6.4M
$7.1M
2002
reopened
$7.4M
$7.7M
2003
reopened
$8.4M
$8.4M
2004
settled
$8.8M
$9.2M
2005
reopened
$9.1M
$9.7M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Texas with 25 to 49 beds, each on fiscal year 2005.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Lavaca Medical Center36$9,102,636$9,748,638−7.1%
Childress Regional Medical Center, Childress38$15,665,893$16,837,530−7.5%
Eastland Memorial Hospital, Eastland36$9,331,002$10,549,546−13.1%
Memorial Hospital, Gonzales35$14,418,072$17,118,184−18.7%
Medical Arts Hospital, Lamesa38$9,109,023$10,640,284−16.8%
Legent Orthopedic & Spine Hospital, Pasadena37$31,362,587$24,783,75021.0%

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSPFY2005.ZIP, form CMS-2552-96, filed under CMS certification number 450053.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSPFY2005.ZIP, read January 24, 2008.