Velarion Records

Critical access hospital · Superior, Wisconsin · 16 beds · CMS certification number 521329

Essentia Health St. Mary's Hospital- Superior

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS December 3, 2025. 22 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$122.2M
$122,248,791 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$95.1M
$95,122,777 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$27.1M
$27,126,014 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
22.2%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $14.2M in its first year on file (2004) to $122.2M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $18.2M (2023), $20.0M (2024), $27.1M (2025).
  • 2 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 3.4% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 55.7%.

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

22 years of filings

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

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
2004
settled
$14.2M
$14.7M
2005
settled
$16.2M
$16.6M
2006
reopened
$18.9M
$18.2M
2007
reopened
$31.4M
$27.1M
2008
reopened
$36.1M
$29.8M
2009
settled with audit
$38.3M
$31.3M
2010
settled with audit
$40.8M
$29.7M
2011
settled
$41.0M
$32.4M
2012
reopened
$44.9M
$32.3M
2013
reopened
$44.6M
$32.9M
2014
settled
$41.0M
$33.9M
2015
settled
$45.1M
$36.4M
2016
reopened
$46.3M
$38.2M
2017
settled
$53.8M
$48.4M
2018
settled
$62.6M
$56.9M
2019
settled with audit
$70.4M
$60.5M
2020
settled
$68.7M
$62.7M
2021
settled
$81.0M
$66.3M
2022
settled
$90.0M
$75.7M
2023
settled with audit
$98.2M
$80.0M
2024
as submitted
$103.8M
$83.8M
2025
as submitted
$122.2M
$95.1M

Beside its peers

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

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Essentia Health St. Mary's Hospital- Superior16$122,248,791$95,122,77722.2%
Aspirus Rhinelander & Tomahawk Hospitals & Clinics, Tomahawk18$15,479,114$15,806,199−2.1%
Edgerton Hospital and Health Services, Edgerton16$40,268,823$43,729,676−8.6%
Marshfield Medical Center - Neillsville, Neillsville16$41,737,390$38,607,2177.5%
Mayo Clinic Health System-Osseo, Osseo18$37,151,552$39,220,448−5.6%
Mayo Clinic Health System - Sparta, Sparta15$51,161,112$50,252,0401.8%

Patients and payers

Discharges
386
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
4,058
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
11.1
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
69.5%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
55.7%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
3.4%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

Indirect owner: ESSENTIA HEALTH

Related organizations on its own cost report: ESSENTIA HEALTH, home office.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Essentia Health St. Marys Medical Center (MN), Essentia Health Duluth (MN), Essentia Health - St. Josephs Medical Center (MN), Essentia Health Virginia (MN), Essentia Health St. Mary's Detroit Lakes (MN), St. Francis Regional Medical Center (MN), Essentia Health Sandstone (MN), Essentia Health Ada (MN), Essentia Health Holy Trinity Hospital (MN), Essentia Health Northern Pines (MN), Essentia Health Moose Lake (MN), Essentia Health Deer River (MN).

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 ST MARY'S HOSPITAL OF SUPERIOR (employer identification number 411811073) 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)$2,834,218IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance at cost (line 7a)$614,396IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Medicaid (line 7b)$2,005,775IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d)$2,620,171IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Other benefits (line 7j)$214,047IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt>
Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f)0.0355IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct>

E-file object id 202421299349300722. The IRS archive it was read from.

Executive and director compensation, as filed

From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by ST MARY'S HOSPITAL OF SUPERIOR (employer identification number 411811073) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.

NameTitleRoleReportable comp, from this organizationReportable comp, from related organizationsOther compensation
ALAN ROCKBOARD DIRECTORTrustee/director$0$8,000$0
ANNE STEPHEN MDCHIEF MEDICAL OFFICERKey employee$0$876,444$107,371
ANTHONY SERTICHBOARD DIRECTORTrustee/director$0$7,800$0
BRADLEY BEARDCHIEF OPERATING OFFICERKey employee$0$932,410$137,485
CATHERINE ORLANDIREGISTERED NURSEHighest-compensated employee$182,904$0$22,357
CYNTHIA KENTFORMER SNR VP, NURSING EXCELLENCEFormer$0$222,503$7,863
HARA CHARLIERBOARD DIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
HOWARD KLATZKYBOARD DIRECTOR THRU 12/22Trustee/director$0$7,000$0
JAN BALDWIN MDBOARD DIRECTORTrustee/director$0$297,388$50,698
JANICE SCHADESENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONSKey employee$0$541,628$88,128
JOSEPH LEONIBOARD DIRECTOR THRU 12/22Trustee/director$0$6,800$0
JOSEPH MIHALEKBOARD CHAIRTrustee/director, Officer$0$8,800$0
JULIE ARNETTNURSE PRACTITIONERHighest-compensated employee$173,423$0$47,625
KEVIN BORENVICE PRESIDENT, FINANCEOfficer$0$528,452$89,011
KIM PEARSONADMINISTRATOROfficer$190,443$0$37,684
LAURA TROMBINO MDBOARD DIRECTOR THRU 12/22Trustee/director$0$457,846$52,234
OLGA TER-GRIGORYANNURSE PRACTITIONERHighest-compensated employee$187,524$0$24,815
RENEE WACHTERBOARD VICE CHAIRTrustee/director, Officer$0$6,400$0
RHONDA KAZIKCHIEF NURSING OFFICERKey employee$0$538,327$90,800
SARAH KARLADVANCED PRACTICE - SECTION CHAIRHighest-compensated employee$196,850$0$46,247
SISTER BEVERLY RAWAYBOARD DIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
SISTER JEANNE ANN WEBERBOARD DIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
SISTER THERESE CARSONBOARD DIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
TAMMY KRITZERSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONSKey employee$0$468,127$65,835
THOMAS JAMARBOARD DIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
THOMAS RENIERBOARD VICE CHAIR THRU 12/22Trustee/director, Officer$0$8,600$0
TINA ANVIDREGISTERED NURSEHighest-compensated employee$168,319$0$18,741
TONY YUNGBOARD DIRECTORTrustee/director$0$0$0
TROY DUININCK MDBOARD DIRECTORTrustee/director$0$622,239$60,115

E-file object id 202421299349300722. The IRS archive it was read from.

Follow this hospital, free

We send this record now and tell you when it files again.

More critical access hospitals in Wisconsin

From the publisher of Velarion Records

Velarion Intel

Independent Decision-Grade Intelligence

Compensation and corporate governance intelligence for advisors, investors and companies. Executive and board pay for public companies, benchmarked against peers.

See what Intel shows

Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 521329. 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 3, 2025.