1520 N Division Street, Blytheville, AR, 72315 · (870) 838-7300
Beds
34
FY 2025
Star rating
2 of 5
Overall rating
Net patient revenue
$16.9M
FY 2025
Net income
-$394K
Patient care margin -51.3%
Discharges
759
Occupancy 21.0%
Clinicians
95
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $16.9M | $25.6M | -51.3% | -$394K | 759 | $2.1M | 12.9% | 17.6% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for COPD patients | 8.5% | US median 8.5% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 6% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 17.7% | US median 15.2% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 20% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.9% | US median 17.2% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 170 | 137 | $1,969.04 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5182 Level 2 Vascular Procedures | 12 | 12 | $1,142.39 | $1,204.32 |
| APC 5431 Level 1 Nerve Procedures |
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $18.2M | $27.0M | -48.1% | -$2.3M | 778 | $2.5M | 13.5% | 16.5% |
| 2023 | $17.6M | $28.2M | -59.8% | -$6.1M | 1,332 | $1.6M | 19.7% | 12.5% |
| 2022 | $25.2M | $33.5M | -33.0% | $5.5M | 1,907 | $1.6M | 29.6% | 12.1% |
| 2021 | $25.9M | $29.2M | -12.8% | $5.8M | 1,779 | $940K | 28.0% | 9.6% |
| 2020 | $22.3M | $25.6M | -15.1% | $2.4M | 1,161 | $946K | 24.3% | 12.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.97 | US median 0.96 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 73% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 72% | US median 80% |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 53% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 58% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 60% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 56% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 3% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 130 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 18% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 46% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 85% | US median 79% |
| 11 |
| - |
| $1,389.71 |
| $1,406.61 |
| APC 5313 Level 3 Lower GI Procedures | - | - | - | $2,176.09 |
| APC 5341 Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures | - | - | - | $2,635.67 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | - | - | - | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5362 Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services | - | - | - | $8,164.45 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | - | - | - | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5414 Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures | - | - | - | $2,389.24 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | - | - | - | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | - | - | - | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | - | - | - | $1,444.50 |
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays and outpatient services; groups with fewer than 11 cases are not published. Payments are those drug and device companies must report.
Great River Medical Center is a government-owned short-term acute care hospital in Blytheville, AR with 34 beds, part of Mississippi County Arkansas and a 2-star overall rating.
Great River Medical Center in Blytheville, AR has 34 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 168 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 759 inpatients that year, with 21.0% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), Great River Medical Center reported net patient revenue of $16.9M and operating expenses of $25.6M, a margin on patient care of -51.3%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$394K (-1.6% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Great River Medical Center is part of Mississippi County Arkansas, a health system with 2 hospitals based in Blytheville, AR. It is a government-owned hospital.
Great River Medical Center has an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings.
Yes, Great River Medical Center provides emergency services.
95 Medicare clinicians list Great River Medical Center as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Family Practice, Diagnostic Radiology.