1525 West 5th Street, Storm Lake, IA, 50588 · (712) 732-4030
Beds
25
FY 2025
Star rating
2 of 5
Patient survey: 5 of 5
Net patient revenue
$77.6M
FY 2025
Net income
$13.7M
Patient care margin 3.2%
Discharges
812
Occupancy 34.0%
Clinicians
144
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 | $77.6M | $75.1M | 3.2% | $13.7M | 812 | $2.5M | 34.5% | 3.5% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 18.1% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.9% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 17.7% | US median 15.2% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 20.9% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 16.2% | US median 17.2% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
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 | $72.2M | $70.9M | 1.8% | $10.4M | 817 | $1.6M | 35.7% | 3.2% |
| 2023 | $59.4M | $66.0M | -11.1% | $3.2M | 892 | $1.5M | 35.7% | 2.0% |
| 2022 | $59.3M | $61.8M | -4.3% | $10.8M | 837 | $1.4M | 32.1% | 3.7% |
| 2021 | $56.9M | $61.2M | -7.6% | $2.7M | 892 | $1.3M | 37.0% | 5.1% |
| 2020 | $50.8M | $56.1M | -10.5% | $4.0M | 890 | $1.7M | 35.3% | 4.5% |
| Doctors always communicated well | 88% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 82% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 5 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 68% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 84% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 83% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 80% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 1% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 152 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 12% | US median 15% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 94% | US median 79% |
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center is a government-owned critical access hospital in Storm Lake, IA with 25 beds, part of Trinity Health System and a 2-star overall rating.
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake, IA has 25 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report). It discharged 812 inpatients that year, with 34.0% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), Buena Vista Regional Medical Center reported net patient revenue of $77.6M and operating expenses of $75.1M, a margin on patient care of 3.2%. After other income and expenses its net income was $13.7M (15.4% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center is part of Trinity Health System, a health system with 6 hospitals based in Ft Dodge, IA. It is a government-owned hospital.
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center has an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 5 out of 5 stars in the patient survey. 0 death rate measures are better and 2 worse than the national rate.
Yes, Buena Vista Regional Medical Center provides emergency services.
144 Medicare clinicians list Buena Vista Regional Medical Center as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Diagnostic Radiology, Family Practice.