500 East Thorpe Street, Lakin, KS, 67860 · (620) 355-7111
Beds
21
FY 2025
Star rating
Not rated
Overall rating
Net patient revenue
$26.5M
FY 2025
Net income
$3.9M
Patient care margin -4.8%
Discharges
507
Occupancy 41.5%
Clinicians
24
Medicare clinicians who work here
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 | $26.5M | $27.8M | -4.8% | $3.9M | 507 | $800K | 51.0% | 5.0% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4.2% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 14.8% | US median 15.2% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 16.5% | US median 17.2% |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.85 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well |
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.
| 2024 | $25.5M | $28.4M | -11.3% | $2.1M | 506 | $1.7M | 48.0% | 4.2% |
| 2023 | $24.4M | $27.7M | -13.8% | $1.0M | 495 | $861K | 49.5% | 9.9% |
| 2022 | $24.9M | $28.9M | -16.0% | $1.6M | 571 | $1.4M | 46.3% | 11.5% |
| 2021 | $24.3M | $30.7M | -26.4% | $5.4M | 535 | $567K | 50.3% | 11.3% |
| 2020 | $20.9M | $26.6M | -27.2% | $1.4M | 524 | $850K | 51.8% | 11.6% |
| 92% |
| US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 78% | US median 80% |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 65% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 66% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 69% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 85% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 0% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 132 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 4% | US median 15% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 81% | US median 79% |
Kearny County Hospital is a government-owned critical access hospital in Lakin, KS with 21 beds.
Kearny County Hospital in Lakin, KS has 21 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 25 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 507 inpatients that year, with 41.5% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), Kearny County Hospital reported net patient revenue of $26.5M and operating expenses of $27.8M, a margin on patient care of -4.8%. After other income and expenses its net income was $3.9M (12.4% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Kearny County Hospital is not part of a multi-hospital health system in the official ownership records. It is a government-owned hospital (Government (local)).
Kearny County Hospital has no overall star rating, usually because it reports too few quality measures (for example small, specialty or federal hospitals).
Yes, Kearny County Hospital provides emergency services.
24 Medicare clinicians list Kearny County Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Family Practice, Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner.