921 E. Highway 36, Smith Center, KS, 66967 · (785) 282-6845
Beds
16
FY 2025
Star rating
Not rated
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$22.9M
FY 2025
Net income
-$719K
Patient care margin -21.1%
Discharges
466
Occupancy 36.3%
Clinicians
47
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 | $22.9M | $27.7M | -21.1% | -$719K | 466 | $560K | 72.7% | 1.7% |
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 | 8.1% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 9.8% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 18.2% | US median 15.2% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.7% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.3% |
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 | $21.1M | $26.5M | -25.6% | -$1.3M | 452 | $515K | 64.7% | 2.0% |
| 2023 | $20.6M | $25.5M | -23.7% | -$542K | 478 | $392K | 74.7% | 1.0% |
| 2022 | $17.5M | $23.3M | -32.9% | -$2.0M | 451 | $184K | 66.7% | 0.7% |
| 2021 | $15.4M | $20.1M | -31.0% | -$280K | 362 | $785K | 74.6% | 0.8% |
| 2020 | $14.7M | $18.4M | -25.3% | $231K | 469 | $216K | 72.8% | 1.7% |
| US median 17.2% |
| Doctors always communicated well | 94% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 86% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 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 | 93% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 82% | 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) | 107 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 26% | US median 15% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 95% | US median 79% |
Smith County Memorial Hospital is a government-owned critical access hospital in Smith Center, KS with 16 beds, part of Great Plains Health Alliance.
Smith County Memorial Hospital in Smith Center, KS has 16 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 25 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 466 inpatients that year, with 36.3% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-03-31), Smith County Memorial Hospital reported net patient revenue of $22.9M and operating expenses of $27.7M, a margin on patient care of -21.1%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$719K (-2.7% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Smith County Memorial Hospital is part of Great Plains Health Alliance, a health system with 7 hospitals based in Wichita, KS. It is a government-owned hospital.
Smith County Memorial Hospital has no overall star rating, usually because it reports too few quality measures (for example small, specialty or federal hospitals).
Yes, Smith County Memorial Hospital provides emergency services.
47 Medicare clinicians list Smith County Memorial Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, Family Practice.