29 NW 1st Lane, Lamar, MO, 64759 · (417) 682-6081
Beds
25
FY 2025
Star rating
Not rated
Patient survey: 5 of 5
Net patient revenue
$30.4M
FY 2025
Net income
$2.0M
Patient care margin -4.4%
Discharges
525
Occupancy 30.5%
Clinicians
86
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 | $30.4M | $31.7M | -4.4% | $2.0M | 525 | $1.9M | 35.7% | 3.4% |
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 | 14.9% | US median 15.2% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.8% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 16.7% | 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.
| 2024 | $30.9M | $30.1M | 2.6% | $3.0M | 514 | $2.0M | 39.9% | 3.8% |
| 2023 | $29.9M | $27.9M | 6.9% | $5.2M | 495 | $1.2M | 44.3% | 3.3% |
| 2022 | $25.0M | $25.8M | -3.0% | $2.4M | 469 | $1.4M | 47.8% | 5.9% |
| 2021 | $23.1M | $25.3M | -9.8% | $1.1M | 495 | $2.2M | 44.0% | 5.3% |
| 2020 | $21.3M | $23.0M | -7.8% | -$20K | 367 | $1.9M | 61.1% | 3.6% |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.28 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 89% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 90% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 5 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 66% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 90% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 93% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 86% | 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) | 91 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 28% | US median 15% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 95% | US median 79% |
| Stroke patients who got a brain scan within 45 minutes of arrival | 94% | US median 74% |
Cox Barton County Hospital is a nonprofit critical access hospital in Lamar, MO with 25 beds, part of CoxHealth.
Cox Barton County Hospital in Lamar, MO has 25 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report). It discharged 525 inpatients that year, with 30.5% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-09-30), Cox Barton County Hospital reported net patient revenue of $30.4M and operating expenses of $31.7M, a margin on patient care of -4.4%. After other income and expenses its net income was $2.0M (5.9% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Cox Barton County Hospital is part of CoxHealth, a health system with 4 hospitals based in Springfield, MO. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Cox Barton County Hospital has no overall star rating, usually because it reports too few quality measures (for example small, specialty or federal hospitals).
Yes, Cox Barton County Hospital provides emergency services.
86 Medicare clinicians list Cox Barton County Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Diagnostic Radiology, Family Practice.