P O Box 1990, 10 East 31st St, Kearney, NE, 68848 · (308) 865-7900
Beds
182
FY 2024
Star rating
4 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$189.3M
FY 2024
Net income
$41.3M
Patient care margin 1.4%
Discharges
6,129
Occupancy 42.9%
Clinicians
338
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 | - | $188.0M | - | -$188.0M | 5,921 | $6.3M | 33.4% | 4.5% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate after heart bypass surgery | 2.8% | US median 2.3% |
| Death rate for COPD patients | 8.1% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 11% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 10.2% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.5% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 14.7% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
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 | $189.3M | $186.5M | 1.4% | $41.3M | 6,129 | $6.1M | 33.6% | 3.8% |
| 2023 | $174.5M | $180.3M | -3.3% | $14.1M | 4,883 | $6.4M | 35.7% | 4.9% |
| 2022 | $184.2M | $176.1M | 4.4% | $8.6M | 5,151 | $4.9M | 37.8% | 6.6% |
| 2021 | $175.8M | $171.9M | 2.2% | $73.2M | 5,782 | $8.7M | 39.5% | 6.3% |
| 2020 | $167.3M | $165.6M | 1.0% | $24.7M | 6,350 | $12.1M | 42.5% | 6.5% |
| 8.2% |
| US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate after heart bypass surgery | 11.9% | US median 10.9% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.5% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 13.9% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 23.3% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 16.5% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.98 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.11 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.48 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.41 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 77% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 80% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 56% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 72% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 69% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 73% | 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) | 138 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 21% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 77% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 79% | US median 79% |
| 48 |
| $24,762.90 |
| $9,150.48 |
| $11,869.17 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 40 | $162,937.85 | $37,213.35 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 682 RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 36 | $37,326.69 | $10,085.11 | $11,457.18 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 30 | $70,784.07 | $13,671.47 | $15,801.33 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 28 | $43,656.57 | $6,522.96 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 064 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCC | 27 | $65,639.41 | $13,414.59 | $15,695.20 |
| DRG 065 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 24 | $34,361.79 | $5,904.88 | $7,474.08 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 23 | $43,472.48 | $7,897.57 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 280 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 22 | $46,402.00 | $9,912.14 | $12,400.10 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 20 | $41,182.60 | $10,879.75 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 480 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH MCC | 20 | $101,774.70 | $19,584.55 | $23,191.08 |
| DRG 698 OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 17 | $65,495.94 | $9,962.00 | $13,076.55 |
| DRG 377 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH MCC | 17 | $57,419.29 | $10,871.06 | $14,301.50 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 168 | 161 | $10,267.98 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 147 | 137 | $1,146.79 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 100 | 78 | $2,489.81 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 96 | 93 | $1,929.41 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 96 | 96 | $2,115.07 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 66 | 63 | $4,096.85 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 65 | 57 | $1,373.73 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 45 | 42 | $2,240.03 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | 40 | 36 | $8,309.74 | $8,873.86 |
| APC 5194 Level 4 Endovascular Procedures | 40 | 35 | $13,497.27 | $14,606.35 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 37 | 31 | $1,464.34 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5223 Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures | 33 | 33 | $8,030.20 | $8,569.01 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
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.
CHI Health Good Samaritan is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Kearney, NE with 182 beds, part of CommonSpirit Health and a 4-star overall rating.
CHI Health Good Samaritan in Kearney, NE has 182 beds (fiscal year 2024 cost report); 165 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 6,129 inpatients that year, with 42.9% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2024 (ending 2024-06-30), CHI Health Good Samaritan reported net patient revenue of $189.3M and operating expenses of $186.5M, a margin on patient care of 1.4%. After other income and expenses its net income was $41.3M (18.1% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
CHI Health Good Samaritan is part of CommonSpirit Health, a health system with 129 hospitals based in San Francisco, CA. It is a nonprofit hospital.
CHI Health Good Samaritan has an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 4 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, CHI Health Good Samaritan provides emergency services.
338 Medicare clinicians list CHI Health Good Samaritan as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Family Practice.
In 2024, CHI Health Good Samaritan had 863 Medicare inpatient stays in 29 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 263 stays; Medicare paid $13,311.17 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $12K in payments to CHI Health Good Samaritan as a teaching hospital ($12K general and - for research) from 5 companies.