4600 38th St, Columbus, NE, 68601 · (402) 562-7118
Beds
50
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$166.3M
FY 2025
Net income
$23.8M
Patient care margin 4.7%
Discharges
1,997
Occupancy 52.2%
Clinicians
241
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 | $166.3M | $158.6M | 4.7% | $23.8M | 1,997 | $3.2M | 42.4% | 5.4% |
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 | 8.5% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 12.4% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 10.5% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4.5% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 16.3% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 15.3% | US median 11.6% |
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 | $151.5M | $149.6M | 1.2% | $20.3M | 1,841 | $3.8M | 44.9% | 9.4% |
| 2023 | $137.1M | $138.7M | -1.2% | $3.6M | 1,631 | $4.6M | 46.3% | 10.8% |
| 2022 | $123.9M | $120.9M | 2.5% | -$646K | 1,669 | $3.6M | 42.6% | 8.2% |
| 2021 | $105.1M | $103.4M | 1.6% | $51.0M | 1,643 | $3.8M | 41.1% | 8.6% |
| 2020 | $97.9M | $94.8M | 3.1% | $7.0M | 1,852 | $4.1M | 47.0% | 8.1% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.8% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.5% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 18.1% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.89 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.84 | US median 0.28 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 81% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 81% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 59% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 75% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 81% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 72% | 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) | 121 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 7% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 52% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 85% | US median 79% |
| 25 |
| $27,563.28 |
| $11,726.24 |
| $10,022.34 |
| DRG 885 PSYCHOSES | 19 | $47,529.58 | $12,282.95 | $11,869.17 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 19 | $29,062.21 | $6,699.58 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 392 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 19 | $24,094.00 | $5,812.26 | $5,662.18 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 17 | $66,570.71 | $18,066.71 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 641 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC | 17 | $21,598.06 | $6,086.88 | $5,829.71 |
| DRG 178 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH CC | 16 | $29,103.56 | $7,291.94 | $7,278.86 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 15 | $33,588.00 | $7,544.87 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 603 CELLULITIS WITHOUT MCC | 13 | $23,522.15 | $6,686.85 | $6,446.25 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 13 | $72,116.69 | $18,932.77 | $15,801.33 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 13 | $38,688.85 | $10,477.31 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 871 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC | 13 | $46,795.85 | $17,216.15 | $15,524.21 |
| DRG 638 DIABETES WITH CC | 11 | $26,519.45 | $7,231.82 | $6,926.41 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 456 | 261 | $1,038.84 | $1,751.67 |
| APC 5372 Level 2 Urology and Related Services | 127 | 106 | $494.93 | $502.15 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 101 | 99 | $2,012.46 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 83 | 78 | $10,495.18 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5112 Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 65 | 57 | $1,181.65 | $1,196.16 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 54 | 53 | $1,497.51 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 48 | 48 | $4,065.46 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 47 | 46 | $1,191.96 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 44 | 43 | $1,365.16 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 42 | 41 | $5,259.84 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 41 | 37 | $2,379.80 | $2,373.24 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 40 | 39 | $3,756.75 | $3,917.51 |
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.
Columbus Community Hospital, Inc is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Columbus, NE with 50 beds and a 3-star overall rating.
Columbus Community Hospital, Inc in Columbus, NE has 50 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 47 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 1,997 inpatients that year, with 52.2% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-04-30), Columbus Community Hospital, Inc reported net patient revenue of $166.3M and operating expenses of $158.6M, a margin on patient care of 4.7%. After other income and expenses its net income was $23.8M (13.1% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Columbus Community Hospital, Inc is not part of a multi-hospital health system in the official ownership records. It is a nonprofit hospital (Nonprofit (other)).
Columbus Community Hospital, Inc has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 4 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Columbus Community Hospital, Inc provides emergency services.
241 Medicare clinicians list Columbus Community Hospital, Inc as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Family Practice.
In 2024, Columbus Community Hospital, Inc had 307 Medicare inpatient stays in 17 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 884 (organic disturbances and intellectual disability) with 47 stays; Medicare paid $16,876.49 per stay on average, compared with $13,593.39 across all hospitals.