804 22nd Avenue, Kearney, NE, 68845 · (308) 455-3600
Beds
93
FY 2024
Star rating
4 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$169.4M
FY 2024
Net income
-$8.7M
Patient care margin -7.0%
Discharges
4,410
Occupancy 44.6%
Clinicians
230
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $169.4M | $181.3M | -7.0% | -$8.7M | 4,410 | $3.4M | 41.4% | 2.6% |
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 | 2.4% | US median 2.3% |
| Death rate for COPD patients | 11.6% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 11.7% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 13.3% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.6% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 12.5% | 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
| 2023 | $159.4M | $174.5M | -9.4% | $148.2M | 4,309 | $2.2M | 44.5% | 7.8% |
| 2022 | $145.9M | $160.1M | -9.7% | -$12.8M | 2,737 | $7.6M | 46.0% | 5.7% |
| 2021 | $159.4M | $169.5M | -6.3% | $145.0M | 2,307 | $1.7M | 48.2% | 0.3% |
| 2020 | $140.5M | $131.7M | 6.2% | $10.9M | 2,975 | $1.5M | 50.1% | 0.5% |
| 12.4% |
| US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate after heart bypass surgery | 13.8% | US median 10.9% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.3% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14.1% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.2% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 5.9% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 16.4% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 4.6% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.92 | 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 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.89 | US median 0.72 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 79% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 78% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 61% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 77% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 64% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 78% | 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) | 109 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 25% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 68% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 67% | US median 79% |
| 45 |
| $88,323.62 |
| $19,226.02 |
| $24,748.54 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 38 | $37,937.08 | $6,878.87 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 321 PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITH MCC OR 4+ ARTERIES/ | 35 | $109,400.83 | $15,751.14 | $22,190.93 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 35 | $44,856.06 | $9,170.11 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 267 ENDOVASCULAR CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 32 | $144,489.22 | $29,855.97 | $40,566.75 |
| DRG 322 PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITHOUT MCC | 25 | $93,247.92 | $9,971.56 | $12,904.99 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 25 | $184,680.00 | $40,399.20 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 280 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 24 | $54,006.00 | $9,134.58 | $12,400.10 |
| DRG 682 RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 22 | $36,298.77 | $8,291.00 | $11,457.18 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 21 | $74,136.90 | $11,637.38 | $15,801.33 |
| DRG 392 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 20 | $27,409.60 | $3,787.80 | $5,662.18 |
| DRG 603 CELLULITIS WITHOUT MCC | 19 | $21,784.00 | $4,120.63 | $6,446.25 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 19 | $33,619.68 | $4,711.79 | $6,629.69 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 251 | 251 | $2,008.99 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 143 | 132 | $1,091.98 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | 112 | 107 | $7,700.75 | $8,873.86 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 100 | 98 | $9,597.31 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 100 | 85 | $1,398.23 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 77 | 75 | $1,854.64 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 76 | 50 | $1,461.86 | $2,373.24 |
| APC 5213 Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures | 75 | 65 | $18,780.95 | $21,117.37 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 73 | 71 | $4,911.14 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5223 Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures | 65 | 65 | $7,530.55 | $8,569.01 |
| APC 5194 Level 4 Endovascular Procedures | 59 | 54 | $12,991.73 | $14,606.35 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 55 | 55 | $3,959.85 | $4,357.80 |
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.
Kearney Regional Medical Center is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Kearney, NE with 93 beds, part of Bryan Health and a 4-star overall rating.
Kearney Regional Medical Center in Kearney, NE has 93 beds (fiscal year 2024 cost report); 44 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 4,410 inpatients that year, with 44.6% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2024 (ending 2024-12-31), Kearney Regional Medical Center reported net patient revenue of $169.4M and operating expenses of $181.3M, a margin on patient care of -7.0%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$8.7M (-5.0% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Kearney Regional Medical Center is part of Bryan Health, a health system with 6 hospitals based in Lincoln, NE. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Kearney Regional Medical Center 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, Kearney Regional Medical Center provides emergency services.
230 Medicare clinicians list Kearney Regional Medical Center as a hospital they work at, most often in Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, Family Practice.
In 2024, Kearney Regional Medical Center had 823 Medicare inpatient stays in 38 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 99 stays; Medicare paid $11,085.83 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.