1715 26th St, Central City, NE, 68826 · (308) 946-3015
Beds
6
FY 2025
Star rating
Not rated
Overall rating
Net patient revenue
$34.3M
FY 2025
Net income
$10.0M
Patient care margin 13.6%
Discharges
263
Occupancy 44.8%
Clinicians
52
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 | $34.3M | $29.6M | 13.6% | $10.0M | 263 | $1.5M | 59.6% | 3.0% |
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 | 4.4% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 14.7% | US median 15.2% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17% | US median 17.2% |
| Doctors always communicated well | 90% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 87% | US median 80% |
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 | $24.5M | $26.4M | -7.9% | $3.8M | 263 | $1.4M | 59.2% | 6.0% |
| 2023 | $22.4M | $24.6M | -9.9% | $2.1M | 335 | $1.3M | 63.9% | 4.7% |
| 2022 | $21.3M | $25.0M | -17.1% | -$1.5M | 181 | $594K | 72.0% | 4.0% |
| 2021 | $18.5M | $18.1M | 1.9% | $5.9M | 153 | $563K | 78.3% | 2.9% |
| 2020 | $14.9M | $15.5M | -4.1% | $3.8M | 128 | $535K | 92.7% | 0.6% |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 78% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 90% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 77% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 91% | US median 71% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 127 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 29% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 93% | US median 79% |
Merrick Medical Center is a nonprofit critical access hospital in Central City, NE with 6 beds, part of Bryan Health.
Merrick Medical Center in Central City, NE has 6 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report). It discharged 263 inpatients that year, with 44.8% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), Merrick Medical Center reported net patient revenue of $34.3M and operating expenses of $29.6M, a margin on patient care of 13.6%. After other income and expenses its net income was $10.0M (24.9% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Merrick Medical Center is part of Bryan Health, a health system with 6 hospitals based in Lincoln, NE. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Merrick Medical Center has no overall star rating, usually because it reports too few quality measures (for example small, specialty or federal hospitals).
Yes, Merrick Medical Center provides emergency services.
52 Medicare clinicians list Merrick Medical Center as a hospital they work at, most often in Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, Family Practice.