P O Box 406, 1113 Sherman St, St Paul, NE, 68873 · (308) 754-4421
Beds
10
FY 2025
Star rating
Not rated
Overall rating
Net patient revenue
$26.4M
FY 2025
Net income
$1.7M
Patient care margin -8.4%
Discharges
123
Occupancy 21.6%
Clinicians
67
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 | $26.4M | $28.6M | -8.4% | $1.7M | 123 | $526K | 53.7% | 1.3% |
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% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 0% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 93 min | US median 148 min |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 94% | US median 79% |
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 | $24.0M | $26.0M | -8.1% | $2.3M | 153 | $514K | 58.5% | 2.1% |
| 2023 | $22.0M | $24.4M | -10.9% | $1.0M | 161 | $488K | 57.1% | 4.4% |
| 2022 | $20.0M | $21.6M | -8.1% | $1.5M | 159 | $490K | 63.8% | 6.5% |
| 2021 | $18.5M | $20.2M | -9.4% | $4.0M | 159 | $503K | 62.1% | 4.0% |
| 2020 | $17.0M | $18.2M | -6.7% | $3.4M | 136 | $539K | 75.5% | 2.5% |
Howard County Medical Center is a government-owned critical access hospital in St Paul, NE with 10 beds.
Howard County Medical Center in St Paul, NE has 10 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report). It discharged 123 inpatients that year, with 21.6% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), Howard County Medical Center reported net patient revenue of $26.4M and operating expenses of $28.6M, a margin on patient care of -8.4%. After other income and expenses its net income was $1.7M (5.6% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Howard County Medical Center is not part of a multi-hospital health system in the official ownership records. It is a government-owned hospital (Government (local)).
Howard County Medical Center has no overall star rating, usually because it reports too few quality measures (for example small, specialty or federal hospitals).
Yes, Howard County Medical Center provides emergency services.
67 Medicare clinicians list Howard County Medical Center as a hospital they work at, most often in Family Practice, Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner.