P O Box 810, 2101 Box Butte Ave, Alliance, NE, 69301 · (308) 762-6660
Beds
25
FY 2025
Star rating
4 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$70.7M
FY 2025
Net income
-$2.3M
Patient care margin -5.4%
Discharges
542
Occupancy 35.3%
Clinicians
149
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 | $70.7M | $74.5M | -5.4% | -$2.3M | 542 | $1.7M | 71.3% | 6.4% |
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 | 10.3% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 12.1% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4.2% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 16.9% | US median 15.2% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 20.7% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 5.5% |
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.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $55.4M | $63.6M | -14.8% | -$6.6M | 542 | $1.0M | 67.4% | 4.3% |
| 2023 | $50.3M | $56.5M | -12.5% | -$2.8M | 575 | $1.1M | 68.0% | 6.2% |
| 2022 | $50.6M | $51.6M | -2.0% | $2.8M | 672 | $615K | 66.2% | 5.9% |
| 2021 | $47.2M | $48.8M | -3.3% | $2.0M | 596 | $1.3M | 65.6% | 6.0% |
| 2020 | $43.7M | $46.2M | -5.8% | $865K | 518 | $1.5M | 78.3% | 4.6% |
| US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.9% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 3.8% | US median 4.1% |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.28 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 81% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 76% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 62% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 68% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 70% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 64% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 2% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 136 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 13% | US median 15% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 72% | US median 79% |
Box Butte General Hospital is a government-owned critical access hospital in Alliance, NE with 25 beds and a 4-star overall rating.
Box Butte General Hospital in Alliance, NE has 25 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report). It discharged 542 inpatients that year, with 35.3% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), Box Butte General Hospital reported net patient revenue of $70.7M and operating expenses of $74.5M, a margin on patient care of -5.4%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$2.3M (-3.1% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Box Butte General Hospital is not part of a multi-hospital health system in the official ownership records. It is a government-owned hospital (Government (local)).
Box Butte General Hospital 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, Box Butte General Hospital provides emergency services.
149 Medicare clinicians list Box Butte General Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Family Practice.