Hospital · Critical access hospital
Who owns Buchanan County Health Center?
1600 First St East · Independence, IA · 50644
Overview
Beds64
Discharges163cost report 2025
Occupancy3%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)200
Buchanan County Health Center is a critical access hospital in Independence, Iowa, operated by Buchanan County Health Center. Buchanan County has 2 hospitals, 1 nursing homes and 0 urgent care centers.
Ownership
Buchanan County Health Center is operated by Buchanan County Health Center.
- Operator
- Buchanan County Health Center
- Ownership type
- Other
- Source
Ownership history
Every dated change of operator and owner for Buchanan County Health Center, with the source for each.
Finances
From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2025.
| Net patient revenue | $65.1M |
| Operating expenses | $64.2M |
| Net income | $10.5M |
| Net income as a share of net patient revenue | 16.1% |
| Uncompensated care cost | $1.0M |
| Charity care cost | $164K |
| Medicaid net revenue | $11.5M |
Payer mix by inpatient days (2025)
- Commercial and other 54.7%
- Medicare 42.6%
- Medicaid 2.8%
Location and market
- Address
- 1600 First St East · Independence, IA · 50644
- County
- Buchanan County
- State
- Iowa
Hospitals in the county2
Nursing homes1
Urgent care centers0
Nearby hospitals
| Name | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Mental Health Institute | Independence | 1.1 mi |
| Mercyone Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | 14.3 mi |
| Virginia Gay Hospital | Vinton | 21.1 mi |
| Allen Hospital | Waterloo | 22.0 mi |
| Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | 22.0 mi |
| Regional Medical Center | Manchester | 22.8 mi |
Sources and identifiers
- Operator: Other published source
- Finances and payer mix: CMS hospital cost reports (HCRIS), fiscal year 2025
- Ownership type and beds: CMS Provider of Services file
- Location: CMS and Census Bureau geography
- CMS certification number
- 161335
- NPI
- 1265595144
- Last confirmed
- 2026-10-23
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