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Hospital · Short-term acute hospital

Who owns Northeastern Health System?

1400 East Downing Street · Tahlequah, OK · 74465

Overview

Beds90
Discharges3,247cost report 2025
Occupancy41%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)794

Northeastern Health System is a short-term acute hospital in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, operated by Northeastern Health System. Cherokee County has 3 hospitals, 3 nursing homes and 1 urgent care centers.

Ownership

Northeastern Health System is operated by Northeastern Health System.

Operator
Northeastern Health System
Owner group
Northeastern Health System
Ownership type
Government (hospital district)
Source

Ownership history

Every dated change of operator and owner for Northeastern Health System, with the source for each.

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Full ownership tree of Northeastern Health System

Every entity between this facility and its ultimate owner, with ownership percentages and dates.

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Finances

From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2025.

Net patient revenue$139.4M
Operating expenses$150.2M
Net income$2.6M
Net income as a share of net patient revenue1.8%
Uncompensated care cost$4.4M
Charity care cost$455K
Medicaid net revenue$17.4M
Medicare disproportionate share percentage12.0%

Payer mix by inpatient days (2025)

  • Commercial and other 48.8%
  • Medicare 33.4%
  • Medicaid 17.8%

Services

Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceDischargesAverage total payment
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871104$14K
Heart failure and shock with MCC · 29142$9K
Major hip and knee joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity without MCC · 47026$13K
Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes with MCC · 64026$9K
Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes without MCC · 64123$6K

Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceServices
Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011180
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures · 5302121
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures · 5491119
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 511650
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures · 519449

Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.

Location and market

Address
1400 East Downing Street · Tahlequah, OK · 74465
County
Cherokee County
State
Oklahoma
Hospitals in the county3
Nursing homes3
Urgent care centers1

1 off-site locations

Campuses, off-site emergency departments and outpatient departments under this hospital's certification.

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Nearby hospitals

Sources and identifiers

  • Operator: CMS Hospital Enrollments and All Owners (PECOS): hospital ownership graph
  • Finances and payer mix: CMS hospital cost reports (HCRIS), fiscal year 2025
  • Services: CMS Medicare inpatient and outpatient utilization
  • Ownership type and beds: CMS Provider of Services file
  • Location: CMS and Census Bureau geography
CMS certification number
370089
NPI
1003865999
Last confirmed
2026-10-23

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