Cheyenne County Hospital

What Cheyenne County Hospital does

Cheyenne County Hospital is a nonprofit 16-bed Critical Access Hospital located in St. Francis, Kansas, operating since 1953 and legally organized as Great Plains of Cheyenne County. It serves the residents of Cheyenne County and surrounding rural areas in northwestern Kansas near the Nebraska and Colorado borders, functioning as the primary local access point for acute care, 24/7 emergency services (Level IV Trauma), swing bed skilled nursing, obstetrics, and primary care. The facility operates an integrated care network consisting of two family practice clinics (St. Francis and Bird City), the County Health Department, a Senior Life Solutions intensive outpatient program for adults over 65, and visiting specialist services covering cardiology, audiology, ophthalmology, pain management, sleep studies, and general surgery.

The hospital's technology stack is anchored by modern diagnostic imaging equipment — a GE Revolution Maxima 64-slice CT scanner (with AI-based Auto Positioning, installed 2021), a Samsung GC85 digital X-ray system (2024), GE Signa Voyager MRI, mobile mammography with tomosynthesis, nuclear medicine via Front Range Nuclear Medicine, and a Teladoc Health telemedicine link to neurology and stroke specialists at HCA HealthONE/WesleyCare/Swedish Neuro Network. A NexGen Hyperbaric partnership provides Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for chronic wound care. The hospital is leased to and managed by Great Plains Health Alliance (GPHA), described as the largest not-for-profit rural hospital management system in the nation, which provides shared technology, information systems, and operational scale.

Revenue is generated through patient care services billed to Medicare, Medicaid, commercial insurers, and self-pay patients across inpatient, outpatient, and clinic settings, plus modest recurring subscription revenue from a Philips Lifeline Medical Alert System ($30-$45/month) and direct-access laboratory testing. The GTM motion is direct-to-consumer within a fixed rural catchment, supported by community engagement (Hospital Guild, Rotary/Lions, Chamber of Commerce), a comprehensive website with patient portal and online bill pay, and outreach events such as sports physicals. The hospital is one of Cheyenne County's largest employers, reflecting its structural role as the dominant community healthcare anchor.

Name

Cheyenne County Hospital

Legal name

Great Plains of Cheyenne County

Website

https://cheyennecountyhospital.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1953

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Cheyenne County Hospital is a nonprofit 16-bed Critical Access Hospital in St. Francis, Kansas, serving rural Cheyenne County with acute care, 24/7 emergency services, two family practice clinics, public health, and senior mental health programs. It operates within the Great Plains Health Alliance network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Francis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Patient Care Services: Direct healthcare services including inpatient acute care, swing bed care, emergency services, laboratory, radiology, cardiopulmonary, rehabilitation, obstetrics, and outpatient specialty services. Revenue generated through Medicare, Medicaid, commercial insurance, and self-pay patients.
2. Clinic Services: Primary care and specialty outpatient services at St. Francis Clinic and Bird City Clinic, including family practice, County Health Department services, and Senior Life Solutions psychiatric program.
3. Lifeline Medical Alert System: Phillips Lifeline Medical Alert System service offered to community residents for emergency response. Monthly subscription service with installation fee.
4. Specialty Clinic Services: Visiting specialist services including cardiology, audiology, ophthalmology, pain management, sleep studies, and general surgery performed by contracted specialists.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cheyenne County Hospital is a nonprofit Critical Access Hospital that delivers acute inpatient care, swing bed skilled nursing, 24/7 emergency services, obstetrics, primary care through two family practice clinics, public health services, senior mental health counseling, and a full range of outpatient diagnostics and specialty services to residents of rural northwestern Kansas. It supplements direct care with the Philips Lifeline Medical Alert System subscription service, on-site advanced imaging (CT, MRI, digital X-ray, mammography, ultrasound, nuclear medicine), and telemedicine-based stroke and neurology consultations.

Product overview

Cheyenne County Hospital operates as a Critical Access Hospital system with a platform-plus-modules structure. The core offering is the 16-bed hospital providing acute care, emergency services (Level IV Trauma), swing bed, and obstetrics. This core is extended through affiliated products: Cheyenne County Clinics (St. Francis and Bird City) for primary care, County Health Department for public health services, and Senior Life Solutions for senior mental health counseling. Specialized service modules include radiology (digital X-ray, CT, MRI, mammography, nuclear medicine), laboratory, cardiopulmonary, rehabilitation (PT/OT/speech including aquatic therapy), wound care with hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and the Lifeline Medical Alert System for senior safety monitoring. The hospital also hosts rotating outpatient specialists in cardiology, audiology, ophthalmology, pain management, sleep studies, and general surgery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cheyenne County Clinics: Family practice clinics located in St. Francis and Bird City offering comprehensive primary and preventive services for all ages.
• Cheyenne County Health Department
• Senior Life Solutions

Products and services

• Cheyenne County Hospital (Critical Access Hospital)
• Cheyenne County Clinic (St. Francis and Bird City)

Quantifiable outcome

• Top 100 Critical Access Hospital recognition indicating high performance in patient service satisfaction
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Great Plains Health Alliance (GPHA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCheyenne County Hospital is leased to Great Plains Health Alliance, the largest not-for-profit management system in the nation. GPHA provides shared technology, information systems, and management resources that help reduce healthcare costs, maintain updated equipment and technology, and improve operational effectiveness across the network of member hospitals.
• NexGen HyperbariccoreTechnology or IntegrationCheyenne County Hospital partnered with NexGen Hyperbaric to bring Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) services to the community. HBOT is a safe, effective method of delivering oxygen to the body at the cellular level for treatment of chronic wounds.
• Rural SleepminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRural Sleep provides Sleep Studies services at Cheyenne County Hospital on a monthly basis. Services include full studies at the hospital and home sleep study testing options.
• McArthur AudiologyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Rachel McArthur with McArthur Audiology provides audiology services at Cheyenne County Hospital on the first Monday of every other month. Services for Eastern Colorado and Northwest Kansas since 2006. A hearing booth was purchased with a grant through the Cheyenne County Kansas Community Foundation.
• RehabVisionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRehabVisions provides physical therapy services at Cheyenne County Hospital. The physical therapy department offers therapeutic exercise, aquatic therapy, traction, modalities, activities of daily living, functional training, and custom orthotic fitting.
• HCA HealthONE / WesleyCare Virtual Network / Swedish Neuro NetworkcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership for Teladoc Health telemedicine services providing real-time access to emergency neurology and stroke specialists. Allows patients to receive immediate expert consultation, medication guidance, and treatment recommendations while remaining in their home community.
• Kansas Perinatal Quality CollaborativeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership focused on improving health outcomes for mothers and babies in Kansas through evidence-based practice and quality improvement processes, analyzing existing practices and sharing best practices.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Decatur Health Systems: Critical Access Hospital in Oberlin, Kansas (northwest Kansas, ~40 miles from St. Francis). Similar 16-25 bed scale, rural Kansas county provider, and member of the Great Plains Health Alliance network — directly comparable on geography, size, and operating model.
• Sheridan County Health Complex: Critical Access Hospital in Hoxie, Kansas. GPHA-affiliated rural Kansas CAH with comparable bed scale, swing bed program, ED, and outpatient specialty clinic model — direct operational peer.
• Logan County Hospital: Critical Access Hospital in Oakley, Kansas. Similar rural Kansas provider with overlapping primary care, ED, and ancillary services profile to Cheyenne County Hospital.
• Phillips County Health Systems: Critical Access Hospital in Phillipsburg, Kansas. Comparable rural Kansas CAH operating acute care, ED, swing bed, outpatient clinics, and visiting specialty services — a directly analogous peer on scale and service mix.
• Norton County Hospital: Critical Access Hospital in Norton, Kansas. Rural Kansas CAH offering a comparable mix of inpatient, emergency, outpatient clinic, and specialty services; serves a similar-sized rural catchment in northwest Kansas.
• Rawlins County Health Center: Critical Access Hospital in Atwood, Kansas — adjacent county to Cheyenne County with similar rural northwest Kansas catchment. Closest geographic peer with comparable CAH structure, swing bed, ED, and outpatient specialty model.
• Gove County Medical Center: Critical Access Hospital in Quinter, Kansas. Rural Kansas CAH with similar scale and service breadth (acute care, ED, outpatient, specialty visits) — directly comparable community-hospital peer.
• Greeley County Health Services: Critical Access Hospital in Tribune, Kansas (western Kansas, near the Colorado border). Similar rural scale, GPHA-affiliated, and overlapping tri-state service area with Cheyenne County Hospital — direct rural-hospital peer.

Peers

• The University of Kansas Health System:

Broad incumbents

• CommonSpirit Health: Large national Catholic health system (formed from CHI Health/Dignity Health merger) operating numerous rural and critical access hospitals across Kansas and Nebraska. Larger incumbent that competes for CAH affiliations, group purchasing, and clinical talent in the same region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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