Western Plains Medical Complex

What Western Plains Medical Complex does

Western Plains Medical Complex, legally and operationally known as St. Catherine Hospital - Dodge City, is a 99-bed Joint Commission-accredited acute care hospital located at 3001 Avenue A, Dodge City, Kansas. The facility operates as the designated regional referral center for southwest Kansas, delivering 24-hour emergency care, cardiology including interventional procedures and cardiac rehabilitation, a Family Birth Center with neonatal intensive care, general and laparoscopic surgery, orthopedics, oncology, neurosciences, diagnostic imaging, rehabilitation therapy (physical, occupational, and speech), sleep medicine, urology, ophthalmology, oral surgery, pediatrics, behavioral health crisis prevention, and social services. An on-site Express Care walk-in clinic provides same-day access for non-life-threatening conditions. The facility logged 11,102 emergency department visits in FY25, delivers more than 700 babies annually, and maintains 161 caregivers across clinical and support roles.

The hospital operates as a nonprofit entity within CommonSpirit Health's Mountain Region, having joined the system in February 2022 alongside St. Catherine Hospital - Garden City and Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital under shared regional leadership. Patient access is facilitated via online scheduling, a patient portal, and virtual urgent care routed through the CommonSpirit platform, while physician-side coordination is supported through EpicCare Link. Marketing is conducted primarily through owned social channels, community events, birth classes, and patient storytelling. The hospital earned an 'A' grade in the Spring 2026 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades and reports $2.2 million in patient financial assistance provided to the southwest Kansas community in FY25.

Revenue is generated through fee-for-service healthcare delivery, with payments sourced from patient out-of-pocket spend, commercial insurance reimbursement, and government programs including Medicare and Medicaid. Pricing is procedure-specific and accessed through CommonSpirit's online guest-estimates tool, with financial-assistance and hospital-discounted-care programs available for eligible patients. The hospital serves a horizontal customer segment defined by geography (residents of southwest Kansas requiring acute, emergency, maternity, and specialty care), and demand is structurally supported by its position as the only major acute care hospital in the Dodge City catchment area.

Name

Western Plains Medical Complex

Legal name

St. Catherine Hospital - Dodge City

Website

https://westernplainsmc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Western Plains Medical Complex (St. Catherine Hospital - Dodge City) is a 99-bed Joint Commission-accredited acute care hospital serving as the regional referral center for southwest Kansas, delivering emergency, cardiac, maternity, surgical, and specialty care under CommonSpirit Health.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Acute Care Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060)

akta.pro primary industry

Critical Access & Rural Hospitals (HLAFAAAG)

Keywords

• Acute care hospital
• Emergency medical services
• Cardiac care
• Maternity services
• Rural hospital

Headquarters

HQ city

Dodge City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Revenue: Fee-for-service healthcare delivery model providing emergency services, diagnostic imaging, surgical procedures, maternity care, cardiac care, rehabilitation therapy, and other medical services to patients. Revenue generated through patient payments, insurance reimbursements, and government healthcare programs including Medicare and Medicaid.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Western Plains Medical Complex (St. Catherine Hospital – Dodge City) is a 99-bed Joint Commission accredited acute care hospital that delivers a comprehensive range of inpatient and outpatient services to residents of southwest Kansas. Its offerings include 24-hour emergency care, interventional cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation, a Family Birth Center with Level II NICU delivering 700+ babies annually, general and laparoscopic surgery, orthopedics, diagnostic imaging, rehabilitation therapy, oncology, neurology, and women's health services. Revenue is generated through fee-for-service patient care, insurance reimbursements, and government healthcare programs.

Product overview

Western Plains Medical Complex operates as a 99-bed acute care hospital (St. Catherine Hospital – Dodge City) offering a comprehensive range of healthcare services. The facility provides emergency care, cardiac services (diagnostics, interventional cardiology, cardiac rehabilitation), maternity care through its Family Birth Center, surgical services (general and laparoscopic surgery), orthopedics, diagnostic imaging including low-dose CT lung cancer screening, rehabilitation therapy (physical, occupational, speech), neonatal intensive care, and various specialty services including neurology, urology, ophthalmology, and pediatrics. The hospital also operates an Express Care walk-in clinic for acute illnesses and injuries. Services are delivered across a network of facilities serving southwest Kansas communities as part of the CommonSpirit Health Mountain Region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 24-Hour Emergency Care
• Cardiac Care
• Family Birth Center
• Express Care Clinic
• General and Laparoscopic Surgery
• Orthopedics
• Diagnostic Imaging
• Rehabilitation Therapy
• Neonatal Intensive Care
• Cancer Care
• Heart and Vascular
• Neurosciences
• Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Pediatrics
• Pain Management
• Respiratory Therapy
• Urology
• Ophthalmology
• Oral Surgery

Quantifiable outcome

• 700+ babies delivered annually
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Flight for Life (CommonSpirit Health)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Flight for Life, the country's first helicopter medical transport service based at a civilian hospital with 53-year legacy, is expanding to western Kansas in spring 2025. This air medical transport program will provide faster access to critical, life-saving healthcare for rural communities served by St. Catherine Hospital and other CommonSpirit facilities in the region.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Centura Health (CommonSpirit Mountain Region): Parent operating brand for the CommonSpirit Mountain Region network of hospitals in Colorado, Kansas, and Utah. Provides shared services, IT, and clinical resources that benefit Western Plains, while serving as the broader incumbent system peer.
• Ascension Via Christi Hospital: Larger Catholic nonprofit health system operating hospitals across Kansas including Wichita. A broader incumbent offering overlapping acute care, cardiac, and OB services in Kansas, providing system-level benchmarking for service mix and referral dynamics.
• The University of Kansas Health System: Academic health system based in Kansas City with extensive regional referral reach. Functions as the broader incumbent tertiary/quaternary destination that Western Plains patients may be referred to, making it a structural peer for referral dynamics and rural-to-urban patient flow.

Direct peers

• Citizens Medical Center (Colby, KS): Critical access hospital in Colby, Kansas, serving the northwest Kansas rural region. Directly comparable as a small Kansas rural hospital providing similar acute and emergency services to a low-density catchment.
• Hays Medical Center (University of Kansas Health System): Regional referral hospital in Hays, Kansas, affiliated with The University of Kansas Health System, serving a similar rural catchment in western Kansas. Comparable size and role as a rural regional referral center for tertiary services.
• Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital: Critical access hospital in Ulysses, Kansas, also part of CommonSpirit Mountain Region and led by the same president. Comparable rural Kansas acute care provider with shared administrative structure and similar service lines, making it a direct peer for benchmarking.
• Hutchinson Regional Medical Center: Independent nonprofit community hospital in Hutchinson, Kansas, providing similar acute care, cardiac, OB, and surgical services to a central Kansas community. Directly comparable as an independent mid-sized Kansas regional hospital.
• Great Plains Regional Medical Center: Regional referral hospital in North Platte, Nebraska, serving a comparable rural western catchment with similar service breadth (emergency, cardiology, OB, surgery). A directly comparable rural regional hospital peer for utilization, staffing, and reimbursement benchmarking.
• St. Catherine Hospital - Garden City: Sibling facility under CommonSpirit Health Mountain Region, also a 99-bed Joint Commission-accredited acute care hospital serving Garden City, Kansas, and led by the same president (Jason Justus). Operates a near-identical service portfolio including emergency, cardiology, OB, and surgery, making it the most directly comparable peer.

Others

• Pomerene Hospital: Independent community hospital in Millersburg, Ohio, where Western Plains' president previously served as CEO/COO/CFO. Indirect peer connection via leadership background rather than direct market overlap; useful as a comparable for executive-led rural hospital operations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/CommonSpiritMTN
• Facebookfacebook.com/stcatherinehospitaldodgecity
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/western-plains-med-complex
• Instagraminstagram.com/commonspirithealth_mountain

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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