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Ascension St John Nowata

237 South Locust Street, Nowata, OK 74048 · (918) 273-3102

Rural (critical access) hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency room

Ascension St John Nowata is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Nowata, Oklahoma (Nowata County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.77 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Oklahoma hospital ($5.58).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$1.77listed for every $1 its care costs Oklahoma typical $5.58
1 h 32 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
25beds

Quality and patient experience

Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Pneumonia
17.3%

US typical hospital. Infection figures are a ratio: 1.00 means as many infections as expected for a hospital like this one. CMS adjusts these rates for how sick the patients are; a small gap from the typical hospital can be chance, so a verdict is shown only where CMS gives one.

Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

The money

$57what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$208,322net income, all sources
−3.7%margin on patient care alone
$299,079cost of charity care (5.3% of costs)
$816,309unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
28full-time staff (equivalent)

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".

This hospital has no Medicare stay data for 2024. Medicare data covers mostly patients 65 and older, so psychiatric, children's and very small hospitals often don't appear.

Nearby hospitals

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