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Ascension St Vincent Mercy

1331 S a St, Elwood, IN 46036 · (765) 552-4743

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

Ascension St Vincent Mercy is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Elwood, Indiana (Madison County), with 18 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $3.77 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Indiana hospital ($4.98).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$3.77listed for every $1 its care costs Indiana typical $4.98
1 h 40 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
18beds

Quality and patient experience

Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Pneumonia
17.6%

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

$27what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$1.2Mnet income, all sources
−5.4%margin on patient care alone
$1.1Mcost of charity care (4.8% of costs)
$6.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
69full-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. The hospital publishes them on its own price page.

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

10 miles awayIndiana University Health Tipton Hospital IncTipton, IN★★★★★$3.34 listed per $1 of cost13 miles awayCommunity Hospital of Anderson and Madison CountyAnderson, IN★★★★★$5.03 listed per $1 of cost15 miles awayAscension St Vincent AndersonAnderson, IN★★★★★$4.75 listed per $1 of cost18 miles awayRiverview HealthNoblesville, IN★★★★★$3.94 listed per $1 of cost19 miles awayCommunity Howard Regional Health Inc.Kokomo, IN★★★★★$4.98 listed per $1 of cost

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