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Aspirus Ironwood Hospital

N10561 Grand View Lane, Ironwood, MI 49938 · (906) 932-2525

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

Aspirus Ironwood Hospital is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Ironwood, Michigan (Gogebic County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. In CMS's patient survey it scores 4 of 5 stars, and 68% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. It lists $3.28 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Michigan hospital ($3.71).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
★★★★★patients' own rating (121 surveys)
$3.28listed for every $1 its care costs Michigan typical $3.71
2 h 14 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★4 of 5 · 121 surveys

68%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
68%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

  • Nurses communicated well★★★★★
  • Doctors communicated well★★★★★
  • Staff explained medicines★★★★★
  • Information for going home★★★★★
  • Room was clean★★★★★
  • Quiet at night★★★★★

Emergency room and urgent care

2 h 14 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
83%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%
Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Heart failure
14.7%
Pneumonia
18.9%
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Heart failure
22.4%
Pneumonia
17.6%
Infections and complications lower is better
Catheter urinary tract infections
0.00
≈ Same as US
C. diff intestinal infections
1.71
≈ Same as US

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

$30what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$10.6Mnet income, all sources
6.9%margin on patient care alone
$886,581cost of charity care (1.4% of costs)
$1.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
192full-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

38 miles awayTamarack Health Ashland Medical CenterAshland, WI★★★★★$2.20 listed per $1 of cost41 miles awayFlambeau HospitalPark Falls, WI★★★★★$2.64 listed per $1 of cost45 miles awayHoward Young Medical CenterWoodruff, WI★★★★★$3.38 listed per $1 of cost45 miles awayMarshfield Medical Center - MinocquaMinocqua, WI★★★★★$2.71 listed per $1 of cost56 miles awayAspirus Eagle River HospitalEagle River, WINot rated$3.89 listed per $1 of cost

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