Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital

1100 S 10th Ave, Rock Rapids, IA 51246 · (712) 472-5400

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

Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Rock Rapids, Iowa (Lyon County), with 11 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.68 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Iowa hospital ($3.72).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating

$1.68listed for every $1 its care costs Iowa typical $3.72

1 h 45 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

11beds

Quality and patient experience

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

The money

$60what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$321,956net income, all sources

−4.2%margin on patient care alone

$68,645cost of charity care (0.6% of costs)

$390,071unpaid bills written off (bad debt)

44full-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.

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