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Avera St Anthony's Hospital

300 North 2nd St, O' Neill, NE 68763 · (402) 336-2611

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

Avera St Anthony's Hospital is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in O' Neill, Nebraska (Holt County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 4 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. In CMS's patient survey it scores 5 of 5 stars, and 82% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. It lists $2.57 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Nebraska hospital ($3.68).

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★★★★★CMS overall quality rating
★★★★★patients' own rating (123 surveys)
$2.57listed for every $1 its care costs Nebraska typical $3.68
1 h 55 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★5 of 5 · 123 surveys

82%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
76%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

1 h 55 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Heart failure
12.5%
Pneumonia
20.2%
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Heart failure
20.7%
Pneumonia
17.2%
Infections and complications lower is better
Complications after hip or knee replacement
4.2%

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

$39what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$16.1Mnet income, all sources
3.1%margin on patient care alone
$454,369cost of charity care (1.2% of costs)
$769,062unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
167full-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

18 miles awayWest Holt Memorial HospitalAtkinson, NENot rated$1.46 listed per $1 of cost26 miles awayNiobrara Valley HospitalLynch, NENot rated$0.52 listed per $1 of cost37 miles awayAvera Creighton HospitalCreighton, NENot rated$1.55 listed per $1 of cost39 miles awayAntelope Memorial HospitalNeligh, NENot rated$1.52 listed per $1 of cost45 miles awayChi Health Plainview HospitalPlainview, NENot rated$1.56 listed per $1 of cost

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