Bell Hospital

901 Lakeshore Drive, Ishpeming, MI 49849 · (906) 486-4431

Rural (critical access) hospitalProprietaryEmergency room

Bell Hospital is a for-profit rural critical-access hospital in Ishpeming, Michigan (Marquette County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. In CMS's patient survey it scores 5 of 5 stars, and 82% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. It lists $2.97 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 (129 surveys)

$2.97listed for every $1 its care costs Michigan typical $3.71

2 h 10 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★5 of 5 · 129 surveys

82%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%

81%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 10 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min

2%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%

74%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%

ER volume: low.

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better

Pneumonia

17.3%

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

$34what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$5.6Mnet income, all sources

6.1%margin on patient care alone

$600,750cost of charity care (1.5% of costs)

$3.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

262full-time staff (equivalent)

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025.

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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