Bowdle Hospital - Cah
8001 W 5th Post Office Box 556, Bowdle, SD 57428 · (605) 285-6146
Bowdle Hospital - Cah is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Bowdle, South Dakota (Edmunds County), with 12 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.38 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical South Dakota hospital ($4.09).
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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$1.38listed for every $1 its care costs South Dakota typical $4.09
1 h 42 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
12beds
Quality and patient experience
Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.
The money
$72what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$133,187net income, all sources
−15.2%margin on patient care alone
$5,881cost of charity care (0.1% of costs)
$191,324unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
44full-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. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".
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
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