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Carlinville Area Hospital

20733 N Broad Street, Carlinville, IL 62626 · (217) 854-3141

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

Carlinville Area Hospital is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Carlinville, Illinois (Macoupin County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 2 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. It lists $2.28 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Illinois hospital ($4.83).

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★★★★★CMS overall quality rating
$2.28listed for every $1 its care costs Illinois typical $4.83
2 h 4 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

85%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
82%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Emergency room and urgent care

    2 h 4 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
    12.2%
    Pneumonia
    16.3%
    Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
    Heart failure
    21.0%
    Pneumonia
    16.1%

    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

    $44what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    $2.7Mnet income, all sources
    −3.7%margin on patient care alone
    $139,385cost of charity care (0.3% of costs)
    $1.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    248full-time staff (equivalent)

    From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending July 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

    15 miles awaySt Francis HospitalLitchfield, IL★★★★★$4.55 listed per $1 of cost19 miles awayCommunity Hospital of StauntonStaunton, ILNot rated$2.91 listed per $1 of cost23 miles awayHillsboro Area HospitalHillsboro, ILNot rated$3.30 listed per $1 of cost27 miles awayJersey Community HospitalJerseyville, IL★★★★★$3.65 listed per $1 of cost27 miles awayOsf Saint Anthony's Health CenterAlton, IL★★★★★$5.13 listed per $1 of cost

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    Distances are approximate: this hospital is placed by its ZIP code.