Carrington Health Center

Po Box 461, Carrington, ND 58421 · (701) 652-3141

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

Carrington Health Center is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Carrington, North Dakota (Foster County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $2.14 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical North Dakota hospital ($3.26).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating

$2.14listed for every $1 its care costs North Dakota typical $3.26

1 h 44 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

92%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%

88%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

Emergency room and urgent care

1 h 44 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min

0%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%

ER volume: low.

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better

Pneumonia

17.8%

Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better

Pneumonia

18.2%

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

$47what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$3.2Mnet income, all sources

−12.6%margin on patient care alone

$217,113cost of charity care (1.6% of costs)

$496,387unpaid bills written off (bad debt)

58full-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

41 miles awayJamestown Regional Medical CenterJamestown, ND★★★★★$2.02 listed per $1 of cost 42 miles awayNorth Dakota State HospitalJamestown, NDNot rated 45 miles awayCooperstown Medical CenterCooperstown, NDNot rated$1.03 listed per $1 of cost 46 miles awaySmp Health St AloisiusHarvey, ND★★★★★$1.31 listed per $1 of cost 48 miles awayNelson County Health SystemMcVille, NDNot rated$0.81 listed per $1 of cost

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