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Central Valley Medical Center - Cah

48 West 1500 North, Nephi, UT 84648 · (435) 623-3000

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

Central Valley Medical Center - Cah is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Nephi, Utah (Juab County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. In CMS's patient survey it scores 4 of 5 stars, and 83% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. It lists $1.82 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Utah hospital ($4.16).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
★★★★★patients' own rating (116 surveys)
$1.82listed for every $1 its care costs Utah typical $4.16
1 h 49 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★4 of 5 · 116 surveys

83%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
84%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 49 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
14.7%
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Pneumonia
16.8%
Hip or knee replacement
5.6%
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

$55what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$6.4Mnet income, all sources
4.6%margin on patient care alone
$930,144cost of charity care (1.7% of costs)
$2.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
294full-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

23 miles awayMountain View HospitalPayson, UT★★★★★$6.09 listed per $1 of cost24 miles awayIntermountain Health Sanpete Valley HospitalMount Pleasant, UTNot rated$2.91 listed per $1 of cost31 miles awayIntermountain Health Spanish Fork HospitalSpanish Fork, UTNot rated$3.69 listed per $1 of cost36 miles awayUtah State HospitalProvo, UTNot rated37 miles awayIntermountain Health Utah Valley HospitalProvo, UT★★★★★$4.63 listed per $1 of cost

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