Cherry County Hospital

510 North Green St, Valentine, NE 69201 · (402) 376-2525

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency room

Cherry County Hospital is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Valentine, Nebraska (Cherry County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. In CMS's patient survey it scores 4 of 5 stars, and 70% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. It lists $1.49 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Nebraska hospital ($3.68).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating

★★★★★patients' own rating (101 surveys)

$1.49listed for every $1 its care costs Nebraska typical $3.68

2 h 26 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★4 of 5 · 101 surveys

70%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%

71%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 26 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better

Pneumonia

13.6%

Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better

Pneumonia

17.9%

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

$67what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

−$2.8Mnet income, all sources

−15.9%margin on patient care alone

$6,803cost of charity care (0.0% of costs)

$2.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

100full-time staff (equivalent)

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