Community Memorial Hospital

809 Jackson, Burke, SD 57523 · (605) 775-2621

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

Community Memorial Hospital is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Burke, South Dakota (Gregory County), with 16 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.44 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical South Dakota hospital ($4.09).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating

$1.44listed for every $1 its care costs South Dakota typical $4.09

2 h 8 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

16beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

100%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%

93%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

Emergency room and urgent care

2 h 8 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min

Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

The money

$70what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$869,357net income, all sources

−10.4%margin on patient care alone

$15,923cost of charity care (0.2% of costs)

$119,578unpaid bills written off (bad debt)

38full-time staff (equivalent)

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. 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.

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