Cottage Hospital

90 Swiftwater Rd, Woodsville, NH 03785 · (603) 747-9000

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

Cottage Hospital is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Woodsville, New Hampshire (Grafton County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 4 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. It lists $1.86 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical New Hampshire hospital ($3.92).

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★★★★★CMS overall quality rating

$1.86listed for every $1 its care costs New Hampshire typical $3.92

2 h 0 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

70%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%

75%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

Emergency room and urgent care

2 h 0 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min

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

64%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%

ER volume: low.

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better

Heart failure

11.3%

Pneumonia

19.2%

COPD

11.0%

Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better

Heart failure

21.2%

Pneumonia

17.6%

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

$54what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

−$51,778net income, all sources

−5.6%margin on patient care alone

$1.0Mcost of charity care (2.7% of costs)

$2.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

172full-time staff (equivalent)

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 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. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".

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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