Crawford County Memorial Hospital

100 Medical Parkway, Denison, IA 51442 · (712) 263-2500

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency room

Crawford County Memorial Hospital is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Denison, Iowa (Crawford County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 2 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. It lists $1.69 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Iowa hospital ($3.72).

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★★★★★CMS overall quality rating

$1.69listed for every $1 its care costs Iowa typical $3.72

1 h 41 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

57%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%

70%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

Emergency room and urgent care

1 h 41 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

Heart failure

13.7%

Pneumonia

18.1%

Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better

Pneumonia

16.9%

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

$59what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$7.3Mnet income, all sources

3.8%margin on patient care alone

$105,940cost of charity care (0.3% of costs)

$1.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

173full-time staff (equivalent)

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

Nearby hospitals

17 miles awayManning Regional Healthcare CenterManning, IANot rated$1.39 listed per $1 of cost 22 miles awayHorn Memorial HospitalIda Grove, IANot rated$1.24 listed per $1 of cost 25 miles awaySt Anthony Regional Hospital & Nursing HomeCarroll, IA★★★★★$2.33 listed per $1 of cost 27 miles awayMyrtue Medical CenterHarlan, IA★★★★★$1.72 listed per $1 of cost 31 miles awayAudubon County Memorial HospitalAudubon, IANot rated$1.17 listed per $1 of cost

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