Decatur County Hospital

1405 NW Church Street, Leon, IA 50144 · (641) 446-4871

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency room

Decatur County Hospital is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Leon, Iowa (Decatur County), with 11 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.94 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Iowa hospital ($3.72).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating

$1.94listed for every $1 its care costs Iowa typical $3.72

1 h 37 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

11beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

77%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%

79%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

Emergency room and urgent care

1 h 37 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min

0%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%

42%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%

ER volume: low.

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better

Pneumonia

15.6%

Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better

Pneumonia

16.8%

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

$51what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$1.1Mnet income, all sources

−3.6%margin on patient care alone

$172,238cost of charity care (0.8% of costs)

$1.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

100full-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

19 miles awayClarke County HospitalOsceola, IA★★★★★$1.04 listed per $1 of cost 23 miles awayWayne County HospitalCorydon, IANot rated$2.11 listed per $1 of cost 25 miles awayRinggold County HospitalMount Ayr, IANot rated$1.35 listed per $1 of cost 30 miles awayLucas County Health CenterChariton, IANot rated$1.38 listed per $1 of cost 37 miles awayHarrison County Community HospitalBethany, MO★★★★★$1.56 listed per $1 of cost

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