General hospitalGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityEmergency room
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus is a government-owned general hospital in Decatur, Alabama (Morgan County), with 310 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 3 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. In CMS's patient survey it scores 4 of 5 stars, and 63% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. Medicare patients had 1,247 stays here in 2024, most often for sepsis, heart failure and lung infection. It lists $3.89 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Alabama hospital ($4.41).
$3.89listed for every $1 its care costs Alabama typical $4.41
2 h 40 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
1,247Medicare stays in 2024
310beds
Quality and patient experience
What patients say
★★★★★4 of 5 · 963 surveys
63%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
69%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 40 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
1%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%
47%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%
ER volume: high.
Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Heart attack
12.0%
Heart failure
14.8%
Pneumonia
16.2%
Stroke
17.4%
COPD
7.4%
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Heart attack
13.8%
Heart failure
22.1%
Pneumonia
16.3%
Hip or knee replacement
5.8%
Infections and complications lower is better
Central-line bloodstream infections
0.00
≈ Same as US
Catheter urinary tract infections
0.15
✓ Better than US
Infections after colon surgery
0.00
≈ Same as US
MRSA blood infections
1.13
≈ Same as US
C. diff intestinal infections
0.29
✓ Better than US
Complications after hip or knee replacement
5.5%
Serious complications (CMS safety index)
1.19
≈ Same as US
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
$26what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$6.7Mnet income, all sources
−14.5%margin on patient care alone
$2.3Mcost of charity care (1.4% of costs)
$36.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
1,250full-time staff (equivalent)
From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending March 2025.
Hospital stays
Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.
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".