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Dundy County Hospital

P O Box 626, 1313 North Cheyenne St, Benkelman, NE 69021 · (308) 423-2204

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency room

Dundy County Hospital is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Benkelman, Nebraska (Dundy County), with 12 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.07 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Nebraska hospital ($3.68).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$1.07listed for every $1 its care costs Nebraska typical $3.68
2 h 36 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
12beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

93%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
81%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Emergency room and urgent care

    2 h 36 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
    Pneumonia
    18.7%

    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

    $94what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    −$1.2Mnet income, all sources
    −24.7%margin on patient care alone
    $28,277cost of charity care (0.2% of costs)
    $455,008unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    72full-time staff (equivalent)

    From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending February 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

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