East Morgan County Hospital

2400 W Edison St, Brush, CO 80723 · (970) 842-6222

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

East Morgan County Hospital is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Brush, Colorado (Morgan County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.69 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Colorado hospital ($6.22).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating

$1.69listed for every $1 its care costs Colorado typical $6.22

1 h 51 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

81%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%

83%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

Emergency room and urgent care

1 h 51 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min

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

ER volume: low.

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better

Pneumonia

16.3%

Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better

Heart failure

20.6%

Pneumonia

17.8%

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

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

$2.2Mnet income, all sources

2.3%margin on patient care alone

$520,130cost of charity care (1.4% of costs)

$993,139unpaid bills written off (bad debt)

127full-time staff (equivalent)

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

14 miles awaySt Elizabeth HospitalFort Morgan, CO★★★★★$5.75 listed per $1 of cost 34 miles awaySterling Regional MedcenterSterling, CO★★★★★$2.49 listed per $1 of cost 43 miles awayYuma District HospitalYuma, CONot rated$1.47 listed per $1 of cost 57 miles awayHaxtun Hospital DistrictHaxtun, CONot rated$1.16 listed per $1 of cost

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