610 N Ohio Street, Appleton City, MO 64724 · (660) 476-2111
Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityEmergency room
Ellett Memorial Hospital is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Appleton City, Missouri (St. Clair County), with 12 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $0.91 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Missouri hospital ($4.36).
$0.91listed for every $1 its care costs Missouri typical $4.36
1 h 47 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
12beds
Quality and patient experience
What patients say
79%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
85%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%
Rated by patients
Emergency room and urgent care
1 h 47 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.
Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.
The money
$110what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$893,120net income, all sources
−5.9%margin on patient care alone
$532,965unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
67full-time staff (equivalent)
From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending May 2025.
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".
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.