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Ephraim McDowell Fort Logan Hospital

110 Metker Trail, Stanford, KY 40484 · (606) 365-4600

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

Ephraim McDowell Fort Logan Hospital is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Stanford, Kentucky (Lincoln County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. In CMS's patient survey it scores 4 of 5 stars, and 82% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. It lists $2.83 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Kentucky hospital ($4.88).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
★★★★★patients' own rating (135 surveys)
$2.83listed for every $1 its care costs Kentucky typical $4.88
1 h 41 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★4 of 5 · 135 surveys

82%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
79%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

1 h 41 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.

Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Pneumonia
17.7%
Infections and complications lower is better
Catheter urinary tract infections
0.00
≈ Same as US
C. diff intestinal infections
2.00
≈ 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

$35what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$10.6Mnet income, all sources
31.1%margin on patient care alone
$509,183cost of charity care (1.7% of costs)
$3.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
131full-time staff (equivalent)

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

9.5 miles awayEphraim McDowell Regional Medical CenterDanville, KY★★★★★$2.95 listed per $1 of cost18 miles awayThe James B. Haggin Memorial HospitalHarrodsburg, KYNot rated$2.71 listed per $1 of cost20 miles awayChi Saint Joseph Berea NfBerea, KY★★★★★$3.41 listed per $1 of cost22 miles awayRockcastle County Hospital, Inc.Mount Vernon, KY★★★★★$2.70 listed per $1 of cost22 miles awayCasey County HospitalLiberty, KY★★★★★$0.95 listed per $1 of cost

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