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Essentia Health Deer River

115 10th Avenue Northeast, Deer River, MN 56636 · (218) 246-4200

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

Essentia Health Deer River is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Deer River, Minnesota (Itasca County), with 20 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.97 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Minnesota hospital ($2.99).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$1.97listed for every $1 its care costs Minnesota typical $2.99
1 h 31 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
20beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

78%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
79%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Emergency room and urgent care

    1 h 31 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
    1%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%
    75%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%

    ER volume: low.

    Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

    The money

    $51what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    $5.6Mnet income, all sources
    3.6%margin on patient care alone
    $503,873cost of charity care (1.3% of costs)
    $826,035unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    122full-time staff (equivalent)

    From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. 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.

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