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Fulton County Medical Center

214 Peach Orchard Road, McConnellsburg, PA 17233 · (717) 485-3155

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

Fulton County Medical Center is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania (Fulton County), with 21 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 3 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. It lists $2.41 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Pennsylvania hospital ($5.26).

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★★★★★CMS overall quality rating
$2.41listed for every $1 its care costs Pennsylvania typical $5.26
1 h 42 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
21beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

68%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
69%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Emergency room and urgent care

    1 h 42 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
    16.1%
    Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
    Heart failure
    21.0%
    Pneumonia
    17.0%

    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

    $42what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    $553,533net income, all sources
    −26.5%margin on patient care alone
    $22,603cost of charity care (0.1% of costs)
    $4.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    245full-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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