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Guttenberg Municipal Hospital

200 Main Street, Guttenberg, IA 52052 · (563) 252-1121

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency room

Guttenberg Municipal Hospital is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Guttenberg, Iowa (Clayton County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.62 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Iowa hospital ($3.72).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$1.62listed for every $1 its care costs Iowa typical $3.72
1 h 36 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

87%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
93%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Emergency room and urgent care

    1 h 36 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
    0%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%
    61%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

    $62what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    $1.3Mnet income, all sources
    −3.6%margin on patient care alone
    $131,608cost of charity care (0.5% of costs)
    $193,277unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    114full-time staff (equivalent)

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

    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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