Harlan County Health System
717 Brown St, Alma, NE 68920 · (308) 928-2151
Harlan County Health System is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Alma, Nebraska (Harlan County), with 19 beds. It has no emergency room. It lists $1.16 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Nebraska hospital ($3.68).
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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$1.16listed for every $1 its care costs Nebraska typical $3.68
1 h 39 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
19beds
Quality and patient experience
Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.
The money
$86what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$399,095net income, all sources
−11.5%margin on patient care alone
$67,940cost of charity care (0.4% of costs)
$298,627unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
51full-time staff (equivalent)
From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024.
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
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