Heart of America Medical Center

800 S Main Ave, Rugby, ND 58368 · (701) 776-5261

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

Heart of America Medical Center is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Rugby, North Dakota (Pierce County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 2 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. It lists $1.73 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical North Dakota hospital ($3.26).

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★★★★★CMS overall quality rating

$1.73listed for every $1 its care costs North Dakota typical $3.26

1 h 44 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

25beds

Quality and patient experience

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better

Pneumonia

17.7%

Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better

Pneumonia

17.1%

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

$58what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

−$2.9Mnet income, all sources

−21.6%margin on patient care alone

$438,866cost of charity care (1.6% of costs)

$544,280unpaid bills written off (bad debt)

180full-time staff (equivalent)

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