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Helen Newberry Joy Hospital

502 W Harrie St, Newberry, MI 49868 · (906) 293-9222

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency room

Helen Newberry Joy Hospital is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Newberry, Michigan (Luce County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.76 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Michigan hospital ($3.71).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$1.76listed for every $1 its care costs Michigan typical $3.71
1 h 52 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

73%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
71%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Emergency room and urgent care

    1 h 52 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
    0%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%

    ER volume: low.

    Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
    Pneumonia
    16.8%

    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

    $57what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    $4.1Mnet income, all sources
    −0.1%margin on patient care alone
    $146,814cost of charity care (0.4% of costs)
    $1.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    112full-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

    46 miles awaySchoolcraft Memorial HospitalManistique, MINot rated$1.90 listed per $1 of cost49 miles awayMackinac Straits Hospital and Health CenterSaint Ignace, MINot rated$1.94 listed per $1 of cost53 miles awayMunising Memorial HospitalMunising, MINot rated$1.71 listed per $1 of cost56 miles awayChippewa County War Memorial HospitalSault Ste Marie, MI★★★★★$2.29 listed per $1 of cost

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