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Indiana University Health Bedford Hospital

2900 W 16th St, Bedford, IN 47421 · (812) 275-1200

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

Indiana University Health Bedford Hospital is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Bedford, Indiana (Lawrence County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 3 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. It lists $5.08 for every $1 its care costs, close to the typical Indiana hospital ($4.98).

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★★★★★CMS overall quality rating
$5.08listed for every $1 its care costs Indiana typical $4.98
3 h 12 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
25beds

Quality and patient experience

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Heart attack
11.9%
Heart failure
11.7%
Pneumonia
15.4%
Stroke
13.4%
COPD
8.7%
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Heart attack
14.7%
Heart failure
21.0%
Pneumonia
16.8%
Infections and complications lower is better
Catheter urinary tract infections
0.47
≈ Same as US
C. diff intestinal infections
0.00
✓ Better than US

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

$20what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$22.2Mnet income, all sources
12.8%margin on patient care alone
$4.0Mcost of charity care (4.9% of costs)
$2.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
271full-time staff (equivalent)

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. 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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