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Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond

403 First Street SE, Belmond, IA 50421 · (641) 444-3223

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency room

Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Belmond, Iowa (Wright County), with 22 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $2.45 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Iowa hospital ($3.72).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$2.45listed for every $1 its care costs Iowa typical $3.72
1 h 28 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
22beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

77%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
85%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Emergency room and urgent care

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

    ER volume: low.

    Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

    The money

    $41what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    $4.4Mnet income, all sources
    2.2%margin on patient care alone
    $363,786cost of charity care (0.9% of costs)
    $2.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    188full-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.

    Nearby hospitals

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