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Johnson County Healthcare Center

497 West Lott, Buffalo, WY 82834 · (307) 684-5521

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityNo emergency room

Johnson County Healthcare Center is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Buffalo, Wyoming (Johnson County), with 25 beds. It has no emergency room. It lists $1.24 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Wyoming hospital ($2.68).

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$1.24listed for every $1 its care costs Wyoming typical $2.68
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

78%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
83%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
    Pneumonia
    21.4%
    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

    $81what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    −$1.4Mnet income, all sources
    −20.3%margin on patient care alone
    $85,834cost of charity care (0.3% of costs)
    $2.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    164full-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. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".

    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

    34 miles awaySheridan Memorial HospitalSheridan, WY★★★★★$2.68 listed per $1 of cost35 miles awaySheridan VA Medical CenterSheridan, WYNot rated59 miles awayCampbell County HealthGillette, WY★★★★★$2.24 listed per $1 of cost

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