Kearney County Health Services Hospital

727 East 1st St, Minden, NE 68959 · (308) 832-3400

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency room

Kearney County Health Services Hospital is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Minden, Nebraska (Kearney County), with 10 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.63 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Nebraska hospital ($3.68).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating

$1.63listed for every $1 its care costs Nebraska typical $3.68

2 h 5 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

10beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

93%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%

92%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

Emergency room and urgent care

2 h 5 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.

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better

Pneumonia

14.7%

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

$62what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$1.6Mnet income, all sources

−8.7%margin on patient care alone

$52,474cost of charity care (0.3% of costs)

$485,164unpaid bills written off (bad debt)

77full-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

16 miles awayKearney Regional Medical CenterKearney, NE★★★★★$3.96 listed per $1 of cost 16 miles awayChi Health Good SamaritanKearney, NE★★★★★$3.95 listed per $1 of cost 23 miles awayPhelps Memorial Health CenterHoldrege, NE★★★★★$1.93 listed per $1 of cost 27 miles awayFranklin County Memorial HospitalFranklin, NENot rated$0.90 listed per $1 of cost 30 miles awayMary Lanning HealthcareHastings, NE★★★★★$3.02 listed per $1 of cost

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