Kossuth Regional Health Center

1515 South Phillips Street, Algona, IA 50511 · (515) 295-2451

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency room

Kossuth Regional Health Center is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Algona, Iowa (Kossuth County), with 24 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 1 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. It lists $1.70 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Iowa hospital ($3.72).

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★★★★★CMS overall quality rating

$1.70listed for every $1 its care costs Iowa typical $3.72

1 h 39 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

24beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

87%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%

93%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

Emergency room and urgent care

1 h 39 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min

1%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%

33%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%

ER volume: low.

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better

Heart failure

13.7%

Pneumonia

19.3%

COPD

9.6%

Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better

Heart failure

21.7%

Pneumonia

16.3%

Infections and complications lower is better

C. diff intestinal infections

0.96

≈ Same as 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

$59what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$7.5Mnet income, all sources

−3.2%margin on patient care alone

$229,010cost of charity care (0.6% of costs)

$1.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

157full-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.

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