Lakewood Health Center is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Baudette, Minnesota (Lake of Woods County), with 15 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.45 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Minnesota hospital ($2.99).
$1.45listed for every $1 its care costs Minnesota typical $2.99
1 h 58 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
15beds
Quality and patient experience
What patients say
73%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
77%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%
Rated by patients
Emergency room and urgent care
1 h 58 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
0%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%
36%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%
ER volume: low.
Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.
The money
$69what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$73,432net income, all sources
−14.1%margin on patient care alone
$281,856cost of charity care (1.3% of costs)
$481,965unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
58full-time staff (equivalent)
From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. 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. 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.