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Lincoln Health Hospital

111 6th St, Hugo, CO 80821 · (719) 743-2421

Rural (critical access) hospitalVoluntary non-profit - OtherEmergency room

Lincoln Health Hospital is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Hugo, Colorado (Lincoln County), with 15 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.33 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Colorado hospital ($6.22).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$1.33listed for every $1 its care costs Colorado typical $6.22
1 h 34 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
15beds

Quality and patient experience

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Pneumonia
17.7%

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

$75what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$2.5Mnet income, all sources
−14.3%margin on patient care alone
$78,043cost of charity care (0.3% of costs)
$1.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
143full-time staff (equivalent)

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. 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.

Nearby hospitals

59 miles awayWeisbrod Memorial County HospitalEads, CONot rated$0.63 listed per $1 of cost

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