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Massac Memorial Hospital

28 Chick Street, Po Box 850, Metropolis, IL 62960 · (618) 524-2176

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityEmergency room

Massac Memorial Hospital is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Metropolis, Illinois (Massac County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 2 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. It lists $1.55 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Illinois hospital ($4.83).

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★★★★★CMS overall quality rating
$1.55listed for every $1 its care costs Illinois typical $4.83
1 h 48 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

87%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
91%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Emergency room and urgent care

    1 h 48 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
    Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
    Pneumonia
    13.9%
    COPD
    8.7%
    Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
    Heart failure
    20.8%
    Pneumonia
    17.4%

    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

    $65what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    −$1.6Mnet income, all sources
    −14.0%margin on patient care alone
    $29,329cost of charity care (0.1% of costs)
    $2.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    179full-time staff (equivalent)

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

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