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Meeker Memorial Hospital

612 South Sibley Avenue, Litchfield, MN 55355 · (320) 693-4500

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency room

Meeker Memorial Hospital is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Litchfield, Minnesota (Meeker County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. In CMS's patient survey it scores 3 of 5 stars, and 66% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. It lists $1.65 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Minnesota hospital ($2.99).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
★★★★★patients' own rating (118 surveys)
$1.65listed for every $1 its care costs Minnesota typical $2.99
2 h 2 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★3 of 5 · 118 surveys

66%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
67%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

  • Nurses communicated well★★★★★
  • Doctors communicated well★★★★★
  • Staff explained medicines★★★★★
  • Information for going home★★★★★
  • Room was clean★★★★★
  • Quiet at night★★★★★

Emergency room and urgent care

2 h 2 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Heart failure
20.6%
Pneumonia
16.9%

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

$61what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$5.7Mnet income, all sources
−0.8%margin on patient care alone
$167,586cost of charity care (0.4% of costs)
$1.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
194full-time staff (equivalent)

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

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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