Mercy Hospital Aurora

500 Porter Avenue, Aurora, MO 65605 · (417) 678-2122

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

Mercy Hospital Aurora is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Aurora, Missouri (Lawrence County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. In CMS's patient survey it scores 5 of 5 stars, and 81% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. It lists $3.37 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Missouri hospital ($4.36).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating

★★★★★patients' own rating (178 surveys)

$3.37listed for every $1 its care costs Missouri typical $4.36

2 h 9 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★5 of 5 · 178 surveys

81%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%

76%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 9 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min

2%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%

ER volume: low.

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better

Pneumonia

16.6%

Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better

Heart failure

19.3%

Pneumonia

16.0%

Infections and complications lower is better

C. diff intestinal infections

0.64

≈ 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

$30what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$8.2Mnet income, all sources

21.8%margin on patient care alone

$2.6Mcost of charity care (8.8% of costs)

$4.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

155full-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. 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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