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Mercy Hospital Ozark

801 West River Street, Ozark, AR 72949 · (479) 667-4138

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

Mercy Hospital Ozark is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Ozark, Arkansas (Franklin County), with 12 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $3.04 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Arkansas hospital ($4.96).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$3.04listed for every $1 its care costs Arkansas typical $4.96
1 h 49 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
12beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

75%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
71%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Emergency room and urgent care

    1 h 49 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
    Heart failure
    11.3%
    Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
    Heart failure
    22.1%
    Pneumonia
    19.6%

    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

    $33what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    −$1.2Mnet income, all sources
    −16.0%margin on patient care alone
    $905,830cost of charity care (7.7% of costs)
    $1.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    60full-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.

    Nearby hospitals

    15 miles awayMercy Hospital ParisParis, AR★★★★★$2.34 listed per $1 of cost22 miles awayJohnson Regional Medical CenterClarksville, AR★★★★★$2.74 listed per $1 of cost25 miles awayMercy Hospital BoonevilleBooneville, AR★★★★★$2.05 listed per $1 of cost29 miles awayBaptist Health - Van BurenVan Buren, ARNot rated$7.06 listed per $1 of cost29 miles awayValley Behavioral Health SystemBarling, ARNot rated

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