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Mercyhealth Hospital & Physician Clinic-Crystal La

875 S Route 31, Crystal Lake, IL 60014 · (792) 220-5500

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency room

Mercyhealth Hospital & Physician Clinic-Crystal La is a non-profit general hospital in Crystal Lake, Illinois (Mc Henry County), with 13 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $3.70 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Illinois hospital ($4.83).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$3.70listed for every $1 its care costs Illinois typical $4.83
1 h 47 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
13beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

78%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
79%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Emergency room and urgent care

    1 h 47 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
    0%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%

    ER volume: low.

    Infections and complications lower is better
    Serious complications (CMS safety index)
    0.99
    ≈ 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

    $27what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    −$6.2Mnet income, all sources
    −15.2%margin on patient care alone
    $3.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    148full-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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