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Methodist Hospital Union County

4604 US Highway 60 West, Morganfield, KY 42437 · (270) 389-5000

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

Methodist Hospital Union County is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Morganfield, Kentucky (Union County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. In CMS's patient survey it scores 4 of 5 stars, and 77% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. It lists $2.98 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Kentucky hospital ($4.88).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
★★★★★patients' own rating (154 surveys)
$2.98listed for every $1 its care costs Kentucky typical $4.88
1 h 52 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★4 of 5 · 154 surveys

77%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
81%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

1 h 52 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Pneumonia
15.3%
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Pneumonia
17.4%
Infections and complications lower is better
C. diff intestinal infections
0.70
≈ 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

$34what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$8.8Mnet income, all sources
28.3%margin on patient care alone
$497,585cost of charity care (2.4% of costs)
$1.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
86full-time staff (equivalent)

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