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Midwest Medical Center

1 Medical Center Drive, Galena, IL 61036 · (815) 777-1340

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

Midwest Medical Center is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Galena, Illinois (Jo Daviess County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. In CMS's patient survey it scores 5 of 5 stars, and 89% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. It lists $1.64 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Illinois hospital ($4.83).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
★★★★★patients' own rating (118 surveys)
$1.64listed for every $1 its care costs Illinois typical $4.83
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★5 of 5 · 118 surveys

89%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
90%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★★★★★
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Pneumonia
16.8%

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
$2.5Mnet income, all sources
−3.8%margin on patient care alone
$230,622cost of charity care (0.7% of costs)
$595,076unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
130full-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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16 miles awayMercyone Dubuque Medical CenterDubuque, IA★★★★★$4.06 listed per $1 of cost19 miles awayFinley HospitalDubuque, IA★★★★★$3.24 listed per $1 of cost22 miles awaySouthwest Health CenterPlatteville, WINot rated$2.74 listed per $1 of cost24 miles awayLafayette Hospital and ClinicsDarlington, WINot rated$1.70 listed per $1 of cost28 miles awayJackson County Regional Health CenterMaquoketa, IANot rated$1.95 listed per $1 of cost

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