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Milbank Area Hospital/Avera Health

301 Flynn Drive, Milbank, SD 57252 · (605) 432-4538

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

Milbank Area Hospital/Avera Health is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Milbank, South Dakota (Grant County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $2.58 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical South Dakota hospital ($4.09).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$2.58listed for every $1 its care costs South Dakota typical $4.09
2 h 6 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

76%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

    2 h 6 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.

    Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
    Pneumonia
    14.7%
    Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
    Pneumonia
    16.9%

    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

    $39what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    $3.5Mnet income, all sources
    −9.4%margin on patient care alone
    $155,585cost of charity care (0.8% of costs)
    $243,267unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    71full-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

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    Distances are approximate: this hospital is placed by its ZIP code.