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Mille Lacs Health System

200 North Elm Street, Onamia, MN 56359 · (320) 532-3154

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

Mille Lacs Health System is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Onamia, Minnesota (Mille Lacs County), with 18 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $2.16 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Minnesota hospital ($2.99).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$2.16listed for every $1 its care costs Minnesota typical $2.99
42 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
18beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

73%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
74%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Emergency room and urgent care

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

    ER volume: low.

    Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
    Pneumonia
    17.2%

    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

    $46what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    −$102,138net income, all sources
    −5.9%margin on patient care alone
    $192,886cost of charity care (0.4% of costs)
    $1.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    241full-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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