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Monument Health Sturgis Hospital

2140 Junction Ave, Sturgis, SD 57785 · (605) 720-2400

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

Monument Health Sturgis Hospital is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Sturgis, South Dakota (Meade County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $2.65 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical South Dakota hospital ($4.09).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$2.65listed for every $1 its care costs South Dakota typical $4.09
2 h 12 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

78%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
76%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Emergency room and urgent care

    2 h 12 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
    0%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%
    76%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%

    ER volume: low.

    Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
    Pneumonia
    15.4%
    Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
    Heart failure
    20.4%
    Pneumonia
    16.3%
    Infections and complications lower is better
    C. diff intestinal infections
    0.74
    ≈ 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

    $38what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    $4.2Mnet income, all sources
    2.2%margin on patient care alone
    $203,602cost of charity care (0.6% of costs)
    $2.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    142full-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

    2.1 miles awayVA Black Hills Healthcare SystemFort Meade, SD★★★★★11 miles awayMonument Health Lead-Deadwood HospitalDeadwood, SDNot rated$2.60 listed per $1 of cost19 miles awayMonument Health Spearfish HospitalSpearfish, SD★★★★★$3.57 listed per $1 of cost27 miles awaySame Day Surgery Center LLCRapid City, SDNot rated$3.79 listed per $1 of cost28 miles awayMonument Health Rapid City HospitalRapid City, SD★★★★★$3.98 listed per $1 of cost

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