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Ogallala Community Hospital

2601 North Spruce St, Ogallala, NE 69153 · (308) 284-4011

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityEmergency room

Ogallala Community Hospital is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Ogallala, Nebraska (Keith County), with 18 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.61 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Nebraska hospital ($3.68).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$1.61listed for every $1 its care costs Nebraska typical $3.68
1 h 46 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
18beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

72%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
80%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Emergency room and urgent care

    1 h 46 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
    20.8%

    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

    $62what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    −$2.2Mnet income, all sources
    −9.2%margin on patient care alone
    $417,226cost of charity care (1.6% of costs)
    $847,045unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    80full-time staff (equivalent)

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

    Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".

    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

    21 miles awayPerkins County Health ServicesGrant, NENot rated$1.49 listed per $1 of cost31 miles awaySedgwick County Memorial HospitalJulesburg, CONot rated$1.58 listed per $1 of cost39 miles awayGarden County Health ServicesOshkosh, NENot rated$1.08 listed per $1 of cost44 miles awayChase County Community HospitalImperial, NENot rated$1.39 listed per $1 of cost50 miles awayMelissa Memorial HospitalHolyoke, CONot rated$1.38 listed per $1 of cost

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