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Ortonville Area Health Services

450 Eastvold Ave, Ortonville, MN 56278 · (320) 839-2502

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency room

Ortonville Area Health Services is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Ortonville, Minnesota (Big Stone County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.65 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Minnesota hospital ($2.99).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$1.65listed for every $1 its care costs Minnesota typical $2.99
2 h 0 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

89%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
81%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Emergency room and urgent care

    2 h 0 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
    18.1%
    Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
    Pneumonia
    17.1%

    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
    $4.8Mnet income, all sources
    2.3%margin on patient care alone
    $120,592cost of charity care (0.4% of costs)
    $329,541unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    137full-time staff (equivalent)

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

    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

    15 miles awayEssentia Health Holy Trinity HospitalGraceville, MNNot rated$1.03 listed per $1 of cost15 miles awayMilbank Area Hospital/Avera HealthMilbank, SDNot rated$2.58 listed per $1 of cost21 miles awayAppleton Area HealthAppleton, MNNot rated$1.31 listed per $1 of cost25 miles awayMadison HospitalMadison, MNNot rated$1.25 listed per $1 of cost28 miles awayStevens Community Medical Center IncMorris, MNNot rated$2.06 listed per $1 of cost

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