Pembina County Memorial Hospital

Box 380, Cavalier, ND 58220 · (701) 265-8461

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

Pembina County Memorial Hospital is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Cavalier, North Dakota (Pembina County), with 20 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.43 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical North Dakota hospital ($3.26).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating

$1.43listed for every $1 its care costs North Dakota typical $3.26

1 h 19 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

20beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

88%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

1 h 19 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

15.9%

Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better

Pneumonia

16.7%

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

$70what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$1.8Mnet income, all sources

−2.9%margin on patient care alone

$25,099cost of charity care (0.1% of costs)

$448,029unpaid bills written off (bad debt)

63full-time staff (equivalent)

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

28 miles awayFirst Care Health CenterPark River, NDNot rated$1.23 listed per $1 of cost 29 miles awayCavalier County Memorial Hospital AssociationLangdon, NDNot rated$1.25 listed per $1 of cost 31 miles awayUnity Medical CenterGrafton, NDNot rated$1.20 listed per $1 of cost 37 miles awayKittson HealthcareHallock, MNNot rated$1.25 listed per $1 of cost

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