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Pocahontas Community Hospital

606 N W 7th Street, Pocahontas, IA 50574 · (712) 335-3501

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency room

Pocahontas Community Hospital is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Pocahontas, Iowa (Pocahontas County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.53 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Iowa hospital ($3.72).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$1.53listed for every $1 its care costs Iowa typical $3.72
2 h 0 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
25beds

Quality and patient experience

Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

The money

$65what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$1.3Mnet income, all sources
5.0%margin on patient care alone
$8,470cost of charity care (0.0% of costs)
$509,730unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
77full-time staff (equivalent)

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025.

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

23 miles awayHumboldt County Memorial HospitalHumboldt, IANot rated$1.21 listed per $1 of cost26 miles awayPalo Alto County HospitalEmmetsburg, IANot rated$1.54 listed per $1 of cost27 miles awayLoring HospitalSac City, IANot rated$1.30 listed per $1 of cost28 miles awayBuena Vista Regional Medical CenterStorm Lake, IA★★★★★$1.60 listed per $1 of cost30 miles awayTrinity Regional Medical CenterFort Dodge, IA★★★★★$2.74 listed per $1 of cost

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