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River's Edge Hospital & Clinic

1900 North Sunrise Drive, St Peter, MN 56082 · (507) 931-2200

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency room

River's Edge Hospital & Clinic is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in St Peter, Minnesota (Nicollet County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. In CMS's patient survey it scores 4 of 5 stars, and 85% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. It lists $2.16 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Minnesota hospital ($2.99).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
★★★★★patients' own rating (293 surveys)
$2.16listed for every $1 its care costs Minnesota typical $2.99
2 h 8 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★4 of 5 · 293 surveys

85%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
82%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

  • Nurses communicated well★★★★★
  • Doctors communicated well★★★★★
  • Staff explained medicines★★★★★
  • Information for going home★★★★★
  • Room was clean★★★★★
  • Quiet at night★★★★★

Emergency room and urgent care

2 h 8 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
1%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%

ER volume: low.

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Pneumonia
16.4%
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Pneumonia
17.2%
Hip or knee replacement
5.3%
Infections and complications lower is better
Complications after hip or knee replacement
3.1%

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

$46what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$886,476net income, all sources
−4.6%margin on patient care alone
$46,842cost of charity care (0.1% of costs)
$1.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
176full-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. 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.

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