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Russellville Hospital

15155 Highway 43, Russellville, AL 35653 · (256) 332-1611

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency room

Russellville Hospital is a for-profit general hospital in Russellville, Alabama (Franklin County), with 49 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 4 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. In CMS's patient survey it scores 3 of 5 stars, and 66% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. Medicare patients had 45 stays here in 2024, most often for pneumonia and urinary tract infection. It lists $2.12 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Alabama hospital ($4.41).

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★★★★★CMS overall quality rating
★★★★★patients' own rating (107 surveys)
$2.12listed for every $1 its care costs Alabama typical $4.41
1 h 41 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
45Medicare stays in 2024
49beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★3 of 5 · 107 surveys

66%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
69%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

1 h 41 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
1%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%
62%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%

ER volume: low.

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Pneumonia
15.7%
COPD
8.7%
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Pneumonia
18.1%
Infections and complications lower is better
C. diff intestinal infections
0.00
≈ Same as US
Serious complications (CMS safety index)
0.99
≈ Same as US

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

$47what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$10.9Mnet income, all sources
−20.0%margin on patient care alone
$195,243cost of charity care (0.3% of costs)
$9.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
203full-time staff (equivalent)

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

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Pneumonia, with complications 19427$38,663$6,973
Urinary tract infection 69018$26,096$6,907
Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. The hospital publishes them on its own price page.

Nearby hospitals

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