Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center

701 Third Avenue South, Clear Lake, SD 57226 · (605) 874-2141

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

Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Clear Lake, South Dakota (Deuel County), with 10 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.45 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical South Dakota hospital ($4.09).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating

$1.45listed for every $1 its care costs South Dakota typical $4.09

1 h 33 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

10beds

Quality and patient experience

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

The money

$69what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$1.1Mnet income, all sources

7.2%margin on patient care alone

$485,650cost of charity care (6.5% of costs)

$260,579unpaid bills written off (bad debt)

35full-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. 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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21 miles awayPrairie Lakes Healthcare System, IncWatertown, SD★★★★★$2.87 listed per $1 of cost 23 miles awaySanford Canby Medical CenterCanby, MNNot rated$1.55 listed per $1 of cost 25 miles awayHendricks Community HospitalHendricks, MNNot rated$1.43 listed per $1 of cost 29 miles awayMilbank Area Hospital/Avera HealthMilbank, SDNot rated$2.58 listed per $1 of cost 31 miles awayMadison HospitalMadison, MNNot rated$1.25 listed per $1 of cost

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