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Sanford Hospital Webster - Cah

1401 W First St Post Office Box 489, Webster, SD 57274 · (605) 345-3336

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

Sanford Hospital Webster - Cah is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Webster, South Dakota (Day County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.82 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical South Dakota hospital ($4.09).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$1.82listed for every $1 its care costs South Dakota typical $4.09
1 h 50 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
25beds

Quality and patient experience

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Pneumonia
18.5%

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

$55what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$2.5Mnet income, all sources
10.4%margin on patient care alone
$443,782cost of charity care (3.9% of costs)
$616,141unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
40full-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.

Nearby hospitals

32 miles awayCoteau Des Prairies Health Care SystemSisseton, SD★★★★★$1.90 listed per $1 of cost33 miles awayMarshall County Healthcare Center - CahBritton, SDNot rated$1.85 listed per $1 of cost36 miles awayPrairie Lakes Healthcare System, IncWatertown, SD★★★★★$2.87 listed per $1 of cost45 miles awayMilbank Area Hospital/Avera HealthMilbank, SDNot rated$2.58 listed per $1 of cost46 miles awaySanford Medical Center AberdeenAberdeen, SD★★★★★$2.91 listed per $1 of cost

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