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Sidney Regional Medical Center

1000 Pole Creek Crossing, Sidney, NE 69162 · (308) 254-5825

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

Sidney Regional Medical Center is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Sidney, Nebraska (Cheyenne County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. In CMS's patient survey it scores 5 of 5 stars, and 81% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. It lists $2.02 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Nebraska hospital ($3.68).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
★★★★★patients' own rating (106 surveys)
$2.02listed for every $1 its care costs Nebraska typical $3.68
2 h 23 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★5 of 5 · 106 surveys

81%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
78%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 23 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
0%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%

ER volume: low.

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Pneumonia
17.1%
COPD
9.4%
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Pneumonia
17.3%

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

$49what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$5.1Mnet income, all sources
1.8%margin on patient care alone
$499,272cost of charity care (0.8% of costs)
$2.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
292full-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

35 miles awayKimball Health ServicesKimball, NENot rated$1.36 listed per $1 of cost37 miles awayMorrill County Community HospitalBridgeport, NENot rated$1.62 listed per $1 of cost37 miles awaySterling Regional MedcenterSterling, CO★★★★★$2.49 listed per $1 of cost39 miles awayHaxtun Hospital DistrictHaxtun, CONot rated$1.16 listed per $1 of cost40 miles awaySedgwick County Memorial HospitalJulesburg, CONot rated$1.58 listed per $1 of cost

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