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Sparta Community Hospital

818 E Broadway, Sparta, IL 62286 · (618) 443-2177

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityEmergency room

Sparta Community Hospital is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Sparta, Illinois (Randolph County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 3 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. It lists $2.64 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Illinois hospital ($4.83).

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★★★★★CMS overall quality rating
$2.64listed for every $1 its care costs Illinois typical $4.83
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

66%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
73%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
    Heart failure
    11.8%
    Pneumonia
    18.5%
    Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
    Heart failure
    21.4%
    Pneumonia
    17.1%

    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

    $38what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    $2.4Mnet income, all sources
    −3.5%margin on patient care alone
    $294,539cost of charity care (0.7% of costs)
    $2.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    184full-time staff (equivalent)

    From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025.

    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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