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Stillwater Billings Clinic

710 N 11th St, Columbus, MT 59019 · (406) 322-5316

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

Stillwater Billings Clinic is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Columbus, Montana (Stillwater County), with 16 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.47 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Montana hospital ($3.09).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$1.47listed for every $1 its care costs Montana typical $3.09
1 h 53 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
16beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

87%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
70%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Emergency room and urgent care

    1 h 53 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.

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

    The money

    $68what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    $884,176net income, all sources
    2.5%margin on patient care alone
    $340,742cost of charity care (2.6% of costs)
    $194,722unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    69full-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

    31 miles awayBeartooth Billings ClinicRed Lodge, MTNot rated$1.79 listed per $1 of cost36 miles awayIntermountain Health St Vincent Regional HospitalBillings, MT★★★★★$3.29 listed per $1 of cost37 miles awayPioneer Medical CenterBig Timber, MTNot rated$1.42 listed per $1 of cost37 miles awayBillings Clinic HospitalBillings, MT★★★★★$2.26 listed per $1 of cost

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