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Story County Hospital

640 South 19th Street, Nevada, IA 50201 · (515) 382-2111

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency room

Story County Hospital is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Nevada, Iowa (Story County), with 17 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.22 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Iowa hospital ($3.72).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$1.22listed for every $1 its care costs Iowa typical $3.72
1 h 42 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
17beds

Quality and patient experience

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

The money

$82what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$8.1Mnet income, all sources
0.7%margin on patient care alone
$137,984cost of charity care (0.4% of costs)
$748,229unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
164full-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.

Nearby hospitals

9.2 miles awayMary Greeley Medical CenterAmes, IA★★★★★$3.66 listed per $1 of cost23 miles awayBoone County HospitalBoone, IANot rated$1.96 listed per $1 of cost28 miles awayUnitypoint Health - MarshalltownMarshalltown, IA★★★★★$2.39 listed per $1 of cost29 miles awayVA Central Iowa Healthcare SystemDes Moines, IA★★★★★29 miles awayMercyone Newton Medical CenterNewton, IA★★★★★$4.07 listed per $1 of cost

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