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Wayne County Hospital

417 South East Street, Corydon, IA 50060 · (641) 872-2260

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency room

Wayne County Hospital is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Corydon, Iowa (Wayne County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $2.11 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Iowa hospital ($3.72).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$2.11listed for every $1 its care costs Iowa typical $3.72
2 h 29 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

87%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
83%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Emergency room and urgent care

    2 h 29 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
    Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
    Pneumonia
    17.2%
    Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
    Heart failure
    21.1%
    Pneumonia
    17.0%
    Hip or knee replacement
    5.4%
    Infections and complications lower is better
    Complications after hip or knee replacement
    3.6%

    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

    $47what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    $5.2Mnet income, all sources
    −24.6%margin on patient care alone
    $47,486cost of charity care (0.1% of costs)
    $1.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    136full-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

    19 miles awayLucas County Health CenterChariton, IANot rated$1.38 listed per $1 of cost21 miles awayMercyone Centerville Medical CenterCenterville, IANot rated$2.41 listed per $1 of cost23 miles awayDecatur County HospitalLeon, IANot rated$1.94 listed per $1 of cost25 miles awayPutnam County Memorial HospitalUnionville, MONot rated$2.04 listed per $1 of cost30 miles awayClarke County HospitalOsceola, IA★★★★★$1.04 listed per $1 of cost

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