Weeks Medical Center

173 Middle Street, Lancaster, NH 03584 · (603) 788-4911

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

Weeks Medical Center is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Lancaster, New Hampshire (Coos County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.75 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical New Hampshire hospital ($3.92).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating

$1.75listed for every $1 its care costs New Hampshire typical $3.92

1 h 47 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

78%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%

80%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

Emergency room and urgent care

1 h 47 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better

Pneumonia

18.6%

Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better

Pneumonia

18.2%

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

$57what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$2.6Mnet income, all sources

−7.6%margin on patient care alone

$1.9Mcost of charity care (2.6% of costs)

$2.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

185full-time staff (equivalent)

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 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. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".

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

18 miles awayLittleton Regional HealthcareLittleton, NH★★★★★$2.30 listed per $1 of cost 20 miles awayAndroscoggin Valley HospitalBerlin, NH★★★★★$1.77 listed per $1 of cost 23 miles awayNortheastern Vermont Regional HospitalSaint Johnsbury, VT★★★★★$2.28 listed per $1 of cost 29 miles awayUpper Connecticut Valley HospitalColebrook, NHNot rated$1.57 listed per $1 of cost 34 miles awayCottage HospitalWoodsville, NH★★★★★$1.86 listed per $1 of cost

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