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Windom Area Health

2150 Hospital Drive, Po Box 339, Windom, MN 56101 · (507) 831-2400

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency room

Windom Area Health is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Windom, Minnesota (Cottonwood County), with 18 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $2.17 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Minnesota hospital ($2.99).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$2.17listed for every $1 its care costs Minnesota typical $2.99
1 h 39 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
18beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

83%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
88%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Emergency room and urgent care

    1 h 39 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.

    Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
    Pneumonia
    17.5%
    Hip or knee replacement
    5.2%
    Infections and complications lower is better
    Complications after hip or knee replacement
    3.3%

    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

    $46what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    $2.3Mnet income, all sources
    2.0%margin on patient care alone
    $145,471cost of charity care (0.6% of costs)
    $743,126unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    152full-time staff (equivalent)

    From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending April 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 awaySanford Jackson Medical CenterJackson, MNNot rated$2.39 listed per $1 of cost19 miles awaySanford Westbrook Medical CenterWestbrook, MNNot rated$1.64 listed per $1 of cost26 miles awayMayo Clinic Health System St. JamesSt James, MNNot rated$1.56 listed per $1 of cost29 miles awaySanford Worthington Medical CenterWorthington, MN★★★★★$3.03 listed per $1 of cost32 miles awayLakes Regional HealthcareSpirit Lake, IA★★★★★$2.17 listed per $1 of cost

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