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Critical Access hospitals in Iowa

Critical Access hospitals › Iowa

Iowa has 82 Critical Access hospitals. 81 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 1 hr 53 min.

A Critical Access Hospital is a Medicare designation for a small rural hospital. To qualify, a hospital keeps no more than 25 inpatient beds, sits a set distance from the next nearest hospital, keeps an average inpatient stay of 96 hours or less, and provides emergency care 24 hours a day. The designation exists to keep emergency care within reach in places too small to support a full general hospital, and it changes how Medicare pays them.

Hospital City ER wait CMS rating
Monroe County Hospital Albia 2 hr 3 min —
Kossuth Regional Health Center Algona 1 hr 39 min 1/5
Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa 1 hr 56 min 4/5
Cass County Memorial Hospital Atlantic 1 hr 26 min 5/5
Audubon County Memorial Hospital Audubon 1 hr 24 min —
Belmond Medical Center Belmond 1 hr 28 min —
Davis County Hospital Bloomfield 1 hr 36 min —
Boone County Hospital Boone 2 hr 2 min —
Hancock County Memorial Hospital Britt 1 hr 53 min —
St Anthony Regional Hospital & Nursing Home Carroll 2 hr 13 min 2/5
Mercy Medical Center-Centerville Centerville 2 hr 10 min —
Lucas County Health Center Chariton 1 hr 48 min —
Floyd County Medical Center Charles City 2 hr 48 min 3/5
Cherokee Regional Medical Center Cherokee 2 hr 14 min 2/5
Clarinda Regional Health Center Clarinda 2 hr 33 min 4/5
Wright Medical Center Clarion 1 hr 48 min —
Alegent Health Mercy Hospital Corning 2 hr 4 min 3/5
Wayne County Hospital Corydon 2 hr 29 min —
Regional Health Services of Howard County Cresco 1 hr 31 min 4/5
Greater Regional Medical Center Creston 1 hr 41 min 3/5
Genesis Medical Center-Dewitt De Witt 1 hr 41 min —
Winneshiek Medical Center Decorah 1 hr 54 min 4/5
Crawford County Memorial Hospital Denison 1 hr 41 min 2/5
Mercy Medical Center-Dyersville Dyersville 1 hr 45 min —
Central Community Hospital Elkader 1 hr 54 min —
Palo Alto County Hospital Emmetsburg 1 hr 43 min —
Avera Holy Family Health Estherville 1 hr 50 min 2/5
Jefferson County Health Center Fairfield 1 hr 58 min 2/5
Adair County Memorial Hospital Greenfield 2 hr 20 min —
Grundy County Memorial Hospital Grundy Center 1 hr 21 min —
Guthrie County Hospital Guthrie Center 2 hr —
Guttenberg Municipal Hospital Guttenberg 1 hr 36 min —
George C Grape Community Hospital Hamburg 1 hr 48 min —
Franklin General Hospital Hampton 2 hr 16 min —
Myrtue Medical Center Harlan 1 hr 1 min 3/5
Hawarden Community Hospital Hawarden 2 hr 38 min —
Humboldt County Memorial Hospital Humboldt 1 hr 40 min —
Horn Memorial Hospital Ida Grove 1 hr 40 min —
Buchanan County Health Center Independence 1 hr 30 min —
Ellsworth Municipal Hospital Iowa Falls 1 hr 41 min —
Greene County Medical Center Jefferson 1 hr 44 min —
Van Buren County Hospital Keosauqua 2 hr 26 min —
Knoxville Hospital & Clinics Knoxville 2 hr 18 min 2/5
Stewart Memorial Community Hospital Lake City 2 hr 7 min —
Floyd Valley Hospital Le Mars 2 hr 49 min 3/5
Decatur County Hospital Leon 1 hr 37 min —
Regional Medical Center Manchester 2 hr 27 min 4/5
Manning Regional Healthcare Center Manning 1 hr 41 min —
Jackson County Regional Health Center Maquoketa 1 hr 17 min —
Marengo Memorial Hospital Marengo 55 min 4/5
Alegent Health Community Memorial Hospital Missouri Valley 1 hr 45 min 4/5
Ringgold County Hospital Mt Ayr 2 hr 8 min —
Henry County Health Center Mt Pleasant 1 hr 31 min —
Story County Hospital Nevada 1 hr 42 min —
Mercy Medical Center-New Hampton New Hampton 1 hr 59 min —
Mercy Hospital of Franciscan Sisters-Oelwein Oelwein 2 hr 3 min —
Burgess Health Center Onawa 2 hr 10 min 3/5
Orange City Area Health System Orange City 1 hr 57 min 3/5
Mitchell County Regional Health Osage 1 hr 29 min 3/5
Clarke County Hospital Osceola 1 hr 44 min 5/5
Mahaska Health Partnership Oskaloosa 2 hr 21 min 4/5
Pella Regional Health Center Pella 2 hr 32 min 4/5
Dallas County Hospital Perry 1 hr 53 min —
Pocahontas Community Hospital Pocahontas 2 hr —
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital Red Oak 1 hr 53 min —
Sanford Hospital Rock Rapids Rock Rapids 1 hr 45 min —
Hegg Memorial Health Center Rock Valley 1 hr 38 min —
Loring Hospital Sac City 1 hr 43 min —
Sanford Sheldon Medical Center Sheldon 2 hr 3 min —
Shenandoah Medical Center Shenandoah 1 hr 54 min —
Osceola Community Hospital Sibley 1 hr 55 min —
Keokuk County Health Center Sigourney 1 hr 56 min —
Sioux Center Community Hospital & Health Center Sioux Center 2 hr 1 min —
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center Storm Lake 2 hr 32 min 2/5
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center Sumner 2 hr 12 min —
Virginia Gay Hospital Vinton 1 hr 19 min 4/5
Washington County Hospital Washington 1 hr 31 min —
Veterans Memorial Hospital Waukon 1 hr 37 min —
Waverly Health Center Waverly 2 hr 37 min 5/5
Van Diest Medical Center Webster City 1 hr 43 min 5/5
Palmer Lutheran Health Center West Union 1 hr 25 min 5/5
Madison County Memorial Hospital Winterset 1 hr 55 min —

Designation from the CMS Hospital General Information dataset. Data published July 2026. See all hospitals in Iowa, or Critical Access hospitals in other states. How this data works.