McCone County Health CenterCircle, MT
McCone County Health Center is a non-profit critical access hospital in Circle, Montana, with an emergency department. As of the July 2026 CMS release, patients treated and sent home spend a median of 1 hr 10 min in its emergency department, 50 min shorter than the Montana average of 2 hr.
- Time ZoneMST
- CountyMcCone
- Emergency CapableYes
- FIPS30055
- Area Code406
Visiting McCone County Health Center
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- A list of your medicines, doses and allergies
- Your doctor's name and phone number
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Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
Patients spend an average of 1 hour 10 minutes in the emergency department at McCone County Health Center. That is 50 minutes shorter than the Montana average of 2 hours.
Source: CMS Hospital General Information and Timely & Effective Care. Wait times are a median over a past 12-month reporting period, not live data. Not affiliated with CMS or with McCone County Health Center. For a medical emergency, call 911.
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Timely and effective care
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · all patients unless noted · Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
McCone County Health Center's emergency department is classed by CMS as low volume.
| Measure | This hospital | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Typical time in the ER before going homeMedian minutes from arrival to leaving, for ER patients sent home (not counting mental health patients or transfers). Lower is better. 273 patients. | 70 min | 162 min |
| Patients who left the ER before being seenLower is better. 271 patients. | 0% | 2% |
| Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better. 49 patients. | 12% | 78% |
CMS publishes these process-of-care measures without a better/worse verdict, so the U.S. figure is shown for context; small differences, or results based on few patients, may not mean much. About the data.
Federal rules require hospitals to publish their prices, including the rates they've negotiated with each insurer and their cash prices. McCone County Health Center lists them here:
From the hospital's price transparency file (mcconehealth.org/cms-hpt.txt), checked Oct 24, 2026. For an estimate of what you'll pay, ask the hospital or your insurer; Medicare's averages are on our procedure cost pages.
Size and finances
Medicare cost report · fiscal year ending Jun 2025
As reported by the hospital to CMS; not audited. Operating margin is income from patient care divided by net patient revenue and leaves out investment income and donations. Compare Montana hospital finances.
Who owns McCone County Health Center
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Mccone County Health Center Inc, a non-profit organization, incorporated 1957.
7 doctors and other clinicians list McCone County Health Center as a hospital affiliation in Medicare's clinician directory.
Organizations with 5% or more ownership (directly or through other companies), partnership interests or operational control, as the hospital reported them to Medicare. Records can lag behind recent sales. Individuals are not listed. Who owns America's hospitals.
Non-profit finances
IRS Form 990 · tax year ending Jun 2023 · Mccone County Health Center Inc (EIN 81-0269223)
As filed with the IRS by Mccone County Health Center Inc. Matched by name and address, so check the filing to confirm it's the right organization. See the full Form 990 filings · Non-profit hospital finances.
The area around McCone County Health Center
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: McCone is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 11.
Mental health: McCone is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 18.
Nurse pay: registered nurses in Montana earn a median $85,280 a year. Healthcare salaries in Montana.
Shortage areas are designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration where there are too few primary care, mental health or dental providers for the population; scores run from 0 to 25 for primary and mental health care and 0 to 26 for dental care, higher meaning greater need. Montana shortage areas
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Care after a stay at McCone County Health Center
Medicare-certified providers near this hospital, with their CMS ratings. A hospital discharge planner can make the referral.
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