Deer Lodge Medical CenterDeer Lodge, MT
Deer Lodge Medical Center is a non-profit critical access hospital in Deer Lodge, Montana, with an emergency department. As of the July 2026 CMS release, patients treated and sent home spend a median of 2 hr 2 min in its emergency department, about the same as the Montana average of 2 hr.
- CountyPOWELL
- Emergency CapableYes
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Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
Patients spend an average of 2 hours 2 minutes in the emergency department at Deer Lodge Medical Center. That is about the same as 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 Deer Lodge Medical Center. For a medical emergency, call 911.
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Infections, complications and deaths
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · compared with hospitals nationwide
Death rates within 30 days
| Patients treated for | This hospital | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Hospital-wide, all conditions | 4.7% | 3.9% |
Risk-adjusted rates. CMS has not published a statistical better/worse comparison for these death rates in the current release, so small differences from the U.S. rate may be chance.
"Better" or "worse" means CMS found the difference from the national benchmark statistically significant; most hospitals are "no different". Infection results compare the infections a hospital reported with the number predicted for a hospital of its size and type (a ratio below 1 means fewer than predicted). Death and complication rates are risk-adjusted for how sick patients were. Each death rate counts deaths within 30 days of a hospital stay, pooled over one to three years of Medicare patients depending on the measure. About the data.
Nearby ERs with shorter visits
Timely and effective care
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · all patients unless noted · Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Deer Lodge Medical 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. 232 patients. | 122 min | 162 min |
| Patients who left the ER before being seenLower is better. 3,001 patients. | 0% | 2% |
| Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better. 143 patients. | 28% | 78% |
| Discharged on two opioids, or an opioid and a benzodiazepinePatients sent home with prescriptions that raise the risk of overdose when combined. Lower is better. 31 patients. | 23% | 15% |
| Blood clot prevention givenHigher is better. 86 patients. | 88% | 90%* |
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. *Median of all hospitals CMS reports, where CMS publishes no national figure. About the data.
Doctors at Deer Lodge Medical Center
37 Medicare-enrolled doctors and specialists list this hospital as an affiliation, across 14 specialties.
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 Deer Lodge Medical Center
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Powell County Memorial Hospital Association Inc., a non-profit organization, incorporated 1991.
60 doctors and other clinicians list Deer Lodge Medical 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 · Powell County Memorial Hospital Association (EIN 81-0469886)
As filed with the IRS by Powell County Memorial Hospital Association. 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 Deer Lodge Medical Center
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Parts of Powell are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 7.
Mental health: Powell is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 14.
Dental: Parts of Powell are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 13.
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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Medicare-enrolled specialists with a practice in Deer Lodge, with addresses, phone numbers and the hospitals they work with.