- Time ZoneMST
- CountyChouteau
- Emergency CapableYes
- FIPS30015
- Area Code406
Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
Patients spend an average of 1 hour 46 minutes in the emergency department at Missouri River Medical Center. That is 14 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 Missouri River Medical 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
| 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. 236 patients. | 106 min | 162 min |
| Typical ER time for patients transferred to another facilityMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 26 patients. | 166 min | 287 min |
| Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better. 80 patients. | 69% | 78% |
| Blood clot prevention givenHigher is better. 49 patients. | 22% | 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.
Size and finances
Medicare cost report · fiscal year ending Dec 2024
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 Missouri River Medical Center
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Benefis Community Hospitals Inc, a non-profit organization, incorporated 2015.
39 doctors and other clinicians list Missouri River 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 Dec 2023 · Benefis Community Hospitals Inc (EIN 47-3448483)
As filed with the IRS by Benefis Community Hospitals 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 Missouri River Medical Center
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Chouteau is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 13.
Mental health: Chouteau is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 21.
Dental: Chouteau is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 14.
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