Garfield County Health CenterJordan, MT
Garfield County Health Center is a public critical access hospital in Jordan, Montana, with an emergency department. As of the July 2026 CMS release, patients treated and sent home spend a median of 1 hr 52 min in its emergency department, 8 min shorter than the Montana average of 2 hr.
- Time ZoneMST
- CountyGarfield
- Emergency CapableYes
- FIPS30033
- Area Code406
Visiting Garfield County Health Center
- Photo ID and your insurance, Medicare or Medicaid card
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- 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 52 minutes in the emergency department at Garfield County Health Center. That is 8 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 Garfield 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
Garfield 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. 110 patients. | 112 min | 162 min |
| Patients who left the ER before being seenLower is better. 357 patients. | 0% | 2% |
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.
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 Garfield County Health Center
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
3 doctors and other clinicians list Garfield 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.
The area around Garfield County Health Center
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Garfield is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 7.
Mental health: Garfield 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
Find doctors in Jordan
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