Garden County Health ServicesOshkosh, NE
Garden County Health Services is a non-profit critical access hospital in Oshkosh, Nebraska, with an emergency department. As of the July 2026 CMS release, patients treated and sent home spend a median of 2 hr 27 min in its emergency department, 27 min longer than the Nebraska average of 2 hr.
- Time ZoneMST
- CountyGarden
- Emergency CapableYes
- FIPS31069
- Area Code308
Visiting Garden County Health Services
- Photo ID and your insurance, Medicare or Medicaid card
- A list of your medicines, doses and allergies
- Your doctor's name and phone number
- A phone charger
Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
Patients spend an average of 2 hours 27 minutes in the emergency department at Garden County Health Services. That is 27 minutes longer than the Nebraska 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 Garden County Health Services. 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. 337 patients. | 147 min | 162 min |
| Typical ER time for mental health patients sent homeMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 20 patients. | 252 min | 257 min |
| Typical ER time for patients transferred to another facilityMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 57 patients. | 259 min | 287 min |
| Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better. 109 patients. | 72% | 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. Garden County Health Services lists them here:
From the hospital's price transparency file (gchealth.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 Nebraska hospital finances.
Who owns Garden County Health Services
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
8 doctors and other clinicians list Garden County Health Services 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 Garden County Health Services
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Garden is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 10.
Mental health: Garden is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 19.
Nurse pay: registered nurses in Nebraska earn a median $84,730 a year. Healthcare salaries in Nebraska.
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. Nebraska shortage areas
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