Every rural hospital has a story.

Compare hospitals side by side

Select up to five hospitals from the directory using the Compare button. Financial data is from the uploaded CMS cost report snapshot.

Financial and operational intelligence

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Financial profiles include hospital results and state and national CAH medians based on available reports. Reporting years and missing values are identified.

FY2024 operational peer benchmarking

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Compare occupancy, average length of stay, Medicare inpatient day share, current ratio, salary share and operating margin against state, bed-size and national CAH medians. Open a hospital profile to view results.

Community benefit and data coverage

Compare reported charity care and uncompensated care relative to patient revenue. Cost report values are not a complete measure of community benefit.

Data availability: County population, age, income, poverty and uninsured rates are sourced from the 2024 ACS five-year data where available. Hospital county is not the same as its service area.

How to interpret CAHStory

CMS ratings are only available for some Critical Access Hospitals. A missing rating does not indicate poor performance. Comparisons use only hospitals with a reported numeric rating and do not adjust for patient mix or hospital characteristics.

Financial dashboard: Based on user-supplied 2024 CMS hospital provider cost reports. Fiscal-year periods vary. Missing figures are not estimated.

Source: CMS Hospital General Information CSV supplied for this release. All directory and comparison data is stored locally in this website ZIP. County and emergency service information are shown as limited community context; travel-time access and verified service-area boundaries require additional validated datasets. Five-year historical financial and operating trends are included for matched CAHs.