CMS certification 131303
Nell J Redfield Memorial Hospital
150 North 200 West, Malad City, ID 83252
CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Nell J Redfield Memorial Hospital. On all 4 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it is no different from the national rate. Emergency patients spend a median of 1 h 55 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).
Every figure on this page is published by CMS; we arrange and explain it, and score nothing ourselves.
What patients said
Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
Emergency department
How long emergency patients spent here and how some time-critical care went, from CMS's timely and effective care measures, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
| Measure | This hospital | ID | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 310 visits sampled | 1 h 55 min | 2 h 22 min | 2 h 42 min |
How Nell J Redfield Memorial Hospital compares with nearby hospitals
The closest hospitals of the same kind that CMS rates or surveys - the same city first, then the same county and ZIP area. Every figure is CMS's: the overall star rating, the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital, the median time emergency patients spent before leaving, and how many death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS found better or worse than the national rate.
| Hospital | CMS stars | Would recommend | ER median time | Vs the nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nell J Redfield Memorial HospitalThis hospital | Not rated | — | 1 h 55 min | No different |
| Bear Lake Memorial HospitalSame ZIP area · Montpelier | Not rated | 78% | 1 h 40 min | 1 better |
| Franklin County Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Preston | 3/5 | 81% | 3 h 8 min | 1 better 1 worse |
| Caribou Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Soda Springs | Not rated | 78% | 1 h 42 min | No different |
| Bingham Memorial HospitalSame ZIP area · Blackfoot | Not rated | 66% | 2 h 40 min | 1 better |
| Grove Creek Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Blackfoot | Not rated | 87% | — | — |
Hospitals differ in size and in how sick their patients are. CMS adjusts its outcome measures for that, but a star or a percentage is a starting point for questions, not a verdict.
Deaths
How many patients died within 30 days of admission, adjusted by CMS for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| All patients, hospital-wide 46 cases | Too few cases | 3.7% | 3.9% |
| Pneumonia 33 cases | Too few cases | 13.8% | 15.2% |
5 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Readmissions and return visits
How often patients had to come back to a hospital after going home. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2023 – Jun 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Readmitted after pneumonia 36 cases | Too few cases | 17.3% | 17.3% |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 36 cases | Too few cases | 61.6 days per 100 | — |
12 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Not reported for this hospital
CMS had too few cases here to publish results for complications, infections caught in the hospital. That is common at small, rural and specialty hospitals, and says nothing either way about quality.
How to read this page
- Everything here is published by CMS on Care Compare. We arrange it and explain it; the star ratings and the better / worse verdicts are CMS's, not ours.
- “No different” is the most common result on most measures at most hospitals. CMS only calls a result better or worse when the difference from the national rate is statistically clear.
- Death, complication and readmission rates are adjusted by CMS for how sick patients were, so hospitals that treat sicker patients can be compared fairly.
- Infection results are ratios: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one, below 1.0 is fewer.
- These are hospital-wide results. They do not rate an individual doctor, nurse or department, and they are not medical advice.
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Common questions about Nell J Redfield Memorial Hospital
Is Nell J Redfield Memorial Hospital a good hospital?
CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Nell J Redfield Memorial Hospital. On all 4 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it is no different from the national rate. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
How long is the wait in the Nell J Redfield Memorial Hospital emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 1 h 55 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.