CMS certification 241359
Avera Marshall Regional Medical Ctr
300 South Bruce Street, Marshall, MN 56258
CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Avera Marshall Regional Medical Ctr. 61% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 9 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on none. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 6 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: 233 completed surveys, 28% response rate, 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. CMS classes this emergency department's patient volume as low; busier departments tend to have longer times, so the national median for departments of the same volume is shown too. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
| Measure | This hospital | MN | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 352 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 2 h 3 min | 2 h 6 min | 2 h 11 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 21 visits sampled | 3 h 34 min | 3 h 24 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 8,272 patients | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 17 patients | 71% | 73% | 69% |
How Avera Marshall Regional Medical Ctr 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avera Marshall Regional Medical CtrThis hospital | Not rated | 61% | 2 h 6 min | 1 better |
| Chippewa County HospitalSame ZIP area · Montevideo | Not rated | 86% | 1 h 46 min | No different |
| Stevens Community Medical Center INCSame ZIP area · Morris | Not rated | 72% | 2 h 46 min | No different |
| Olivia Hospital & ClinicSame ZIP area · Olivia | 2/5 | 80% | 2 h 4 min | 1 better |
| Ortonville Area Health ServicesSame ZIP area · Ortonville | Not rated | 89% | 2 h | No different |
| Centracare - RedwoodSame ZIP area · Redwood Falls | Not rated | 67% | 2 h 8 min | No different |
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 238 cases | Too few cases | 3% | 3.9% |
| Heart failure 25 cases | Too few cases | 11.8% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 50 cases | Too few cases | 13.8% | 15.2% |
4 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Complications
How often patients had serious complications, most of them after surgery, adjusted for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2024.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| After hip or knee replacement 25 cases | Too few cases | 3.7% | 4.1% |
12 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Infections caught in the hospital
Standardized infection ratio: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one. Lower is better. Data from Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. diff intestinal infections | No different | 0.46 likely 0.02 – 2.29 | 1 |
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 heart failure 31 cases | Too few cases | 21.5% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 82 cases | Too few cases | 16.5% | 17.3% |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 25 cases | Too few cases | 6.5 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 61 cases | Too few cases | -27.3 days per 100 | — |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 79 cases | No different | 9.9 per 100 likely 6.9 per 100 – 14 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 79 cases | No different | 7 per 100 likely 4.7 per 100 – 10.4 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
8 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
99 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry. The same address can take in offices and clinics in the building, and a listing does not prove admitting privileges or current employment.
| Specialty | Clinicians |
|---|---|
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 9 |
| Family Medicine | 8 |
| Family | 6 |
| Internal Medicine | 6 |
| Speech-Language Pathologist | 6 |
| Pharmacist | 5 |
| Physician Assistant | 5 |
| Surgery | 5 |
| Optometrist | 4 |
| Pediatrics | 4 |
| Physical Therapist | 4 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 3 |
First 12 alphabetically
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 Avera Marshall Regional Medical Ctr
Is Avera Marshall Regional Medical Ctr a good hospital?
CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Avera Marshall Regional Medical Ctr. Of the 9 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on none. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Avera Marshall Regional Medical Ctr?
61% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 233 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Avera Marshall Regional Medical Ctr emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 6 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with low patient volume, like this one, the median is 2 h 3 min. 0% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.