Box Butte General Hospital
P O BOX 810, 2101 BOX BUTTE AVE, Alliance, NE 69301
Box Butte General Hospital in Alliance, NE has an average Medicare payment of $13,845 and a Value Score of C (60/100). Compare prices for 16 procedures. Based on CMS inpatient data.
About Box Butte General Hospital
Box Butte General Hospital does not carry an overall CMS Hospital Compare star rating — typically because the hospital is too small, too specialized, or reports too few of the underlying measures to compute the composite. The CMS Hospital Compare measures break roughly evenly between better- and worse-than-benchmark performance, which is the modal pattern across U.S. hospitals.
Average Medicare payment per documented procedure at Box Butte General Hospital is $13,845, near the national median for acute-care hospitals. The combined value score — quality versus cost — works out to 60/100, an above-average showing.
Ownership is government — county, hospital-district, or federal. The category includes some of the largest safety-net hospitals in the country alongside small rural facilities. The CMS payment record for Box Butte General Hospital lists 16 distinct DRG codes — a mid-range procedure mix, including Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours, Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with MCC, Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedure with Drug-Eluting Stent. Emergency services are available, which is the norm for acute-care hospitals and a meaningful factor for any patient choosing a facility for unplanned care.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Hospital Compare quality measures, CMS Inpatient Payment data files.
Procedure Prices
| Procedure (DRG) | Total Payment |
|---|---|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours DRG 208 · Respiratory | $45,030 |
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with MCC DRG 065 · Neurological | $15,568 |
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedure with Drug-Eluting Stent DRG 247 · Cardiac | $27,233 |
GI Hemorrhage with MCC DRG 378 · Digestive | $7,525 |
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with MCC DRG 480 · Orthopedic | $21,054 |
Cervical Spinal Fusion without CC/MCC DRG 473 · Orthopedic | $16,481 |
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with MCC DRG 193 · Respiratory | $11,495 |
Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis with MCC DRG 392 · Digestive | $10,231 |
Cesarean Section without CC/MCC DRG 766 · Obstetric | $6,561 |
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC DRG 690 · Renal | $5,764 |
Nutritional and Misc Metabolic Disorders with MCC DRG 641 · Metabolic | $8,042 |
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with MCC DRG 308 · Cardiac | $8,606 |
Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement DRG 470 · Orthopedic | $19,436 |
Signs and Symptoms without MCC DRG 948 · Other | $5,151 |
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with CC DRG 194 · Respiratory | $8,656 |
Vaginal Delivery without Complicating Diagnoses DRG 775 · Obstetric | $4,685 |
Pricing data from CMS Hospital Price Transparency. Quality ratings from CMS Hospital Compare.
How Box Butte General Hospital Compares
Box Butte General Hospital has an average Medicare payment of $13,845, 5% above the Nebraska state average of $13,235. That is 13% lower than the national hospital average of $15,878. Most of its procedures fall under Respiratory, where the typical payment is $22,953 (40% below this hospital's average). Its Value Score of C (60/100) reflects a blend of price percentile, CMS quality rating, and patient outcome measures.
Box Butte General Hospital Cost & Quality FAQ
Box Butte General Hospital has an average payment of $13,845 across 16 priced procedures. Costs vary significantly by procedure, compare individual prices in the procedure table above.
Box Butte General Hospital does not currently have a CMS star rating on file. Quality measures may still be available for individual metrics like mortality and readmission rates.
Box Butte General Hospital has a Value Score of C (60/100). This score combines cost efficiency, quality ratings, and patient outcomes to help compare hospitals. Government - Local facilities like this one are critical access hospitals.
Yes, Box Butte General Hospital offers emergency services. The hospital is located at P O BOX 810, 2101 BOX BUTTE AVE, Alliance, NE 69301. Phone: (308) 762-6660.
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