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Critical Access Hospital

Freeman Medical Center - CAH

Also listed as: Freeman Regional Health Services

Freeman, South Dakota · Hutchinson County · Emergency services listed

Freeman Medical Center - CAH is a critical access hospital at 510 E 8th St Post Office Box 370, Freeman, SD 57029. Phone: (605) 925-4000. It has an emergency department.

Data as of October 26, 2026. Source: CMS Hospital General Information and the hospital’s website (checked October 30, 2026).

Summary

Freeman Medical Center - CAH is a critical access hospital in Freeman, South Dakota. Medicare data lists emergency services. Its official website lists 39 services, specialties and programs. Medicare lists 19 affiliated clinicians. Source: CMS Hospital General Information, data updated 2026-10-26.

What is a critical access hospital?

A small rural hospital with 24-hour emergency care, designated by Medicare to keep care available far from big cities. More about hospital types

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Profile from official sources

Built from official Medicare (CMS) data and the hospital’s own website (checked 2026-10-30). Every service links to the page that lists it. Services change: call the hospital to confirm before you go.

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At a glance

YesEmergency services
Not ratedNot rated by CMSMedicare rating
19Doctors and clinicians
39Services listed

Quick answers

Does Freeman Medical Center - CAH have an emergency room?
Yes. Medicare (CMS) data lists emergency services at Freeman Medical Center - CAH. In a medical emergency, call 911.
Where is Freeman Medical Center - CAH?
510 E 8th St Post Office Box 370, Freeman, SD 57029, in Hutchinson County, South Dakota.
What is the phone number of Freeman Medical Center - CAH?
(605) 925-4000, as listed by Medicare (CMS).
What is the Medicare star rating of Freeman Medical Center - CAH?
CMS does not show an overall star rating for this hospital. This is common, for example when a hospital reports too few quality measures or is not part of the rating program.

Specialties and care areas[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Conditions treated[7][8][9]

Treatments[6][8][9]

Procedures[7]

  • Colonoscopy
  • Upper GI endoscopy
  • Minimally invasive general surgery

Programs and centers[8][9]

  • Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
  • Planet Heart screenings
  • LSVT BIG and LSVT LOUD programs
  • Hospice

Visiting and practical information

Interpreters and languagesInpatient care team helps patients use a Language Line to communicate with staff[6]
Patient portalAvera MyChart

Doctors and clinicians (19)

19 doctors and other clinicians list Freeman Medical Center - CAH as a hospital where they work, in Medicare's official clinician data (updated 2026-10-02). It is not a complete staff list.

Main specialties

Doctors with a page on this site (19)

Other emergency rooms nearby

Hospitals that list emergency services, by straight-line distance (not driving distance).

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Other hospitals near Freeman

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Nursing homes, hospice, home health and dialysis nearby

Medicare-certified providers within 25 miles, by straight-line distance. Hospice and home health care is given at home: their address is the office.

Nursing homes

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Community care nearby

Health centers, clinics, urgent care and pharmacies closest to this hospital, by straight-line distance, from official HRSA, Medicare and NPI Registry data. In a medical emergency, call 911.

Clinics and urgent care

About the Medicare star rating

CMS (the federal Medicare agency) gives many hospitals an overall rating from 1 to 5 stars, based on measures of mortality, safety, readmissions, patient experience and timely care. It is one piece of information: ask your doctor what matters for your care. See the full Medicare profile →

Medicare quality data

What Freeman Medical Center - CAH reported to Medicare (CMS), the federal agency that publishes these results for hospitals nationwide. These are averages for many patients, not a prediction for any one person: ask your doctor what matters for your care. In a medical emergency, call 911.

Return visits to the hospital (readmissions)

What this means: The share of patients who had to be admitted to a hospital again within 30 days after going home, adjusted for how sick they were. A lower percentage is better.

Returned to any hospital within 30 days (all patients)15.3%
Not reported to MedicareReadmitted within 30 days: coronary bypass surgery; Readmitted within 30 days: hip or knee replacement
Too few cases to reportReadmitted within 30 days: heart attack; Readmitted within 30 days: heart failure; Readmitted within 30 days: pneumonia; Readmitted within 30 days: COPD

Source: Unplanned Hospital Visits - Hospital — CMS, released October 20, 2026; data from July 2024 to June 2025.

Emergency room times and sepsis care

What this means: ER time is the middle (median) time from arriving at the emergency room to leaving it; busier ERs usually have longer times, so the ER volume is shown too. Leaving before being seen: a lower percentage is better. Sepsis is a life-threatening reaction to an infection; a higher percentage means more patients got every recommended early step.

Emergency room volume (patients per year)Low (under 20,000)
Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency room before leaving (OP-18b)118 minutesNational average: 162 minutes
Patients who left the emergency room before being seen (OP-22)0%National average: 2%
Not reported to MedicareSepsis patients who got all the recommended early care (SEP-1)

Source: Timely and Effective Care - Hospital — CMS, released October 19, 2026; data from January 2024 to December 2024.

Not reported to Medicare: the patient survey, infections caught in the hospital, complications and deaths. For these topics Medicare shows no result for this hospital (not reported, or too few cases).

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ER wait times and Medicare ratings nearby

How this hospital compares with others in the area, ranked only by official Medicare (CMS) numbers.

ER wait times in South DakotaBest hospitals in South Dakota

Prices

We have not been able to read a price file for Freeman Medical Center - CAH yet. Every US hospital must publish its standard charges online (federal price transparency rule): look for “price transparency” or “standard charges” on the hospital’s website, or call the hospital and ask for an estimate. In a medical emergency, call 911.

Hospital information

Hospital typeCritical Access Hospital
Address510 E 8th St Post Office Box 370, Freeman, SD 57029
CountyHutchinson County
StateSouth Dakota
Phone(605) 925‑4000
Emergency servicesYes
OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Private
Medicare overall ratingNot rated by CMS
CMS Certification Number431313
Name in Medicare recordsFREEMAN MEDICAL CENTER - CAH
Profile levelMedicare data + hospital website
Name on the hospital’s websiteFreeman Regional Health Services
Official websitelocations.avera.org
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Sources

  1. Hospital General Information — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), data updated 2026-10-26, retrieved 2026-11-13
  2. Medicare Care Compare — official Medicare profile of this hospital
  3. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder — map position used for distances

From the hospital’s website

Numbers match the citations above. Checked 2026-10-30.

  1. Freeman Regional Health Services — locations.avera.org
  2. Emergency – Freeman Regional Health Services — freemanregional.com
  3. Inpatient Care – Freeman Regional Health Services — freemanregional.com
  4. Surgery – Freeman Regional Health Services — freemanregional.com
  5. Therapy Services – Freeman Regional Health Services — freemanregional.com
  6. Freeman Regional Health Services — freemanregional.com