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Critical Access Hospital

Platte Health Center

Also listed as: Platte Health Center Avera

Platte, South Dakota · Charles Mix County · Emergency services listed

Platte Health Center is a critical access hospital at 601 E 7th St Post Office Box 200, Platte, SD 57369. Phone: (605) 337-3364. 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

Platte Health Center is a critical access hospital in Platte, South Dakota. Medicare data lists emergency services. Its official website lists 8 services, specialties and programs. Medicare lists 38 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.

In a medical emergency, call 911.

At a glance

YesEmergency services
Not ratedNot rated by CMSMedicare rating
38Doctors and clinicians
8Services listed

Quick answers

Does Platte Health Center have an emergency room?
Yes. Medicare (CMS) data lists emergency services at Platte Health Center. In a medical emergency, call 911.
Where is Platte Health Center?
601 E 7th St Post Office Box 200, Platte, SD 57369, in Charles Mix County, South Dakota.
What is the phone number of Platte Health Center?
(605) 337-3364, as listed by Medicare (CMS).
What is the Medicare star rating of Platte Health Center?
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]

Visiting and practical information

Patient portalAvera MyChart

Doctors and clinicians (38)

38 doctors and other clinicians list Platte Health Center 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 (38)

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Other emergency rooms nearby

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

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Other hospitals near Platte

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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 Platte Health Center 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.

What patients said (patient survey)

What this means: Patients who stayed overnight answered a national survey (HCAHPS) about their stay. More stars mean patients reported a better experience than at other hospitals. The percentages show how often patients gave the best answer, next to the national average.

Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 1082%National average: 72%
Would definitely recommend the hospital88%National average: 71%
Nurses “always” communicated well88%National average: 80%
Doctors “always” communicated well91%National average: 80%
“Always” got help as soon as they wanted85%National average: 64%
Staff “always” explained medicines before giving them69%National average: 62%
Were given information about recovery at home91%National average: 86%
Room and bathroom “always” clean83%National average: 73%
Not reported to MedicareSummary star rating (all survey topics); Overall rating of the hospital; Would recommend the hospital; Nurses communicated well; Doctors communicated well; Patients got help quickly from staff; Staff explained medicines; Information about recovery at home; Room and bathroom kept clean; Restfulness of Environment; Care Coordination; Symptoms After Stay
Completed surveys33Response rate: 32%

Source: Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital — CMS, released October 19, 2026; patients discharged January 2025 to December 2025.

Complications and deaths

What this means: Death rates are the share of patients who died within 30 days of going into the hospital for that condition, adjusted for how sick they were. PSI-90 combines several serious complications (a lower number is better). “No different from the national rate” is the most common result and means the hospital is in line with hospitals nationwide.

Deaths within 30 days: pneumonia patients16.1%
Not reported to MedicareDeaths within 30 days: coronary bypass surgery (CABG); Serious complications (patient safety indicator PSI-90); Complications after hip or knee replacement
Too few cases to reportDeaths within 30 days: heart attack patients; Deaths within 30 days: heart failure patients; Deaths within 30 days: COPD patients; Deaths within 30 days: stroke patients

Source: Complications and Deaths - Hospital — CMS, released October 20, 2026; data from July 2022 to June 2025.

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)16.2%
Readmitted within 30 days: pneumonia17.1%
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: 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)126 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: infections caught in the hospital. 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.

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Prices

We have not been able to read a price file for Platte Health Center 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
Address601 E 7th St Post Office Box 200, Platte, SD 57369
CountyCharles Mix County
StateSouth Dakota
Phone(605) 337‑3364
Emergency servicesYes
OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Private
Medicare overall ratingNot rated by CMS
CMS Certification Number431306
Name in Medicare recordsPLATTE HEALTH CENTER
Profile levelMedicare data + hospital website
Name on the hospital’s websitePlatte Health Center Avera
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. Platte Health Center Avera - Platte, SD — locations.avera.org