MN · Critical Access Hospitals
Appleton Area Health
Appleton Area Health in Appleton, MN. CMS-certified hospital reporting Medicare claims under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule.
- Not rated
- CMS overall rating
- 1 of 136
- CMS hospitals in MN
- Critical Access Hospitals
- Facility type
- Not indexed
- Price transparency MRF
30 S BEHL ST, Appleton, MN 56208
Hospital Quality Scorecard
One composite verdict from 0 of 4 CMS Hospital Compare datasets, each benchmarked against every hospital nationally. Missing datasets are excluded, not counted against the score.
- CMS Star Rating N/A
- N/A
- Mortality Outcomes N/A
- N/A
- Patient Safety N/A
- N/A
- Readmission Rates N/A
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Not rated by CMS
No CMS mortality measures reported for this facility
No CMS patient-safety measures reported for this facility
No CMS readmission measures reported for this facility
Source: CMS Hospital Compare (star rating + mortality/safety/readmission outcome measures). Benchmarks are national p10-p90 percentiles across every hospital with a reported value for each measure, computed 2026-05-15. Not a clinical recommendation.
CMS hospital plate
Facility 241341 · MN unrated
STAR-UNRATED · RANK-UNK · SOLO-SHEET · MRF-PENDING · GOV-OWN · TYPE-CAH · ER-ON · QUAL-UNK
- STAR-UNRATED No CMS star
- RANK-UNK Rank unknown
- SOLO-SHEET No peer gap
- MRF-PENDING MRF not indexed
- GOV-OWN Government - Local
- TYPE-CAH Critical Access Hospitals
- ER-ON ER reported
- QUAL-UNK Measures blank
Instrument codes from this facility’s CMS Hospital Compare sheet: star band, peer rank, photo-finish gap, MRF disclosure, ownership, type, ER line, and quality-measure posture. Not a placement score.
CMS reporting cohort
CMS has not published an overall star rating for Appleton Area Health. Within MN, it is 1 of 136 CMS-reporting hospitals -- 18 of them are government - local facilities like this one, and 76 are critical access hospitals.
- 136
- CMS-reporting hospitals in MN
- 18
- Government - Local facilities in MN
- 76
- Critical Access Hospitals facilities in MN
No overall CMS star rating means the facility is typically new to reporting, specialty-focused, or below the case-volume reporting threshold. Cohort counts are drawn from the same CMS Care Compare hospital dataset.
Appleton Area Health has no CMS mortality/safety/readmission cell counts yet
CMS has not published mortality, patient-safety, or readmission measure cells for this facility in the loaded Care Compare extract - quality peers stay withheld until cells exist.
Cell counts are CMS Hospital Compare measure-group tallies (above / same / below national average), not a composite grade or clinical verdict.
Price transparency data not indexed yet
Under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (effective Jan 2021), hospitals must publish machine-readable files with standard charges including cash/self-pay rates. PlainProcedure has not indexed an MRF for this facility yet; see hospital price transparency or the transparency notes.
Contact
(320) 289-1580
30 S BEHL ST, Appleton, MN 56208
What to do with this hospital profile
CMS has not published an overall star for Appleton Area Health yet, it is 1 of 136 reporting hospitals in MN. Use these links to compare statewide costs and peers.
- Statewide average Medicare allowed amounts, provider counts, and hospital totals for MN. MN profile
- Browse all 136 CMS-reporting hospitals in MN. Hospitals list
- How federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule disclosures map to PlainProcedure when no MRF is indexed yet. Transparency guide
- How CMS star ratings, quality measure bands, and peer ranks are sourced and compared. Methodology
CMS quality stars and Medicare averages describe reporting cohorts, not clinical advice or a price quote for your visit.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Nationwide hospitals with similar CMS profiles
Care Compare-derived peer sets for Appleton Area Health, all outside MN so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the same-state hospital list stays local).
Similar Critical Access Hospitals peers
Nearest same facility-type hospitals outside MN.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Appleton Area Health have a published CMS overall star rating?
CMS has not published an overall star rating for Appleton Area Health. It is 1 of 136 CMS-reporting hospitals in MN, including 76 other critical access hospitals facilities.
What type of hospital is Appleton Area Health?
Appleton Area Health is a critical access hospitals, government - local ownership, located in Appleton, MN.
Does Appleton Area Health publish machine-readable price data?
Appleton Area Health does not currently have indexed machine-readable price-transparency data on this site; estimated commercial and cash prices above are derived from procedure-level CMS/RAND benchmarks, not this facility's own file.