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Rainy Lake Medical Center

Rainy Lake Medical Center in International Falls, 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

1400 HIGHWAY 71, International Falls, MN 56649

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Hospital Quality Scorecard

One composite verdict from 2 of 4 CMS Hospital Compare datasets, each benchmarked against every hospital nationally. Missing datasets are excluded, not counted against the score.

A+
100/100
CMS Star Rating
N/A
N/A

Not rated by CMS

Mortality Outcomes
N/A
N/A

No CMS mortality measures reported for this facility

Patient Safety
A+
1 better / 0 worse

CMS patient-safety measures vs. the national rate (2 measures reported)

Readmission Rates
A+
1 better / 0 worse

CMS readmission measures vs. the national rate (2 measures reported)

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 241322 · MN unrated

STAR-UNRATED · RANK-UNK · SOLO-SHEET · MRF-PENDING · NP-OWN · TYPE-CAH · ER-ON · QUAL-LEAD

  • STAR-UNRATED No CMS star
  • RANK-UNK Rank unknown
  • SOLO-SHEET No peer gap
  • MRF-PENDING MRF not indexed
  • NP-OWN Voluntary non-profit - Pri…
  • TYPE-CAH Critical Access Hospitals
  • ER-ON ER reported
  • QUAL-LEAD 2 above · 0 below

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 Rainy Lake Medical Center. Within MN, it is 1 of 136 CMS-reporting hospitals -- 77 of them are voluntary non-profit - private facilities like this one, and 76 are critical access hospitals.

136
CMS-reporting hospitals in MN
77
Voluntary non-profit - Private 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.

Rainy Lake Medical Center sits in the above-average CMS measure third

Across mortality, patient-safety, and readmission cells, Rainy Lake Medical Center posts 2 above-average counts against 0 below-average - a LEAD sheet in the Hospital Compare measure stack.

2
Above avg cells
2
Same-as-avg cells
0
Below avg cells
Mortality
No data
Patient Safety
1 above avg, 1 same as avg
Readmission
1 above avg, 1 same as avg

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

(218) 283-4481

1400 HIGHWAY 71, International Falls, MN 56649

What to do with this hospital profile

Rainy Lake Medical Center posts a LEAD CMS measure sheet (2 above-avg cells). Compare MN facilities and Medicare procedure costs next.

  • 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.

Nationwide hospitals with similar CMS profiles

Care Compare-derived peer sets for Rainy Lake Medical Center, 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.

Similar mortality/safety/readmission shape

Nearest hospitals outside MN by CMS above/same/below cell totals (2/2/0 here · QUAL-LEAD). Distinct from star-rating and facility-type peers.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Rainy Lake Medical Center have a published CMS overall star rating?

CMS has not published an overall star rating for Rainy Lake Medical Center. It is 1 of 136 CMS-reporting hospitals in MN, including 76 other critical access hospitals facilities.

What type of hospital is Rainy Lake Medical Center?

Rainy Lake Medical Center is a critical access hospitals, voluntary non-profit - private ownership, located in International Falls, MN.

Does Rainy Lake Medical Center publish machine-readable price data?

Rainy Lake Medical Center 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.