Rural hospitals face a myriad of economic and financial pressures. Here are the 50 rural hospitals with the best margins, according to data from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform:
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- Eastern New Mexico Medical Center (Roswell): 131.6 percent
- Mercy Hospital Logan County (Guthrie, Okla.): 115.7 percent
- Mercy Hospital Ardmore (Okla.): 113.4 percent
- Reeves County Hospital District (Pecos, Texas): 109.1 percent
- Uvalde Memorial Hospital (Texas): 96.7 percent
- Garnet Health Medical Center-Catskills(Callicoon, N.Y.): 91.7 percent
- Western Arizona Regional Medical Center (Bullhead City, Ariz.): 86.1 percent
- Optim Medical Center-Tattnall (Reidsville, Ga.): 79.8 percent
- CHI St Alexius Health Devils Lake (N.D.): 77.1 percent
- Mountain West Medical Center (Tooele, Utah): 64.6 percent
- Knox County Hospital (Knox City, Texas): 63.6 percent
- Cobleskill Regional Hospital (N.Y.): 61.6 percent
- HCA Florida Raulerson Hospital (Okeechobee): 58.9 percent
- Kearney Regional Medical Center (Neb.): 56.0 percent
- Mercy Hospital Kingfisher (Okla.): 55.8 percent
- Northeast Regional Medical Center (Kirksville, Okla.): 55.2 percent
- South Baldwin Regional Medical Center (Foley, Ala.): 54.3 percent
- Sage Memorial Hospital (Ganado, Ariz.): 49.1 percent
- Centura St Anthony Summit Hospital (Frisco, Colo.) : 47.7 percent
- Concord Hospital- Franklin (N.H.): 47 percent
- St Charles Prineville (Ore.): 46.8 percent
- St Francis Hospital (Litchfield, Ill.): 46.5 percent
- Heart of Texas Memorial Hospital (Brady): 45.8 percent
- Abraham Lincoln (Ill.) Memorial Hospital: 45.7 percent
- Lake Granbury (Texas) Medical Center: 45.2 percent
- Polk Medical Center (Cedartown, Ga.): 44.9 percent
- Bluffton (Ohio): Hospital: 44.6 percent
- Atrium Health Lincoln (Lincolnton, N.C.): 43.8 percent
- St James Hospital (Hornell, N.Y.): 43.3 percent
- HCA Florida Lake City (Fla.) Hospital: 42.5 percent
- Blanchard Valley Hospital (Findlay, Ohio): 42.2 percent
- Jane Todd Crawford Hospital (Greensburg, Ky.): 42.1 percent
- Carlsbad (N.M.) Medical Center: 41.2 percent
- Mercy Hospital Tishomingo (Okla.): 40.8 percent
- Holzer Medical Center Jackson (Ohio): 39.5 percent
- Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital (Fortuna, Calif.): 39.4 percent
- Reid Health (Richmond, Ind.): 38.5 percent
- St Elizabeth Grant (Williamstown, Ky.): 37.9 percent
- Battle Mountain (Nev.) General Hospital: 37.2 percent
- Kosciusko Community Hospital (Warsaw, Ind.): 37.1 percent
- Mat-Su Regional Medical Center (Palmer, Alaska): 37.0 percent
- St Charles Madras (Ore.): 36.9 percent
- Laredo (Texas) Medical Center: 36.8 percent
- Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital (Solvang, Calif.): 36.7 percent
- St Francis Medical Center (Breckenridge, Minn.): 36.7 percent
- Mariners Hospital (Tavernier, Fla.): 36.3 percent
- CHI Mercy Health (Valley City, N.D.): 35.7 percent
- O'Connor Hospital (Delhi, N.Y.): 35.4 percent
- The Outer Banks Hospital, Inc (Nags Head, N.C.): 35.3 percent
- Ballinger (Texas) Memorial Hospital: 35.2 percent