112 Jefferson Street, West Union, IA, 52175 · (563) 422-3811
Beds
25
FY 2025
Star rating
5 of 5
Overall rating
Net patient revenue
$44.5M
FY 2025
Net income
$3.9M
Patient care margin -0.7%
Discharges
215
Occupancy 24.1%
Clinicians
124
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $44.5M | $44.8M | -0.7% | $3.9M | 215 | $2.4M | 44.8% | 7.3% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4.6% | US median 3.9% |
| Doctors always communicated well | 84% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 86% | US median 80% |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 67% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 83% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 84% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $46.6M | $43.7M | 6.3% | $6.7M | 208 | $2.1M | 43.8% | 5.2% |
| 2022 | $34.4M | $36.8M | -7.0% | $1.9M | 248 | $1.0M | 62.4% | 10.0% |
| 2021 | $35.1M | $34.1M | 2.7% | $9.4M | 228 | $1.1M | 55.6% | 12.4% |
| 2020 | $27.7M | $30.1M | -8.7% | $1.9M | 195 | $1.1M | 62.9% | 13.0% |
| US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 75% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 0% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 85 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 10% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 64% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 84% | US median 79% |
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinics is a nonprofit critical access hospital in West Union, IA with 25 beds, part of Gundersen Health System and a 5-star overall rating.
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinics in West Union, IA has 25 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report). It discharged 215 inpatients that year, with 24.1% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-09-30), Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinics reported net patient revenue of $44.5M and operating expenses of $44.8M, a margin on patient care of -0.7%. After other income and expenses its net income was $3.9M (8.1% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinics is part of Gundersen Health System, a health system with 9 hospitals based in La Crosse, WI. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinics has an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings.
Yes, Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinics provides emergency services.
124 Medicare clinicians list Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinics as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Family Practice.