Community Medical Center in Missoula, MT
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About Community Medical Center
Community Medical Center is an acute care hospital in Missoula, Missoula County, Montana. It reports its ownership to Medicare as nonprofit (private). It provides emergency services. It is listed as a Community Trauma Hospital under its state trauma system. Its CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating is 3 out of 5. It has 151 licensed beds, according to state license data via HIFLD. CMS also lists an inpatient rehabilitation unit inside the hospital. It meets the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation criteria for maternity care. The nearest other listed hospital is St. Patrick Hospital, about 3.4 mi away.
Quality ratings
How this hospital compares with the national rate on each measure group:
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information. How star ratings work.
Emergency room times
Lower times are better. Reporting period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Timely and Effective Care. What these numbers mean.
Infections and sepsis care
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)No different · SIR 0.00
- Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsNo different · SIR 0.44
- Central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI)No different · SIR 1.17
- Surgical site infections after colon surgeryNo different · SIR 0.00
76% of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock received all the recommended early care steps (SEP-1). Higher is better.
SIR is the standardized infection ratio: below 1 means fewer infections than predicted for a hospital like this one. Period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Healthcare-Associated Infections and Timely and Effective Care.
What patients say
- Patient survey star rating
- Would definitely recommend68%
- Rated the hospital 9 or 1062%
- Completed surveys695
Survey period ending September 2025. Source: CMS HCAHPS Patient Survey.
Map
46.84222, -114.05604
Nearby hospitals
Frequently asked questions
Where is Community Medical Center located?
Community Medical Center is at 2827 Fort Missoula Rd, Missoula, MT 59804 in Missoula County.
Does Community Medical Center have an emergency room?
Yes. Community Medical Center reports emergency services to Medicare, and patients spent a median of 138 minutes in its emergency department before leaving. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
What is the CMS star rating of Community Medical Center?
Community Medical Center has a CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating of 3 out of 5. The rating combines measures of mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience and timely and effective care, compared with hospitals nationwide.
Is Community Medical Center a trauma center?
Yes. It is listed as a Community Trauma Hospital (state designation) in the HIFLD hospitals data, which is compiled from state trauma registries (source date April 2024). Trauma designations are renewed periodically, so confirm with the Montana EMS or trauma program. In an emergency, call 911: paramedics take seriously injured patients to the right trauma center.
What is the phone number of Community Medical Center?
The main phone number on record with Medicare is (406) 728-4100.
Would patients recommend Community Medical Center?
In the most recent HCAHPS patient survey (695 completed surveys), 68% of patients said they would definitely recommend the hospital, and 62% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10.
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