Merit Health Natchez
52 Sergeant Prentiss Drive, Natchez, MS 39120 · (601) 443-2100
Merit Health Natchez is a for-profit general hospital in Natchez, Mississippi (Adams County), with 131 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 2 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. In CMS's patient survey it scores 2 of 5 stars, and 49% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. Medicare patients had 309 stays here in 2024, most often for sepsis, heart failure and pneumonia. It lists $11.41 for every $1 its care costs, more than the typical Mississippi hospital ($3.86).
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Quality and patient experience
What patients say
★★★★★2 of 5 · 187 surveys
Rated by patients
- Nurses communicated well★★★★★
- Doctors communicated well★★★★★
- Staff explained medicines★★★★★
- Information for going home★★★★★
- Room was clean★★★★★
- Quiet at night★★★★★
Emergency room and urgent care
ER volume: low.
US typical hospital. Infection figures are a ratio: 1.00 means as many infections as expected for a hospital like this one. CMS adjusts these rates for how sick the patients are; a small gap from the typical hospital can be chance, so a verdict is shown only where CMS gives one.
Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.
The money
From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 2024.
Hospital stays
Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.
Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)
| Stay | Medicare stays | Billed | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepsis, with major complications 871 | 114 | $136,957 | $17,723 | |
| Heart failure, with major complications 291 | 38 | $111,119 | $12,114 | |
| Pneumonia, with major complications 193 | 22 | $131,741 | $11,904 | |
| Kidney failure, with major complications 682 | 22 | $117,580 | $14,461 | |
| Kidney failure, with complications 683 | 18 | $68,371 | $8,084 | |
| Sepsis 872 | 16 | $78,539 | $9,382 | |
| Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689 | 15 | $97,876 | $10,487 | |
| Lung infection, with major complications 177 | 14 | $144,332 | $15,045 | |
| Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853 | 14 | $350,045 | $44,526 | |
| Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640 | 13 | $83,290 | $11,916 | |
| Urinary tract infection 690 | 12 | $60,394 | $7,277 | |
| Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698 | 11 | $103,770 | $14,853 |