Indianhead Medical Ctr

Indianhead Medical Ctr does not carry an overall CMS Hospital Compare star rating — typically because the hospital is too small, too specialized, or reports too few of the underlying measures to compute the composite. Outcome measures are mixed: 0 mortality, 0 safety, and 0 readmission measures rate better than benchmark; 0 mortality, 0 safety, and 0 rate worse. The composite outcome score is 50/100.

On payment metrics, Indianhead Medical Ctr runs expensive: average Medicare payment across documented procedures is $20,513, in the upper bracket of U.S. hospitals. Combined cost-and-quality value comes to 49/100 — a middling result, reflecting either average quality at average cost or trade-offs in one direction.

Ownership is for-profit, which puts Indianhead Medical Ctr in the investor-owned segment of U.S. hospitals. The category is overrepresented in some markets and absent in others, and the CMS measure set treats it identically to non-profits for reporting. The CMS payment record for Indianhead Medical Ctr lists 8 distinct DRG codes — a mid-range procedure mix, including Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours, Cervical Spinal Fusion without CC/MCC, Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with CC. Emergency services are available, which is the norm for acute-care hospitals and a meaningful factor for any patient choosing a facility for unplanned care.