Lawrence County Memorial Hospital

Lawrence County Memorial Hospital 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. The CMS Hospital Compare measures break roughly evenly between better- and worse-than-benchmark performance, which is the modal pattern across U.S. hospitals.

On payment metrics, Lawrence County Memorial Hospital runs expensive: average Medicare payment across documented procedures is $18,339, in the upper bracket of U.S. hospitals. Combined cost-and-quality value comes to 52/100 — a middling result, reflecting either average quality at average cost or trade-offs in one direction.

Ownership is non-profit, the dominant pattern in U.S. acute care. Non-profit hospitals generally reinvest operating margins rather than distribute them; the federal CMS measure set treats them identically to other ownership categories for reporting purposes. 10 distinct procedures are documented in CMS payment files for Lawrence County Memorial Hospital. Top examples: Heart Failure and Shock with CC, Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis with MCC, Nutritional and Misc Metabolic Disorders with MCC. The facility operates a 24-hour emergency department.