Los Alamos Medical Center
3917 WEST ROAD, Los Alamos, NM 87544
Los Alamos Medical Center in Los Alamos, NM has an average Medicare payment of $20,440 and a Value Score of D (49/100). Compare prices for 12 procedures. Based on CMS inpatient data.
About Los Alamos Medical Center
Los Alamos Medical Center 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.
Average payment per documented procedure at Los Alamos Medical Center is $20,440 — among the higher-cost facilities in the dataset. 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.
Los Alamos Medical Center is investor-owned — a proprietary hospital, the minority ownership pattern in U.S. acute care. For-profit hospitals are more concentrated in some regions (Florida, Texas, Nevada) than others. 12 distinct procedures are documented in CMS payment files for Los Alamos Medical Center. Top examples: Syncope and Collapse, Heart Failure and Shock with CC, Heart Failure and Shock with MCC. The facility operates a 24-hour emergency department.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Hospital Compare quality measures, CMS Inpatient Payment data files.
Procedure Prices
| Procedure (DRG) | Total Payment |
|---|---|
Syncope and Collapse DRG 312 · Neurological | $7,862 |
Heart Failure and Shock with CC DRG 292 · Cardiac | $6,055 |
Heart Failure and Shock with MCC DRG 291 · Cardiac | $13,134 |
Vaginal Delivery without Complicating Diagnoses DRG 775 · Obstetric | $8,219 |
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with MCC DRG 308 · Cardiac | $12,052 |
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with MCC DRG 480 · Orthopedic | $22,031 |
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedure with Drug-Eluting Stent DRG 247 · Cardiac | $18,453 |
Spinal Fusion (Non-Cervical) with MCC DRG 460 · Orthopedic | $55,304 |
Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis with MCC DRG 392 · Digestive | $8,209 |
Cervical Spinal Fusion without CC/MCC DRG 473 · Orthopedic | $20,650 |
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours DRG 208 · Respiratory | $64,113 |
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure DRG 189 · Respiratory | $9,200 |
Pricing data from CMS Hospital Price Transparency. Quality ratings from CMS Hospital Compare.
How Los Alamos Medical Center Compares
Los Alamos Medical Center has an average Medicare payment of $20,440, 39% above the New Mexico state average of $14,678. That is 29% higher than the national hospital average of $15,878. Most of its procedures fall under Cardiac, where the typical payment is $14,557 (40% above this hospital's average). Its Value Score of D (49/100) reflects a blend of price percentile, CMS quality rating, and patient outcome measures.
Los Alamos Medical Center Cost & Quality FAQ
Los Alamos Medical Center has an average payment of $20,440 across 12 priced procedures. Costs vary significantly by procedure, compare individual prices in the procedure table above.
Los Alamos Medical Center does not currently have a CMS star rating on file. Quality measures may still be available for individual metrics like mortality and readmission rates.
Los Alamos Medical Center has a Value Score of D (49/100). This score combines cost efficiency, quality ratings, and patient outcomes to help compare hospitals. Proprietary facilities like this one are acute care hospitals.
Yes, Los Alamos Medical Center offers emergency services. The hospital is located at 3917 WEST ROAD, Los Alamos, NM 87544. Phone: (505) 662-4201.
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