Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center
Alamogordo, New Mexico 88310
CCN: 320004 Acute Care Hospitals Emergency Services
3/5
CMS Star Rating
Average
20
DRG Categories
530
Total Discharges
$127,386
Avg Charges
$15,778
Avg Payment
$13,999
Avg Medicare
8.07x
Charge-to-Payment
Quality Ratings — CMS Hospital Compare
Based on CMS measures of mortality, safety of care, readmissions, patient experience, and timeliness
Mortality
Same as Average Safety of Care
Same as Average Readmissions
Below Average Patient Experience
Reported New Mexico Average Rating
2.45 / 5 This hospital is above average
1 five-star hospitals of rated in New Mexico
National Average Rating
3.08 / 5
288 five-star hospitals of 2866 rated nationally
Type: Acute Care Hospitals Ownership: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Compared to New Mexico Average
How this hospital compares to the average of 25 hospitals in New Mexico
Average Charges
$127,386 +78%
State avg: $71,762
Average Payment
$15,778 -6%
State avg: $16,873
Charge-to-Payment Ratio
8.07x Above avg
State avg: 4.54x
Top 20 DRGs by Volume
Most common diagnosis groups at this hospital, sorted by number of discharges
| DRG | Description | Discharges | Avg Charges | Avg Payment | Markup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 470 | MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 140 | $204,335 | $22,988 | 8.89x |
| 871 | SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC | 65 | $133,626 | $20,262 | 6.59x |
| 291 | HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 38 | $76,747 | $13,038 | 5.89x |
| 193 | SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 33 | $109,666 | $13,500 | 8.12x |
| 190 | CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH MCC | 22 | $94,841 | $11,126 | 8.52x |
| 247 | PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENT WITHOUT MCC | 21 | $203,586 | $21,626 | 9.41x |
| 392 | ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 21 | $77,008 | $8,011 | 9.61x |
| 690 | KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 19 | $82,200 | $8,088 | 10.16x |
| 177 | RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 18 | $114,059 | $18,460 | 6.18x |
| 287 | CIRCULATORY DISORDERS EXCEPT AMI, WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITHOUT MCC | 18 | $100,720 | $11,113 | 9.06x |
| 689 | KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 18 | $83,695 | $11,640 | 7.19x |
| 309 | CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC | 15 | $63,268 | $7,548 | 8.38x |
| 481 | HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 14 | $175,596 | $21,288 | 8.25x |
| 522 | HIP REPLACEMENT WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF HIP FRACTURE WITHOUT MCC | 14 | $229,140 | $21,892 | 10.47x |
| 641 | MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC | 14 | $65,174 | $7,868 | 8.28x |
| 872 | SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 13 | $107,875 | $10,452 | 10.32x |
| 065 | INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 12 | $75,917 | $10,279 | 7.39x |
| 280 | ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 12 | $100,559 | $16,427 | 6.12x |
| 853 | INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 12 | $346,067 | $50,590 | 6.84x |
| 281 | ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH CC | 11 | $103,633 | $9,359 | 11.07x |
About This Data
Hospital charges and payment data are from the CMS Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Provider Summary. Quality star ratings (1-5) are from CMS Hospital Compare, based on measures of mortality, safety of care, readmissions, patient experience, and timeliness. Negotiated insurance rates are from hospital Machine-Readable Files (MRFs) required by the CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule.