2669 Scenic Drive, Alamogordo, NM, 88310 · (575) 439-6100
Beds
76
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$323.3M
FY 2025
Net income
$63.3M
Patient care margin 15.0%
Discharges
3,121
Occupancy 44.3%
Clinicians
390
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $323.3M | $274.8M | 15.0% | $63.3M | 3,121 | $5.0M | 29.7% | 1.0% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for COPD patients | 10.4% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 12.6% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 11.4% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 5.3% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 19.5% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 9.9% | US median 11.6% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $269.2M | $260.4M | 3.3% | $25.0M | 3,398 | $3.9M | 35.2% | 1.2% |
| 2023 | $245.9M | $274.6M | -11.6% | -$7.2M | 3,164 | $3.8M | 36.0% | 0.6% |
| 2022 | $213.6M | $207.0M | 3.1% | $12.8M | 3,053 | $3.7M | 36.4% | 0.8% |
| 2021 | $199.1M | $191.8M | 3.7% | $40.7M | 3,062 | $2.8M | 37.0% | 1.3% |
| 2020 | $166.8M | $172.6M | -3.5% | $22.7M | 3,127 | $3.0M | 39.9% | 1.0% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.6% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 13.5% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.8% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 5.6% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 16.8% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 4.6% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.93 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.72 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.79 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 75% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 75% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 54% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 65% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 75% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 64% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 2% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 202 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 10% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 61% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 89% | US median 79% |
| Stroke patients who got a brain scan within 45 minutes of arrival | 88% | US median 74% |
| DRG 291 HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 40 | $99,724.95 | $13,137.50 | $10,022.34 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 34 | $112,564.18 | $13,305.79 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 32 | $115,777.59 | $16,262.91 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 689 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 22 | $85,658.32 | $11,250.09 | $8,838.11 |
| DRG 322 PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITHOUT MCC | 21 | $196,243.86 | $17,593.52 | $12,904.99 |
| DRG 190 CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH MCC | 21 | $127,649.62 | $10,145.86 | $8,466.56 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 21 | $106,588.00 | $8,772.86 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 19 | $262,299.47 | $21,579.26 | $15,801.33 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 16 | $398,814.88 | $60,934.50 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 378 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC | 14 | $97,144.36 | $7,979.29 | $7,294.77 |
| DRG 321 PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITH MCC OR 4+ ARTERIES/ | 14 | $242,425.79 | $28,682.07 | $22,190.93 |
| DRG 522 HIP REPLACEMENT WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF HIP FRACTURE WITHOUT MCC | 13 | $307,237.54 | $21,873.69 | $15,768.13 |
| DRG 641 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC | 13 | $66,837.77 | $6,745.69 | $5,829.71 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 210 | 193 | $2,013.36 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 132 | 94 | $1,193.73 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5431 Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 83 | 66 | $1,396.85 | $1,406.61 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 77 | 77 | $2,184.67 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 56 | 55 | $4,210.36 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 42 | 38 | $2,368.59 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 41 | 39 | $1,364.40 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5223 Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures | 34 | 33 | $8,197.01 | $8,569.01 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 30 | 28 | $2,105.23 | $2,141.49 |
| APC 5182 Level 2 Vascular Procedures | 29 | 27 | $1,190.09 | $1,204.32 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | 23 | 22 | $8,619.28 | $8,873.86 |
| APC 5341 Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures | 22 | 22 | $2,569.59 | $2,635.67 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays and outpatient services; groups with fewer than 11 cases are not published. Payments are those drug and device companies must report.
Christus Southern New Mexico is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Alamogordo, NM with 76 beds, part of Christus Health and a 3-star overall rating.
Christus Southern New Mexico in Alamogordo, NM has 76 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 98 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 3,121 inpatients that year, with 44.3% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), Christus Southern New Mexico reported net patient revenue of $323.3M and operating expenses of $274.8M, a margin on patient care of 15.0%. After other income and expenses its net income was $63.3M (18.7% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Christus Southern New Mexico is part of Christus Health, a health system with 26 hospitals based in Irving, TX. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Christus Southern New Mexico has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Christus Southern New Mexico provides emergency services.
390 Medicare clinicians list Christus Southern New Mexico as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Diagnostic Radiology, Internal Medicine.
In 2024, Christus Southern New Mexico had 563 Medicare inpatient stays in 23 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 470 (major hip and knee joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity without mcc) with 103 stays; Medicare paid $19,280.04 per stay on average, compared with $14,289.25 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $11K in payments to Christus Southern New Mexico as a teaching hospital ($11K general and - for research) from 4 companies.