US Hwy 491 North, Shiprock, NM, 87420 · (505) 368-6001
Beds
69
Certified beds
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
-
No cost report
Net income
-
Discharges
-
Clinicians
139
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | - | $283.2M | - | -$283.2M | 1,662 | - | 35.7% | 36.4% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 11.6% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4.5% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 20% | US median 15.2% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.96 | US median 0.96 |
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
| 2023 | - | $264.9M | - | -$264.9M | 1,648 | - | 35.9% | 16.2% |
| 2022 | - | $252.8M | - | -$252.8M | 1,674 | - | 34.4% | 47.8% |
| 2021 | - | $235.2M | - | -$235.2M | 1,964 | - | 32.4% | 29.5% |
| 2020 | - | $215.5M | - | -$215.5M | 1,890 | - | 32.4% | 45.0% |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.25 | US median 0.28 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 81% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 74% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 63% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 71% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 65% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 56% | US median 71% |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 4% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 59% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 93% | US median 79% |
| 32 |
| $19,785.16 |
| $8,647.34 |
| $5,829.71 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 21 | $32,216.05 | $14,266.52 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 20 | $21,848.55 | $13,398.45 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 16 | $29,820.88 | $18,357.38 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 948 SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WITHOUT MCC | 14 | $24,111.50 | $8,870.14 | $6,096.97 |
| DRG 292 HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH CC | 14 | $23,546.07 | $9,854.71 | $7,089.06 |
| DRG 603 CELLULITIS WITHOUT MCC | 12 | $28,178.67 | $10,095.00 | $6,446.25 |
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.
Northern Navajo Medical Center is a government-owned short-term acute care hospital in Shiprock, NM with 69 beds, part of Navajo Area Office and a 3-star overall rating.
Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, NM has 69 beds.
Northern Navajo Medical Center is part of Navajo Area Office, a health system with 6 hospitals based in Window Rock, AZ. It is a government-owned hospital.
Northern Navajo Medical Center 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, Northern Navajo Medical Center provides emergency services.
139 Medicare clinicians list Northern Navajo Medical Center as a hospital they work at, most often in Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Nurse Practitioner.
In 2024, Northern Navajo Medical Center had 222 Medicare inpatient stays in 9 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 57 stays; Medicare paid $20,386.61 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.