2430 West Pierce Street, Carlsbad, NM, 88220 · (575) 887-4570
Beds
54
FY 2025
Star rating
1 of 5
Patient survey: 2 of 5
Net patient revenue
$161.1M
FY 2025
Net income
$69.5M
Patient care margin 43.0%
Discharges
2,632
Occupancy 47.1%
Clinicians
190
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 | $161.1M | $91.9M | 43.0% | $69.5M | 2,632 | $8.4M | 27.8% | 5.1% |
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 | 10.1% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 11.3% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 12.9% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4.9% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 16.5% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 14.8% | 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 | $112.4M | $80.0M | 28.8% | $33.2M | 2,271 | $5.5M | 29.0% | 1.4% |
| 2023 | $97.1M | $77.8M | 19.9% | $21.1M | 1,903 | $4.3M | 33.3% | 6.9% |
| 2022 | $109.2M | $75.8M | 30.6% | $35.3M | 1,845 | $3.3M | 32.7% | 5.6% |
| 2021 | $84.2M | $65.3M | 22.5% | $20.4M | 1,568 | $3.1M | 32.4% | 7.2% |
| 2020 | $85.0M | $62.5M | 26.5% | $15.7M | 5,513 | $4.7M | 40.8% | 8.1% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 18.4% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14.2% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.6% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.9% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.96 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.24 | US median 0.28 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 70% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 71% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 2 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 52% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 45% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 49% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 42% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 3% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 192 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 7% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 71% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 40% | US median 79% |
| 33 |
| $44,136.06 |
| $10,324.09 |
| $10,022.34 |
| DRG 190 CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH MCC | 21 | $57,722.52 | $7,955.71 | $8,466.56 |
| DRG 640 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 21 | $47,154.00 | $10,531.19 | $10,642.23 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 18 | $59,759.17 | $10,135.67 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 16 | $45,596.56 | $11,837.06 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 280 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 15 | $83,208.80 | $13,307.73 | $12,400.10 |
| DRG 689 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 13 | $42,439.85 | $9,298.77 | $8,838.11 |
| DRG 309 CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC | 12 | $47,600.67 | $5,722.50 | $5,247.13 |
| DRG 682 RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 12 | $60,405.08 | $12,264.58 | $11,457.18 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 11 | $43,574.73 | $7,111.09 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 480 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH MCC | 11 | $186,863.18 | $24,674.18 | $23,191.08 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 11 | $37,456.00 | $7,844.18 | $7,681.44 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 225 | 197 | $2,021.86 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 51 | 50 | $2,094.48 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 30 | 29 | $2,289.64 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 21 | 21 | $1,147.08 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 21 | 20 | $4,287.65 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 18 | 17 | $2,402.32 | $2,373.24 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | 16 | 15 | $8,619.28 | $8,873.86 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 15 | 15 | $4,961.74 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5112 Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 14 | 14 | $1,101.60 | $1,196.16 |
| APC 5194 Level 4 Endovascular Procedures | - | - | - | $14,606.35 |
| APC 5223 Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures | - | - | - | $8,569.01 |
| APC 5232 Level 2 ICD and Similar Procedures | - | - | - | $29,374.70 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
| Company | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Immucor, Inc. | 1 | $253 |
| Stryker Corporation SYK | 1 | $34.76 |
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.
Carlsbad Medical Center is a for-profit short-term acute care hospital in Carlsbad, NM with 54 beds, part of Community Health Systems and a 1-star overall rating.
Carlsbad Medical Center in Carlsbad, NM has 54 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 116 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 2,632 inpatients that year, with 47.1% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-08-31), Carlsbad Medical Center reported net patient revenue of $161.1M and operating expenses of $91.9M, a margin on patient care of 43.0%. After other income and expenses its net income was $69.5M (43.1% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Carlsbad Medical Center is part of Community Health Systems (listed company, ticker CYH), a health system with 60 hospitals based in Franklin, TN. It is a for-profit hospital.
Carlsbad Medical Center has an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 2 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Carlsbad Medical Center provides emergency services.
190 Medicare clinicians list Carlsbad Medical Center as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Diagnostic Radiology, Anesthesiology.
In 2024, Carlsbad Medical Center had 284 Medicare inpatient stays in 14 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 46 stays; Medicare paid $15,131.85 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $287 in payments to Carlsbad Medical Center as a teaching hospital ($287 general and - for research) from 2 companies.