1501 S Coulter St, Amarillo, TX, 79106 · (806) 354-1110
Beds
415
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$440.4M
FY 2025
Net income
$38.7M
Patient care margin 7.5%
Discharges
17,960
Occupancy 67.8%
Clinicians
394
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 | $440.4M | $407.1M | 7.5% | $38.7M | 17,960 | $38.3M | 11.6% | 4.3% |
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 | 7.7% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 12.3% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 12.7% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.8% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 17.7% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 13.4% | 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 | $395.8M | $370.1M | 6.5% | $30.7M | 17,578 | $36.9M | 13.3% | 4.1% |
| 2023 | $366.0M | $342.4M | 6.5% | $29.9M | 13,528 | $36.2M | 16.6% | 4.6% |
| 2022 | $382.7M | $338.8M | 11.5% | $48.7M | 13,713 | $33.3M | 16.9% | 6.3% |
| 2021 | $343.3M | $324.8M | 5.4% | $23.2M | 13,907 | $34.3M | 18.5% | 5.7% |
| 2020 | $317.6M | $306.0M | 3.6% | $30.7M | 14,313 | $33.8M | 20.8% | 6.9% |
| Readmission rate after heart bypass surgery | 11.6% | US median 10.9% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.3% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14.2% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.8% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.7% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.84 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.13 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.70 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.56 | US median 0.72 |
| Surgical site infections after hysterectomy (ratio to expected) | 0.67 | US median 0.81 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 1.25 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.41 | US median 0.40 · better |
| Doctors always communicated well | 72% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 77% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 55% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 65% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 66% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 66% | 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) | 132 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 16% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 44% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 94% | US median 79% |
| 86 |
| $125,298.03 |
| $11,091.44 |
| $10,022.34 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 68 | $353,374.96 | $36,269.43 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 280 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 55 | $118,051.45 | $11,864.71 | $12,400.10 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 54 | $120,626.70 | $10,978.17 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 682 RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 39 | $106,872.56 | $10,731.85 | $11,457.18 |
| DRG 322 PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITHOUT MCC | 33 | $155,802.91 | $14,545.91 | $12,904.99 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 27 | $109,240.78 | $12,391.85 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 640 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 27 | $87,563.33 | $10,629.78 | $10,642.23 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 26 | $100,020.35 | $8,722.50 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 637 DIABETES WITH MCC | 26 | $117,973.96 | $12,490.08 | $11,464.10 |
| DRG 689 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 25 | $94,739.12 | $9,725.00 | $8,838.11 |
| DRG 522 HIP REPLACEMENT WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF HIP FRACTURE WITHOUT MCC | 25 | $186,492.28 | $16,215.32 | $15,768.13 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 24 | $179,683.33 | $15,020.92 | $15,801.33 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 111 | 110 | $1,974.48 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | 71 | 64 | $7,788.78 | $8,873.86 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 67 | 66 | $1,858.22 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 53 | 51 | $1,029.15 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 47 | 46 | $2,150.23 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5192 Level 2 Endovascular Procedures | 27 | 26 | $3,805.03 | $4,338.16 |
| APC 5194 Level 4 Endovascular Procedures | 24 | 22 | $13,549.19 | $14,606.35 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 21 | 21 | $3,787.82 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5362 Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 18 | 18 | $6,540.40 | $8,164.45 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 18 | 18 | $4,945.77 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5213 Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures | 16 | 16 | $17,741.85 | $21,117.37 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 15 | 14 | $1,964.39 | $2,141.49 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
| Company | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. | 4 | $1,329 |
| Abbott Laboratories ABT | 1 | $639 |
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.
Northwest Texas Hospital is a for-profit short-term acute care hospital in Amarillo, TX with 415 beds, part of Universal Health Services and a 3-star overall rating.
Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo, TX has 415 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 495 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 17,960 inpatients that year, with 67.8% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), Northwest Texas Hospital reported net patient revenue of $440.4M and operating expenses of $407.1M, a margin on patient care of 7.5%. After other income and expenses its net income was $38.7M (8.7% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Northwest Texas Hospital is part of Universal Health Services (listed company, ticker UHS), a health system with 151 hospitals based in King of Prussia, PA. It is a for-profit hospital.
Northwest Texas Hospital 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, Northwest Texas Hospital provides emergency services.
394 Medicare clinicians list Northwest Texas Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Family Practice, Internal Medicine.
In 2024, Northwest Texas Hospital had 1,564 Medicare inpatient stays in 50 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 257 stays; Medicare paid $15,248.59 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $1,967 in payments to Northwest Texas Hospital as a teaching hospital ($1,967 general and - for research) from 2 companies.