5501 South Expressway 77, Harlingen, TX, 78550 · (956) 365-1000
Beds
112
FY 2024
Star rating
4 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$122.6M
FY 2024
Net income
-$65K
Patient care margin -0.9%
Discharges
6,695
Occupancy 78.0%
Clinicians
180
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 | $122.6M | $123.8M | -0.9% | -$65K | 6,695 | $2.8M | 14.5% | 1.2% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate after heart bypass surgery | 3.7% | US median 2.3% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 11.8% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 8.8% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.3% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 11% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 14.6% | 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
| 2023 | $121.9M | $115.1M | 5.6% | $7.6M | 6,391 | $4.3M | 15.1% | 1.0% |
| 2022 | $111.4M | $111.9M | -0.4% | $885K | 5,616 | $5.3M | 17.6% | 2.6% |
| 2021 | $105.0M | $111.3M | -6.0% | -$2.7M | 5,196 | $5.4M | 19.6% | 5.2% |
| 2020 | $101.5M | $101.9M | -0.5% | $10.0M | 3,754 | $7.4M | 24.3% | 8.3% |
| Readmission rate after heart bypass surgery | 12.7% | US median 10.9% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 18.9% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14.6% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 20.5% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 5.2% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 16% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 3.5% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 1.09 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.95 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.72 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.27 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 72% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 78% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 60% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 73% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 80% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 77% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 1% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 156 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 11% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 49% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 84% | US median 79% |
| 36 |
| $80,944.19 |
| $11,094.25 |
| $12,667.88 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 31 | $182,336.26 | $29,531.94 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 392 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 22 | $34,312.50 | $5,064.09 | $5,662.18 |
| DRG 470 MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 22 | $100,830.82 | $12,107.36 | $14,289.25 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 21 | $75,139.95 | $8,472.95 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 18 | $47,486.00 | $6,234.06 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 377 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH MCC | 16 | $65,782.31 | $11,807.38 | $14,301.50 |
| DRG 280 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 15 | $53,772.53 | $11,026.40 | $12,400.10 |
| DRG 308 CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH MCC | 14 | $32,382.93 | $6,999.79 | $9,138.57 |
| DRG 640 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 14 | $41,368.50 | $8,190.21 | $10,642.23 |
| DRG 689 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 13 | $46,689.46 | $7,015.08 | $8,838.11 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 13 | $26,252.92 | $5,161.69 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 321 PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITH MCC OR 4+ ARTERIES/ | 11 | $192,847.09 | $17,248.36 | $22,190.93 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 78 | 78 | $2,030.20 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 33 | 30 | $1,322.94 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 32 | 31 | $1,887.45 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | 31 | 30 | $7,904.86 | $8,873.86 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 28 | 27 | $9,773.88 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 26 | 26 | $3,981.68 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 16 | 13 | $2,407.69 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 15 | 13 | $1,400.94 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5213 Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures | 14 | 13 | $18,924.64 | $21,117.37 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 14 | 14 | $3,572.31 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5223 Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures | 14 | 14 | $7,628.30 | $8,569.01 |
| APC 5232 Level 2 ICD and Similar Procedures | 13 | 13 | $26,830.52 | $29,374.70 |
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.
Harlingen Medical Center is a for-profit short-term acute care hospital in Harlingen, TX with 112 beds, part of Prime Healthcare and a 4-star overall rating.
Harlingen Medical Center in Harlingen, TX has 112 beds (fiscal year 2024 cost report). It discharged 6,695 inpatients that year, with 78.0% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2024 (ending 2024-12-31), Harlingen Medical Center reported net patient revenue of $122.6M and operating expenses of $123.8M, a margin on patient care of -0.9%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$65K (-0.1% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Harlingen Medical Center is part of Prime Healthcare, a health system with 47 hospitals based in Ontario, CA. It is a for-profit hospital.
Harlingen Medical Center has an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey. 1 death rate measures are better and 0 worse than the national rate.
Yes, Harlingen Medical Center provides emergency services.
180 Medicare clinicians list Harlingen Medical Center as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Family Practice, Internal Medicine.
In 2024, Harlingen Medical Center had 460 Medicare inpatient stays in 16 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 156 stays; Medicare paid $12,664.52 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.