Lamb Healthcare Center is a government-owned general hospital in Littlefield, Texas (Lamb County), with 42 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.59 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Texas hospital ($6.38).
$1.59listed for every $1 its care costs Texas typical $6.38
1 h 39 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
42beds
Quality and patient experience
What patients say
74%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
70%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%
Rated by patients
Emergency room and urgent care
1 h 39 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
3%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%
53%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%
ER volume: low.
Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Pneumonia
16.4%
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Pneumonia
17.4%
US typical hospital. Infection figures are a ratio: 1.00 means as many infections as expected for a hospital like this one. CMS adjusts these rates for how sick the patients are; a small gap from the typical hospital can be chance, so a verdict is shown only where CMS gives one.
Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.
The money
$63what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$2.4Mnet income, all sources
−56.3%margin on patient care alone
$1.5Mcost of charity care (10.8% of costs)
$795,869unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
106full-time staff (equivalent)
From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 2024.
Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".
This hospital has no Medicare stay data for 2024. Medicare data covers mostly patients 65 and older, so psychiatric, children's and very small hospitals often don't appear.