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Nor-Lea Hospital District

1600 North Main Ave, Lovington, NM 88260 · (575) 396-6611

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityEmergency room

Nor-Lea Hospital District is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Lovington, New Mexico (Lea County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $2.96 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical New Mexico hospital ($4.65).

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$2.96listed for every $1 its care costs New Mexico typical $4.65
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

85%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
87%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Emergency room and urgent care

    1%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%

    ER volume: low.

    Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
    Pneumonia
    12.7%
    Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
    Pneumonia
    16.3%

    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

    $34what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    −$143.4Mnet income, all sources
    $738,746cost of charity care (0.6% of costs)
    $13.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    450full-time staff (equivalent)

    From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025.

    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.

    Nearby hospitals

    17 miles awayCovenant Health Hobbs HospitalHobbs, NM★★★★★$4.85 listed per $1 of cost30 miles awayYoakum County HospitalDenver City, TXNot rated$1.10 listed per $1 of cost44 miles awayMemorial HospitalSeminole, TXNot rated$1.50 listed per $1 of cost

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