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Prowers Medical Center

401 Kendall Dr, Lamar, CO 81052 · (719) 336-4343

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

Prowers Medical Center is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Lamar, Colorado (Prowers County), with 23 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.49 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Colorado hospital ($6.22).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$1.49listed for every $1 its care costs Colorado typical $6.22
1 h 58 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
23beds

Quality and patient experience

Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

The money

$67what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$632,281net income, all sources
−5.3%margin on patient care alone
$1.2Mcost of charity care (2.7% of costs)
$2.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
171full-time staff (equivalent)

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024.

Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. The hospital publishes them on its own price page.

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

30 miles awayWeisbrod Memorial County HospitalEads, CONot rated$0.63 listed per $1 of cost44 miles awayHamilton County HospitalSyracuse, KSNot rated$0.30 listed per $1 of cost46 miles awaySoutheast Colorado Hospital DistrictSpringfield, CONot rated$0.96 listed per $1 of cost51 miles awayArkansas Valley Regional Medical CenterLajuna, CONot rated$2.71 listed per $1 of cost53 miles awayGreeley County Health ServicesTribune, KSNot rated$1.25 listed per $1 of cost

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