Rio Grande Hospital

310 County Rd 14, Del Norte, CO 81132 · (719) 657-2510

Rural (critical access) hospitalProprietaryEmergency room

Rio Grande Hospital is a for-profit rural critical-access hospital in Del Norte, Colorado (Rio Grande County), with 17 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 4 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. It lists $1.93 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Colorado hospital ($6.22).

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★★★★★CMS overall quality rating

$1.93listed for every $1 its care costs Colorado typical $6.22

45 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

17beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

82%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%

84%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

Emergency room and urgent care

45 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better

Heart failure

12.5%

Pneumonia

15.6%

COPD

7.6%

Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better

Heart failure

21.2%

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

$52what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$3.7Mnet income, all sources

−7.1%margin on patient care alone

$1.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

144full-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. 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.

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