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Southwest Memorial Hospital

1311 N Mildred Rd, Cortez, CO 81321 · (970) 565-6666

Rural (critical access) hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency room

Southwest Memorial Hospital is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Cortez, Colorado (Montezuma County), with 20 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 4 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. In CMS's patient survey it scores 4 of 5 stars, and 67% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. It lists $2.43 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Colorado hospital ($6.22).

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★★★★★CMS overall quality rating
★★★★★patients' own rating (103 surveys)
$2.43listed for every $1 its care costs Colorado typical $6.22
1 h 46 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
20beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★4 of 5 · 103 surveys

67%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
68%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

  • Nurses communicated well★★★★★
  • Doctors communicated well★★★★★
  • Staff explained medicines★★★★★
  • Information for going home★★★★★
  • Room was clean★★★★★
  • Quiet at night★★★★★

Emergency room and urgent care

1 h 46 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
71%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%
Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Pneumonia
13.7%
Stroke
11.5%
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Heart failure
21.0%
Pneumonia
16.7%
Infections and complications lower is better
C. diff intestinal infections
0.80
≈ Same as US

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

$41what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$5.4Mnet income, all sources
1.2%margin on patient care alone
$2.0Mcost of charity care (3.3% of costs)
$2.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
323full-time staff (equivalent)

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

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.

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