CA · Critical Access Hospitals
Colorado River Medical Center
Colorado River Medical Center in Needles, CA. CMS-certified hospital reporting Medicare claims under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule.
- Not rated
- CMS overall rating
- 1 of 378
- CMS hospitals in CA
- Critical Access Hospitals
- Facility type
- Not indexed
- Price transparency MRF
1401 BAILEY AVE, Needles, CA 92363
Hospital Quality Scorecard
One composite verdict from 1 of 4 CMS Hospital Compare datasets, each benchmarked against every hospital nationally. Missing datasets are excluded, not counted against the score.
- CMS Star Rating N/A
- N/A
- Mortality Outcomes N/A
- N/A
- Patient Safety N/A
- N/A
- Readmission Rates B+
- 0 better / 0 worse
Not rated by CMS
No CMS mortality measures reported for this facility
No CMS patient-safety measures reported for this facility
CMS readmission measures vs. the national rate (1 measures reported)
Source: CMS Hospital Compare (star rating + mortality/safety/readmission outcome measures). Benchmarks are national p10-p90 percentiles across every hospital with a reported value for each measure, computed 2026-05-15. Not a clinical recommendation.
CMS hospital plate
Facility 051323 · CA unrated
STAR-UNRATED · RANK-UNK · SOLO-SHEET · MRF-PENDING · NP-OWN · TYPE-CAH · ER-ON · QUAL-PAR
- STAR-UNRATED No CMS star
- RANK-UNK Rank unknown
- SOLO-SHEET No peer gap
- MRF-PENDING MRF not indexed
- NP-OWN Voluntary non-profit - Pri…
- TYPE-CAH Critical Access Hospitals
- ER-ON ER reported
- QUAL-PAR 1 same-as-avg
Instrument codes from this facility’s CMS Hospital Compare sheet: star band, peer rank, photo-finish gap, MRF disclosure, ownership, type, ER line, and quality-measure posture. Not a placement score.
CMS reporting cohort
CMS has not published an overall star rating for Colorado River Medical Center. Within CA, it is 1 of 378 CMS-reporting hospitals -- 146 of them are voluntary non-profit - private facilities like this one, and 38 are critical access hospitals.
- 378
- CMS-reporting hospitals in CA
- 146
- Voluntary non-profit - Private facilities in CA
- 38
- Critical Access Hospitals facilities in CA
No overall CMS star rating means the facility is typically new to reporting, specialty-focused, or below the case-volume reporting threshold. Cohort counts are drawn from the same CMS Care Compare hospital dataset.
Colorado River Medical Center tracks near national average on CMS measure cells
Most published measure cells sit at national average (1 same-as-avg · 0 above · 0 below). This is a PAR sheet, not a star-rating substitute.
Cell counts are CMS Hospital Compare measure-group tallies (above / same / below national average), not a composite grade or clinical verdict.
Price transparency data not indexed yet
Under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (effective Jan 2021), hospitals must publish machine-readable files with standard charges including cash/self-pay rates. PlainProcedure has not indexed an MRF for this facility yet; see hospital price transparency or the transparency notes.
Contact
(760) 326-7162
1401 BAILEY AVE, Needles, CA 92363
What to do with this hospital profile
Colorado River Medical Center tracks near national average on CMS measure cells. Compare CA facilities and Medicare procedure costs next.
- Statewide average Medicare allowed amounts, provider counts, and hospital totals for CA. CA profile
- Browse all 378 CMS-reporting hospitals in CA. Hospitals list
- How federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule disclosures map to PlainProcedure when no MRF is indexed yet. Transparency guide
- How CMS star ratings, quality measure bands, and peer ranks are sourced and compared. Methodology
CMS quality stars and Medicare averages describe reporting cohorts, not clinical advice or a price quote for your visit.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Nationwide hospitals with similar CMS profiles
Care Compare-derived peer sets for Colorado River Medical Center, all outside CA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the same-state hospital list stays local).
Similar Critical Access Hospitals peers
Nearest same facility-type hospitals outside CA.
Similar mortality/safety/readmission shape
Nearest hospitals outside CA by CMS above/same/below cell totals (0/1/0 here · QUAL-PAR). Distinct from star-rating and facility-type peers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Colorado River Medical Center have a published CMS overall star rating?
CMS has not published an overall star rating for Colorado River Medical Center. It is 1 of 378 CMS-reporting hospitals in CA, including 38 other critical access hospitals facilities.
What type of hospital is Colorado River Medical Center?
Colorado River Medical Center is a critical access hospitals, voluntary non-profit - private ownership, located in Needles, CA.
Does Colorado River Medical Center publish machine-readable price data?
Colorado River Medical Center does not currently have indexed machine-readable price-transparency data on this site; estimated commercial and cash prices above are derived from procedure-level CMS/RAND benchmarks, not this facility's own file.