Prowers Medical CenterLamar, CO
Prowers Medical Center is a public critical access hospital in Lamar, Colorado, with an emergency department. As of the July 2026 CMS release, patients treated and sent home spend a median of 1 hr 58 min in its emergency department, 20 min shorter than the Colorado average of 2 hr 18 min.
- Time ZoneMST
- CountyProwers
- Emergency CapableYes
- FIPS8099
- Area Code719
Visiting Prowers Medical Center
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- Your doctor's name and phone number
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Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
Patients spend an average of 1 hour 58 minutes in the emergency department at Prowers Medical Center. That is 20 minutes shorter than the Colorado average of 2 hours 18 minutes.
Source: CMS Hospital General Information and Timely & Effective Care. Wait times are a median over a past 12-month reporting period, not live data. Not affiliated with CMS or with Prowers Medical Center. For a medical emergency, call 911.
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Timely and effective care
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · all patients unless noted · Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Prowers Medical Center's emergency department is classed by CMS as low volume.
| Measure | This hospital | U.S.* |
|---|---|---|
| Typical time in the ER before going homeMedian minutes from arrival to leaving, for ER patients sent home (not counting mental health patients or transfers). Lower is better. 256 patients. | 118 min | 162 min |
| Typical ER time for mental health patients sent homeMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 17 patients. | 288 min | 257 min |
| Typical ER time for patients transferred to another facilityMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 18 patients. | 387 min | 287 min |
| Patients who left the ER before being seenLower is better. 7,024 patients. | 1% | 2% |
| Discharged on two opioids, or an opioid and a benzodiazepinePatients sent home with prescriptions that raise the risk of overdose when combined. Lower is better. 64 patients. | 6% | 15% |
| Blood clot prevention givenHigher is better. 112 patients. | 64% | 90%* |
CMS publishes these process-of-care measures without a better/worse verdict, so the U.S. figure is shown for context; small differences, or results based on few patients, may not mean much. *Median of all hospitals CMS reports, where CMS publishes no national figure. About the data.
Doctors at Prowers Medical Center
57 Medicare-enrolled doctors and other clinicians list this hospital as an affiliation, across 21 specialties.
Federal rules require hospitals to publish their prices, including the rates they've negotiated with each insurer and their cash prices. Prowers Medical Center lists them here:
From the hospital's price transparency file (www.prowersmedical.com/cms-hpt.txt), checked Oct 24, 2026. For an estimate of what you'll pay, ask the hospital or your insurer; Medicare's averages are on our procedure cost pages.
Size and finances
Medicare cost report · fiscal year ending Dec 2024
As reported by the hospital to CMS; not audited. Operating margin is income from patient care divided by net patient revenue and leaves out investment income and donations. Compare Colorado hospital finances.
Who owns Prowers Medical Center
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Prowers County Hospital District, a non-profit organization.
113 doctors and other clinicians list Prowers Medical Center as a hospital affiliation in Medicare's clinician directory.
Organizations with 5% or more ownership (directly or through other companies), partnership interests or operational control, as the hospital reported them to Medicare. Records can lag behind recent sales. Individuals are not listed. Who owns America's hospitals.
The area around Prowers Medical Center
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Parts of Prowers are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 16.
Mental health: Prowers is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 21.
Dental: Parts of Prowers are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 9.
Nurse pay: registered nurses in Colorado earn a median $100,260 a year. Healthcare salaries in Colorado.
Shortage areas are designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration where there are too few primary care, mental health or dental providers for the population; scores run from 0 to 25 for primary and mental health care and 0 to 26 for dental care, higher meaning greater need. Colorado shortage areas
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Medicare-enrolled specialists with a practice in Lamar, with addresses, phone numbers and the hospitals they work with.
Care after a stay at Prowers Medical Center
Medicare-certified providers near this hospital, with their CMS ratings. A hospital discharge planner can make the referral.
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