Hospital · Short-term acute hospital
Who owns Christus Southern New Mexico?
2669 Scenic Drive · Alamogordo, NM · 88310
Overview
Christus Southern New Mexico is a short-term acute hospital in Alamogordo, New Mexico, operated by Otero County Hospital Association. Otero County has 1 hospitals, 3 nursing homes and 3 urgent care centers.
Ownership
Christus Southern New Mexico is operated by Otero County Hospital Association, part of CHRISTUS Health.
- Operator
- Otero County Hospital Association
- Owner group
- CHRISTUS Health
- Ownership type
- Private Nonprofit
- Sources
- CMS Hospital Enrollments and All Owners (PECOS): hospital ownership graph · 2026-10-25
- irs_schedule_h · 202506
- CMS record · 2024
- Company website · 2026-10-25
Ownership history
Every dated change of operator and owner for Christus Southern New Mexico, with the source for each.
Full ownership tree of CHRISTUS Health
Every entity between this facility and its ultimate owner, with ownership percentages and dates.
Finances
From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2025.
| Net patient revenue | $323.3M |
| Operating expenses | $274.8M |
| Net income | $63.3M |
| Net income as a share of net patient revenue | 19.6% |
| Uncompensated care cost | $5.0M |
| Charity care cost | $2.9M |
| Medicaid net revenue | $28.8M |
| Medicare disproportionate share percentage | 9.0% |
Payer mix by inpatient days (2025)
- Commercial and other 69.3%
- Medicare 29.7%
- Medicaid 1.0%
Services
Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Discharges | Average total payment |
|---|---|---|
| Major hip and knee joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity without MCC · 470 | 103 | $23K |
| Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871 | 84 | $21K |
| Heart failure and shock with MCC · 291 | 40 | $14K |
| Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with MCC · 193 | 34 | $15K |
| Respiratory infections and inflammations with MCC · 177 | 32 | $18K |
Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Services |
|---|---|
| Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011 | 210 |
| Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage · 5072 | 132 |
| Level 1 Nerve Procedures · 5431 | 83 |
| Level 1 Endovascular Procedures · 5191 | 77 |
| Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services · 5361 | 56 |
Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.
Location and market
- Address
- 2669 Scenic Drive · Alamogordo, NM · 88310
- County
- Otero County
- State
- New Mexico
2 off-site locations
Campuses, off-site emergency departments and outpatient departments under this hospital's certification.
Sources and identifiers
- Operator: CMS Hospital Enrollments and All Owners (PECOS): hospital ownership graph · irs_schedule_h · CMS record · Company website
- Finances and payer mix: CMS hospital cost reports (HCRIS), fiscal year 2025
- Services: CMS Medicare inpatient and outpatient utilization
- Ownership type and beds: CMS Provider of Services file
- Location: CMS and Census Bureau geography
- CMS certification number
- 320004
- NPI
- 1861450579
- Last confirmed
- 2026-10-23
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