Valley Baptist Medical Center

2101 Pease Street
Harlingen, TX 78550
Valley Baptist Medical Center is a non-profit hospital located in Harlingen, TX. It has 2 specialty units, including Adult and Pediatric and Intensive Care.  
 
 
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Hospital Profile

Address
2101 Pease Street
Harlingen, Texas (TX)
Provider Type
Acute Care
Ownership
Church
Accepts Medicare
Yes
Accepts Medicaid
Yes
 

HealthGrades Hospital Ratings

Cardiac services: Above national average in 2 of 5 areas

Critical Care services: At national average in 3 of 4 areas

Gastrointestinal services: Above national average in 2 of 5 areas

General Surgery services: Above national average in 3 of 3 areas

Orthopedic services: At national average in 4 of 5 areas

Pulmonary services: At national average in 1 of 2 areas

Vascular services: At national average in 1 of 1 areas

Hospital Features

Valley Baptist Medical Center is a Short Term hospital. The facility has 418 beds of which 332 are Adult and Pediatric and 86 are Intensive Care.

  • Total beds
418
  • Intensive Care beds
86
  • Adult and Pediatric beds
332
  • Teaching Hospital
Yes
 
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Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 14 of 14 procedures
Length of Stay is at the state average in 12 of 14 procedures
Hospital Service Lines Cost Length of Stay
Coronary Interventional Procedures (Angioplasty/ Stent) dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon
Heart Attack dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon
Heart Bypass Surgery dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon
Heart Failure dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon
Valve Replacement Surgery dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon

Cardiac Doctors Associated with this Hospital

+ Cardiology
+ Cardiothoracic Surgery
+ Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
+ Interventional Cardiology
Top 10 Procedures and Diagnoses
bullet Maternity Care
bullet Heart Failure
bullet Sepsis
bullet Total Knee Replacement
bullet Pneumonia
bullet Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
bullet Stroke
bullet Heart Attack
bullet Coronary Interventional Procedures (Angioplasty/ Stent)
bullet Gastrointestinal Bleed
 

There can be enormous quality differences between one hospital and another, and between one doctor and another.

For example, a recent study by HealthGrades found that a typical patient would have, on average, a 69 percent lower chance of dying in a five-star rated hospital compared to a one-star rated hospital.

 

Source for appendectomy, bariatric surgery, and maternity care: Individual states (AZ, CA, FL, IA, MA, MD, ME, NJ, NV, NY, OR, PA, RI, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, and WI ) for years 2005 through 2007.

Source for all other procedures: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for years 2006 through 2008.

 
 

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