Laredo Medical Center in Laredo, TX
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About Laredo Medical Center
Laredo Medical Center is an acute care hospital in Laredo, Webb County, Texas. It reports its ownership to Medicare as for-profit. It provides emergency services. It is listed as a Level III trauma center. Its CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating is 4 out of 5. It has 326 licensed beds, according to state license data via HIFLD. CMS also lists an inpatient rehabilitation unit inside the hospital. It meets the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation criteria for maternity care. The nearest other listed hospital is Laredo Rehabilitation Hospital, LLC, about 0.5 mi away.
Quality ratings
How this hospital compares with the national rate on each measure group:
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information. How star ratings work.
Emergency room times
Lower times are better. Reporting period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Timely and Effective Care. What these numbers mean.
Infections and sepsis care
- MRSA bloodstream infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.00
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)Better than national · SIR 0.00
- Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.14
- Central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI)Better than national · SIR 0.12
- Surgical site infections after colon surgeryBetter than national · SIR 0.00
55% of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock received all the recommended early care steps (SEP-1). Higher is better.
SIR is the standardized infection ratio: below 1 means fewer infections than predicted for a hospital like this one. Period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Healthcare-Associated Infections and Timely and Effective Care.
What patients say
- Patient survey star rating
- Would definitely recommend59%
- Rated the hospital 9 or 1058%
- Completed surveys386
Survey period ending September 2025. Source: CMS HCAHPS Patient Survey.
Map
27.53064, -99.47937
Nearby hospitals
- Laredo Rehabilitation Hospital, LLC2005 A Bustamante Street, Laredo, TXRehabilitation hospital0.5 mi
- Laredo Medical Center North7210 McPherson Road, Laredo, TXHospital2.7 mi
- Doctors Hospital of Laredo10700 Mcpherson Road, Laredo, TX · Level III traumaAcute care hospital5.1 mi
- STAT Specialty Hospital Laredo North Location2502 Northeast Bob Bullock Loop, Laredo, TXHospital5.8 mi
Frequently asked questions
Where is Laredo Medical Center located?
Laredo Medical Center is at 1700 East Saunders, Laredo, TX 78044 in Webb County.
Does Laredo Medical Center have an emergency room?
Yes. Laredo Medical Center reports emergency services to Medicare, and patients spent a median of 180 minutes in its emergency department before leaving. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
What is the CMS star rating of Laredo Medical Center?
Laredo Medical Center has a CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating of 4 out of 5. The rating combines measures of mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience and timely and effective care, compared with hospitals nationwide.
Is Laredo Medical Center a trauma center?
Yes. It is listed as a Level III trauma center in the HIFLD hospitals data, which is compiled from state trauma registries (source date March 2024). Trauma designations are renewed periodically, so confirm with the Texas EMS or trauma program. In an emergency, call 911: paramedics take seriously injured patients to the right trauma center.
What is the phone number of Laredo Medical Center?
The main phone number on record with Medicare is (956) 796-5000.
Would patients recommend Laredo Medical Center?
In the most recent HCAHPS patient survey (386 completed surveys), 59% of patients said they would definitely recommend the hospital, and 58% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10.
Related guides
- How CMS Hospital Star Ratings WorkThe five measure groups behind the 1 to 5 star Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating, how it is calculated and what it leaves out.
- How to Choose a Hospital to Give BirthLevels of maternal and newborn care, the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation, quality data and questions to ask on a tour.
- How to Choose a HospitalA practical checklist for planned care: insurance networks, procedure volume, quality ratings, certifications and cost estimates.
- ER Wait Times ExplainedHow triage and the Emergency Severity Index decide who is seen first, why emergency rooms get crowded and where to find timing data.