Big Spring, Texas: the hospital's own report to Medicare
What Scenic Mountain Medical Center pays nurses per hour
Average hourly wages in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits, from the hospital's report to Medicare: the 236th highest registered nurse average of 251 Texas hospitals. It is Shannon Health's, hiring on this site.
Scenic Mountain Medical Center: common questions
How much does Scenic Mountain Medical Center pay registered nurses per hour?
Scenic Mountain Medical Center in Big Spring, TX reported an average of $42.15 per registered nurse hour to Medicare's occupational mix survey (in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits): the 236th highest of 251 Texas hospitals. Texas's hospitals together averaged $54.99 an hour, all US hospitals $60.42 an hour. An average over every RN hour, staff and travel nurses together, not a starting rate.
What does Scenic Mountain Medical Center pay LPNs and nursing aides?
Licensed practical nurse hours averaged $31.18 an hour (Texas $32.84). Nursing aide hours averaged $16.80 an hour (Texas $21.00).
What is Scenic Mountain Medical Center's Medicare star rating?
no star rating in Medicare's overall rating; 79% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well, and 45% would definitely recommend it. It was not among the hospitals Medicare penalized for patient harm in fiscal year 2026. It is a for-profit hospital (every Texas hospital by rating).
Is Scenic Mountain Medical Center hiring nurses?
It is Shannon Health's, and Shannon Health's open jobs are on this site, read from its own job board. Every registered nurse job in Texas.
Sources and method
The hospital's survey wages over its paid hours for each category, its own and contract staff together, before benefits; the state's over all its hospitals' hours. Medicare number 450653. Read 10 Nov 2026.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare wage index occupational mix survey (FY 2027 April public use file)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information (Care Compare)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital (Care Compare)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). What Scenic Mountain Medical Center pays nurses per hour. Data as of 10 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/hospital-nurse-pay/texas/scenic-mountain-medical-center