Hospital Bed Repair, Rental & Sales in Texas — Hill-Rom, Stryker & More

Beds down, motors failing, or a unit short on capacity? One call covers repair, rental, and replacement.

MBMTS services, rents, and supplies hospital beds across Texas — med-surg, ICU, and bariatric — with a guaranteed response in under 8 business hours and a 90-day warranty on reconditioned units.

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Serving hospitals, surgery centers, skilled nursing, and long-term care within a 300-mile radius of Dallas.

The Bed Nobody Budgets For

Hospital beds are the highest-count asset in most facilities and the lowest-priority line in most budgets. They get serviced when they stop working, not before. That's expensive in a way that doesn't show up as a repair bill. A bed out of service is a bed that can't be filled. On a unit running near capacity, a handful of down beds quietly costs more in a month than a year of preventive maintenance.

The faults themselves are rarely dramatic. A hand pendant cable that's been rolled over a thousand times. An actuator that's been lifting 300 pounds several times a day for six years. A brake that no longer holds on a polished floor. Individually minor — collectively, the reason your census capacity doesn't match your bed count.

Mr. Biomed Tech Services provides hospital bed repair, preventive maintenance, rental, and refurbished sales across Texas. Our technicians are trained through respected Texas programs including CBET and TSTC.

Common Hospital Bed Faults We Repair

Motors and movement

1. Bed won't raise, lower, or articulate — actuator or motor failure on the head, knee, or height function. Often a single actuator, not the whole bed.
2. Movement is slow, noisy, or jerky — an actuator approaching end of life. Audible change is the earliest warning you get.
3. One function dead, others working — usually isolates to that actuator or its channel on the control board.

Controls and power

1. Hand pendant not responding — the cable is the usual culprit. It gets rolled over, pinched under the frame, and pulled daily.
2. Staff control panel faults — worn membrane switches and dead zones.
3. Power cord and strain relief damage — a safety issue, and one of the most common findings at PM.
4. Battery backup not holding — the backup that matters during transport or a CPR release. Rarely tested until it's needed.
5. Control board failure — real, but it should be ruled out after the cheaper causes, not before.

Safety systems

1. Bed exit alarm not triggering or false-alarming — a fall-prevention system that staff stops trusting once it cries wolf.
2. Side rail latch faults — rails that don't lock or are hard to release.
3. CPR release not functioning — checked far less often than it should be.
4. Brake interlock faults.

Mechanical

1. Brakes won't hold — test on the actual floor surface in your facility; performance differs between vinyl, tile, and polished concrete.
2. Casters dragging, wobbling, or seized — worn bearings, or debris wound into the wheel.
3. Frame damage — cracks, bending, corrosion, chipped coatings, and loose fasteners.
4. Scale out of calibration — on beds with integrated scales, an uncalibrated weight is a clinical data problem.
5. Mattress and surface faults — tears, fluid ingress, or inflation/deflation cycles not completing on powered surfaces.

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Our Hospital Bed Services

Repair & Diagnostics

Actuators and motors, hand pendants and cabling, control boards, bed exit alarms, side rails, CPR release, brakes, casters, frames and scales.

Preventive Maintenance & Fleet Service

Most facilities don't need a bed serviced — they need a fleet serviced. We build PM schedules across your whole inventory rather than responding one bed at a time. A practical rhythm looks like:

Follow your bed manufacturers' Instructions for Use and your facility's equipment management plan, which set the applicable intervals.

Scale Calibration

Integrated bed scales verified and documented — because a weight that drives dosing shouldn't be an estimate.

Electrical Safety Testing

Grounding resistance, leakage current, and insulation integrity, documented for compliance.

Rental

Short-term and long-term bed rentals for census surges, renovations, or coverage while your beds are in service.

New & Refurbished Sales

We service, supply, and rent Hill-Rom and Stryker hospital beds, along with other major platforms. All reconditioned units go through a full refurbishment process and carry a standard 90-day warranty.

Disposition

Compliant removal of retired beds, with value recovery where possible.

What Drives Hospital Bed Pricing

Most vendors won't discuss price until you're on a call. Here's what actually determines it, so you can build a realistic budget before you ask anyone for a number.

Condition tier — New, professionally refurbished, or as-is used. Refurbished sits between the two and is where most facilities find the best value, because worn components are replaced and the unit carries a warranty.

Bed class — A basic manual bed, a semi-electric, a fully electric med-surg bed, an ICU bed, and a bariatric bed are five different price points, not variations on one.

Features — Integrated scales, bed exit alarm systems, powered surfaces, and connectivity each add real cost. A bed with a scale is not a bed with an option; it's a different product.

Surface — The mattress is frequently quoted separately. Always confirm whether it's included.

Warranty — Longer coverage costs more up front and less over the life of the bed.

Delivery and installation — Often separate. Ask.

Ongoing maintenance — A service agreement is a real line item. Factor it in rather than discovering it later.

Home-care rentals start from $195/month for manual beds, $225/month semi-electric, $275/month fully electric, and $350/month bariatric. See home hospital bed rentals →

Hospital-grade bed pricing — Hill-Rom, Stryker, and equivalent med-surg and ICU platforms — depends on the factors above and on your volume. We'll quote it plainly.

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Tell us the bed class, quantity, and whether you need purchase or rental, and we'll send real numbers — not a range.

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Repair, Rent or Replace?

Managing a whole fleet? Our biomedical consultancy team can assess your inventory and tell you which beds are worth keeping, which to retire, and what a phased replacement would cost — independently, since we're not tied to a manufacturer.

📋 Free Download: Hospital Bed Price Comparison Guide

A buyer's worksheet for comparing bed quotes properly — what's included versus quoted separately, the cost drivers that change the total, what to verify on a refurbished unit, and a side-by-side comparison table for three vendors.

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Compliance & Documentation

Every MBMTS service visit includes:

• ✅ Dated inspection and service report per bed, signed by the technician
• ✅ Electrical safety test results
• ✅ Scale calibration certificate where applicable
• ✅ Parts replaced and work performed, itemized
• ✅ Records aligned with The Joint Commission, AAMI, and OSHA expectations
• ✅ Fleet-level reporting so you can see which units are costing you money

Hospital Bed Service Across Texas

Dallas · Fort Worth · Houston · Austin · San Antonio · Waco · Lubbock — plus surrounding areas in Oklahoma and Louisiana, within a 300-mile radius of Dallas.

Frequently Asked Questions

My hospital bed motor isn't working. What's wrong?

If one function is dead while others work, the fault usually isolates to that actuator or its channel on the control board. If nothing responds, start with the hand pendant cable — it gets rolled over and pinched daily and is one of the most common failures. Slow, noisy, or jerky movement means an actuator is nearing the end of its life; that noise is your earliest warning.

How much does a Stryker hospital bed cost?

It depends on condition tier, bed class, features, and whether the mattress is included. A refurbished unit with a warranty typically lands well below new, which is why most facilities buy in that tier. Rather than quote a range that may not match your configuration, tell us what you need and we'll price it exactly.

Hill-Rom vs Stryker — which should we buy?

Both are widely used in Texas facilities, and both are well supported. The better question is usually bed class and feature set for your unit — whether you need an integrated scale, a specific surface, or a particular exit alarm system — plus parts availability for the model you're considering. We'll give you an independent comparison for your use case.

What does a refurbished hospital bed cost compared to new?

Refurbished pricing sits meaningfully below new because the unit has been reconditioned rather than built. The value depends on what was actually replaced during refurbishment and what warranty comes with it — ours carry a standard 90-day warranty. Ask any vendor for the refurbishment work list before comparing prices.

How often should hospital beds be serviced?

A practical schedule runs from a quick functional check at turnover, through monthly actuator and cord checks, quarterly frame, battery, and caster evaluation, to an annual full inspection. Follow your manufacturer's requirements and your facility's equipment management plan.

Do you service whole fleets, or only individual beds?

Fleets. Most of our bed work is scheduled PM across a facility's full inventory, with consolidated documentation and fleet-level reporting.

Can we rent beds during a census surge?

Yes — short-term and long-term rentals with fast delivery across Texas.

Do you calibrate integrated bed scales?

Yes, with a calibration certificate for your records.

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Whether it's one bed down, a fleet overdue for PM, or a purchase decision you need real numbers for — one call covers it.

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