Five hospitals across five states have the lowest ratio of unplanned hospital visits after an outpatient surgery at 0.4, according to CMS data.
CMS’s Unplanned Hospital Visit dataset includes provider data from 2023 for hospital return days, unplanned readmissions and measures of unplanned hospital visits after outpatient procedures. The data was updated on Aug. 6.
Here are the hospitals with the highest and lowest ratios of unplanned hospital visits after a hospital outpatient surgery:
Note: This ranking includes ties.
Lowest
1. Burke Medical Center (Waynesboro, Ga.): 0.4
1. Adventist La Grange (Ill.) Memorial Hospital: 0.4
1. Lincoln (Neb.) Surgical Hospital : 0.4
1. University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro (N.J.): 0.4
1. Hospital for Special Surgery (New York City): 0.4
6. Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital: 0.5
6. St. Vincent’s Birmingham (Ala.): 0.5
6. DCH Regional Medical Center (Tuscaloosa, Ala.): 0.5
6. Abrazo Scottsdale Campus (Phoenix): 0.5
6. St. Bernards Medical Center (Jonesboro, Ark.): 0.5
6. UC San Diego Health Hillcrest-Hillcrest Medical Center: 0.5
6. Palomar Health Downtown Campus (Escondido, Calif.): 0.5
6. Adventist Health Lodi (Calif.) Memorial: 0.5
6. Clovis (Calif.) Community Medical Center: 0.5
6. Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage, Calif.): 0.5
6. Fresno (Calif.) Surgical Hospital: 0.5
6. Doctors Hospital (Coral Gables, Fla.): 0.5
6. Saint Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta: 0.5
6. Southwell Medical, a campus of Tift Regional Medical Center (Adel, Ga.): 0.5
6. Orthopaedic Hospital at Parkview North (Fort Wayne, Ind.): 0.5
6. The Orthopaedic Hospital of Lutheran Health Network (Fort Wayne, Ind.): 0.5
6. Franciscan Health Orthopedic Hospital Carmel (Ind.): 0.5
6. University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown (Iowa City): 0.5
6. Monroe (La.) Surgical Hospital: 0.5
6. Northern Light Mercy Hospital (Portland, Maine): 0.5
6. Chelsea (Mich.) Hospital: 0.5
6. Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital (Omaha): 0.5
6. Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center: 0.5
6. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton (N.J.): 0.5
6. Kenmore (N.Y.) Mercy Hospital: 0.5
6. Maimonides Medical Center (New York City): 0.5
6. Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals (Morganton, N.C.): 0.5
6. Lutheran Hospital (Cleveland): 0.5
6. Bay Park Community Hospital (Oregon, Ohio): 0.5
6. Conemaugh Nason Medical Center (Roaring Spring, Pa.): 0.5
6. Chester County Hospital (West Chester, Pa.): 0.5
6. Mount Nittany Medical Center (State College, Pa.): 0.5
6. Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital (Bensalem, Pa.): 0.5
6. OSS Orthopaedic Hospital (York, Pa.): 0.5
6. Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center (Knoxville, Tenn.): 0.5
6. Grace Surgical Hospital (Lubbock, Texas): 0.5
6. Houston Methodist Hospital: 0.5
6. Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth (Texas): 0.5
6. Sentara Leigh Hospital (Norfolk, Va.): 0.5
6. Olympic Medical Center (Port Angeles, Wash.): 0.5
6. Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center (Vancouver, Wash.): 0.5
6. Bellin Memorial Hospital (Green Bay, Wis.): 0.5
6. Oconomowoc (Wis.) Memorial Hospital: 0.5
6. Community Memorial Hospital (Menomonee Falls, Wis.): 0.5
6. Vernon Memorial Hospital (Viroqua, Wis.): 0.5
Highest
1. Advanced Surgical Hospital (Washington, Pa.): 4.9
2. Peconic Bay Medical Center (Riverhead, N.Y.): 4.4
3. The Physicians Centre (Bryan, Texas): 4.2
4. Baylor Scott & White Orthopedic and Spine Hospital (Arlington, Texas): 4.0
5. Alaska Regional Hospital (Anchorage): 3.6
6. Pratt (Kan.) Regional Medical Center: 3.5
7. Medical Center of McKinney (Texas): 3.3
8. Patients’ Hospital of Redding (Calif.): 3.2
9. St. Lucie Medical Center (Port St. Lucie, Fla.): 3.0
9. Sterling Surgical Hospital (Slidell, La.): 3.0
9. Memorial Hermann Surgical Hospital Kingwood (Texas): 3.0
