CMS certification 050438
Huntington Hospital
100 W California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91109
CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Huntington Hospital. 76% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 17 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 3 and worse on 2. Emergency patients spend a median of 4 h 28 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).
Every figure on this page is published by CMS; we arrange and explain it, and score nothing ourselves.
What patients said
Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 1,430 completed surveys, 23% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
Emergency department
How long emergency patients spent here and how some time-critical care went, from CMS's timely and effective care measures, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025. CMS classes this emergency department's patient volume as very high; busier departments tend to have longer times, so the national median for departments of the same volume is shown too. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
| Measure | This hospital | CA | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 379 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 21 min | 4 h 28 min | 2 h 54 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 14 visits sampled | 7 h 40 min | 4 h 20 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 80,099 patients | 4% | 2% | 2% |
| Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 11 patients | 55% | 74% | 69% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 223 patients | 86% | 70% | 65% |
How Huntington Hospital compares with nearby hospitals
The closest hospitals of the same kind that CMS rates or surveys - the same city first, then the same county and ZIP area. Every figure is CMS's: the overall star rating, the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital, the median time emergency patients spent before leaving, and how many death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS found better or worse than the national rate.
| Hospital | CMS stars | Would recommend | ER median time | Vs the nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington HospitalThis hospital | Not rated | 76% | 4 h 28 min | 3 better 2 worse |
| Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth CenterSame county · Glendale | 4/5 | 67% | 3 h 16 min | 3 better 1 worse |
| Glendale Adventist Medical CenterSame county · Glendale | 4/5 | 69% | 3 h 3 min | 6 better 3 worse |
| USC Verdugo Hills HospitalSame county · Glendale | 4/5 | 65% | 4 h 3 min | 4 better 2 worse |
| USC Arcadia HospitalSame county · Arcadia | 3/5 | 62% | 4 h 18 min | 4 better 2 worse |
| UCLA West Valley Medical CenterSame county · West Hills | 2/5 | 53% | 2 h 52 min | 1 better 3 worse |
Hospitals differ in size and in how sick their patients are. CMS adjusts its outcome measures for that, but a star or a percentage is a starting point for questions, not a verdict. All hospitals in Pasadena.
Deaths
How many patients died within 30 days of admission, adjusted by CMS for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| All patients, hospital-wide 5,850 cases | Too few cases | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 171 cases | Too few cases | 8.8% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 475 cases | Too few cases | 9.4% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 822 cases | Too few cases | 10.7% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 463 cases | Too few cases | 10.4% | 11.9% |
| COPD 112 cases | Too few cases | 7.6% | 8.6% |
| Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 67 cases | Too few cases | 1.8% | 2.4% |
Complications
How often patients had serious complications, most of them after surgery, adjusted for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2024.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serious complications, combined measure | No different | 0.9 likely 0.63 – 1.17 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 269 cases | Too few cases | 4% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 128 cases | No different | 149.43 per 1,000 likely 106.58 per 1,000 – 192.28 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 8,956 cases | No different | 0.56 per 1,000 likely 0.03 per 1,000 – 1.09 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 10,123 cases | No different | 0.17 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.36 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 10,515 cases | No different | 0.25 per 1,000 likely 0.07 per 1,000 – 0.43 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 2,457 cases | No different | 2.77 per 1,000 likely 1.44 per 1,000 – 4.11 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 1,209 cases | No different | 1.32 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 2.86 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 1,211 cases | No different | 7.71 per 1,000 likely 1.95 per 1,000 – 13.48 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 2,613 cases | No different | 4.4 per 1,000 likely 2.67 per 1,000 – 6.13 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 1,189 cases | No different | 4.08 per 1,000 likely 0.8 per 1,000 – 7.36 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 825 cases | No different | 1.85 per 1,000 likely 0.42 per 1,000 – 3.29 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 2,225 cases | No different | 0.68 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.56 per 1,000 | 1.06 per 1,000 |
Infections caught in the hospital
Standardized infection ratio: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one. Lower is better. Data from Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) | No different | 0.62 likely 0.27 – 1.23 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | No different | 1.45 likely 0.91 – 2.2 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0.42 likely 0.11 – 1.15 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | No different | 0.98 likely 0.77 – 1.23 | 1 |
2 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Readmissions and return visits
How often patients had to come back to a hospital after going home. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2023 – Jun 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Readmitted after a heart attack 253 cases | Too few cases | 13.9% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 846 cases | Too few cases | 18.9% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 1,144 cases | Too few cases | 17.2% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 201 cases | Too few cases | 19.4% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 87 cases | Too few cases | 10.1% | 11% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 260 cases | Too few cases | 6.1% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 176 cases | Too few cases | 5.2 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 542 cases | Too few cases | 20.1 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 864 cases | Too few cases | 9.5 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 365 cases | No different | 11.8 per 1,000 likely 8.8 per 1,000 – 15.8 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 25 cases | No different | 10.1 per 100 likely 6.9 per 100 – 15.2 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 25 cases | No different | 5.2 per 100 likely 3.2 per 100 – 8.5 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 786 cases | No different | 0.8 likely 0.6 – 1 | — |
1 more measure had too few cases here to report.
Money from drug and device companies
Drug and device makers have to report what they pay teaching hospitals to CMS's Open Payments program. At many teaching hospitals most of it is research funding, or royalties for inventions the hospital licensed to a company. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.
- 2019 $369,689
- 2020 $233,426
- 2021 $88,683
- 2022 $860,458
- 2023 $544,998
- 2024 $99,535
- 2025 $86,878
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $6,027 | 3 |
| Debt forgiveness | $638 | 2 |
| Space rental and facility fees | $599 | 1 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Endovascular Engineering Inc. | $29,274 | 10 |
| Abbott Laboratories | $23,801 | 11 |
| Stryker Corporation | $12,936 | 10 |
| Pfizer INC. | $10,000 | 1 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $7,207 | 5 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $3,660 | 1 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| Engulf Endovascular Engineering Inc. | $29,274 |
| NCT04226547--Amplatzer Amulet LAAO vs. NOAC Abbott Laboratories | $19,605 |
| THE COMPASSHER2 TRIALS COMPREHENSIVE USE OF PATHOLOGIC RESPONSE ASSESSMENT TO OPTIMIZE THERAPY IN HER2POSITIVE BREAST CANCER COMPASSHER2 RESIDUAL DIS… PFIZER INC. | $10,000 |
| Early-TAVR Trial #2016-07 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $7,207 |
| HDE WINGSPAN Stryker Corporation · NCT02034058 | $5,660 |
| EMBOLISE Medtronic, Inc. | $3,660 |
| NCT05252702--Aveir DR i2i Study Abbott Laboratories | $3,597 |
| THE PEERLESS II STUDY Stryker Corporation · NCT06055920 | $610 |
Amounts are as the paying companies reported them to CMS; Open Payments data retrieved 13 Sep 2026. Full record on CMS Open Payments.
How to read this page
- Everything here is published by CMS on Care Compare. We arrange it and explain it; the star ratings and the better / worse verdicts are CMS's, not ours.
- “No different” is the most common result on most measures at most hospitals. CMS only calls a result better or worse when the difference from the national rate is statistically clear.
- Death, complication and readmission rates are adjusted by CMS for how sick patients were, so hospitals that treat sicker patients can be compared fairly.
- Infection results are ratios: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one, below 1.0 is fewer.
- These are hospital-wide results. They do not rate an individual doctor, nurse or department, and they are not medical advice.
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Common questions about Huntington Hospital
Is Huntington Hospital a good hospital?
CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Huntington Hospital. Of the 17 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 3 and worse on 2. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Huntington Hospital?
76% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 1,430 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Huntington Hospital emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 4 h 28 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with very high patient volume, like this one, the median is 3 h 21 min. 4% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does Huntington Hospital receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $86,878 in payments to Huntington Hospital for 2025, most of it research funding, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.