CMS certification 050537
Sutter Davis Hospital
2000 Sutter Place, Davis, CA 95616
Sutter Davis Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. 82% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 15 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 2 and worse on none. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 24 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: 406 completed surveys, 18% 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 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 · 384 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 22 min | 2 h 24 min | 2 h 54 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 13 visits sampled | 3 h 20 min | 4 h 20 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 40,401 patients | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 14 patients | 93% | 74% | 69% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 120 patients | 68% | 70% | 65% |
How Sutter Davis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutter Davis HospitalThis hospital | 4/5 | 82% | 2 h 24 min | 2 better |
| Woodland Memorial HospitalSame county · Woodland | 5/5 | 71% | 1 h 50 min | 1 better |
| Mercy San Juan Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Carmichael | 3/5 | 69% | 3 h 17 min | 3 better 2 worse |
| Sutter Auburn Faith HospitalSame ZIP area · Auburn | 5/5 | 79% | 2 h 14 min | 4 better |
| Mercy Hospital of FolsomSame ZIP area · Folsom | 4/5 | 75% | 2 h 54 min | 1 better 2 worse |
| Sutter Amador HospitalSame ZIP area · Jackson | 4/5 | 77% | 2 h 16 min | 1 better 1 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.
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 857 cases | Too few cases | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Heart failure 151 cases | Too few cases | 10.6% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 91 cases | Too few cases | 14.1% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 94 cases | Too few cases | 8.9% | 11.9% |
| COPD 28 cases | Too few cases | 9.7% | 8.6% |
2 more measures had too few cases here to report.
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 | 0.88 likely 0.43 – 1.32 | 1 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 1,424 cases | No different | 0.37 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.4 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 1,791 cases | No different | 0.2 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.43 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 1,822 cases | No different | 0.26 per 1,000 likely 0.04 per 1,000 – 0.47 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 161 cases | No different | 2.27 per 1,000 likely 0.56 per 1,000 – 3.98 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 179 cases | No different | 3.22 per 1,000 likely 0.68 per 1,000 – 5.75 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 41 cases | No different | 1.73 per 1,000 likely 0.21 per 1,000 – 3.25 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 247 cases | No different | 1 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 2.07 per 1,000 | 1.06 per 1,000 |
5 more measures had too few cases here to report.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. diff intestinal infections | No different | 0.35 likely 0.06 – 1.16 | 1 |
5 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 heart failure 169 cases | Too few cases | 21% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 123 cases | Too few cases | 16.4% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 34 cases | Too few cases | 18.8% | 20% |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 165 cases | Too few cases | 9.1 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 94 cases | Too few cases | -13 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 878 cases | No different | 12.5 per 1,000 likely 9.6 per 1,000 – 16.4 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 240 cases | No different | 1.1 likely 0.8 – 1.5 | — |
7 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
44 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 3 residents and trainees. The same address can take in offices and clinics in the building, and a listing does not prove admitting privileges or current employment.
| Specialty | Clinicians |
|---|---|
| Family Medicine | 9 |
| Anesthesiology | 8 |
| Emergency Medicine | 8 |
| Hospitalist | 5 |
| Internal Medicine | 5 |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | 2 |
| Advanced Practice Midwife | 1 |
| Marriage & Family Therapist | 1 |
| Pain Medicine | 1 |
| Pharmacist | 1 |
| Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist | 1 |
| Registered Nurse | 1 |
First 12 alphabetically
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 $52,459
- 2020 $51,169
- 2021 $2,769
- 2022 $16,000
- 2023 $65,815
- 2024 $75,653
- 2025 $126,376
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Debt forgiveness | $79 | 3 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer INC. | $45,134 | 8 |
| Abbott Laboratories | $41,989 | 10 |
| Genentech, Inc. | $17,368 | 2 |
| Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. | $15,550 | 6 |
| BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | $3,999 | 1 |
| Medivation LLC. | $2,258 | 5 |
| Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. | $79 | 3 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| AN INTERVENTIONAL OPENLABEL RANDOMIZED MULTICENTER PHASE 3 STUDY OF PF07220060 PLUS LETROZOLE COMPARED TO CDK46 INHIBITOR PLUS LETROZOLE IN PARTICIPA… PFIZER INC. | $31,534 |
| NCT03904147--TRILUMINATE Pivotal Trial Abbott Laboratories | $19,955 |
| NCT04198870--MitraClip REPAIR MR Study Abbott Laboratories | $18,871 |
| Giredestrant CDKi of Choice in ESR1m Enriched 1L HR mBC Secondary Endocrine Resistant Patients Genentech, Inc. | $16,000 |
| A Multi Center Observational Registry to Develop Ablation Parameter Guidance for Microwave Liver Ablation of Soft Tissue Lesions Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. | $15,550 |
| THE COMPASSHER2 TRIALS COMPREHENSIVE USE OF PATHOLOGIC RESPONSE ASSESSMENT TO OPTIMIZE THERAPY IN HER2POSITIVE BREAST CANCER COMPASSHER2 RESIDUAL DIS… PFIZER INC. | $10,000 |
| A Phase 2, Randomized, Controlled, Multicenter Study of Vosoritide in Children With Idiopathic Short Stature BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | $3,999 |
| NCT06526195--Trial to Evaluate Safety And Effectiveness of Mechanical Circulatory Support in Patients With Advancing Heart Failure Abbott Laboratories | $3,163 |
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 Sutter Davis Hospital
Is Sutter Davis Hospital a good hospital?
Sutter Davis Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Of the 15 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 2 and worse on none. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Sutter Davis Hospital?
82% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 406 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Sutter Davis Hospital emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 24 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with high patient volume, like this one, the median is 3 h 22 min. 1% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does Sutter Davis Hospital receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $126,376 in payments to Sutter Davis 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.