CMS certification 050696
Keck Hospital of USC
1500 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033
Keck Hospital of USC has a CMS overall rating of 5 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 24 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 5 and worse on 1.
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: 744 completed surveys, 28% 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. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
| Measure | This hospital | CA | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 79 patients | 78% | 70% | 65% |
How Keck Hospital of USC 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keck Hospital of USCThis hospital | 5/5 | 82% | — | 5 better 1 worse |
| Adventist Health White MemorialSame city | 3/5 | 64% | 3 h 19 min | 2 better 1 worse |
| Los Angeles General Medical CenterSame city | 2/5 | 71% | 4 h 46 min | 3 better 1 worse |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West LaSame city | 3/5 | 73% | — | 1 better 1 worse |
| Docs Surgical HospitalSame city | Not rated | 72% | — | No different |
| Hollywood Presbyterian Medical CenterSame city | 3/5 | 60% | 4 h 1 min | 5 better 2 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 Los Angeles.
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 2,086 cases | Too few cases | 3% | 3.9% |
| Heart failure 134 cases | Too few cases | 7.7% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 34 cases | Too few cases | 13.3% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 61 cases | Too few cases | 10.9% | 11.9% |
| Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 63 cases | Too few cases | 1.9% | 2.4% |
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 | Better | 0.79 likely 0.6 – 0.97 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 128 cases | Too few cases | 4.9% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 267 cases | No different | 178.09 per 1,000 likely 145.37 per 1,000 – 210.81 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 5,896 cases | No different | 0.6 per 1,000 likely 0.17 per 1,000 – 1.02 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 6,677 cases | No different | 0.21 per 1,000 likely 0.03 per 1,000 – 0.39 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 7,784 cases | No different | 0.3 per 1,000 likely 0.12 per 1,000 – 0.48 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 3,742 cases | No different | 1.52 per 1,000 likely 0.5 per 1,000 – 2.55 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 2,846 cases | No different | 2.02 per 1,000 likely 0.97 per 1,000 – 3.08 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 2,872 cases | Better | 5.33 per 1,000 likely 2.15 per 1,000 – 8.51 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 4,593 cases | No different | 3.38 per 1,000 likely 2.05 per 1,000 – 4.71 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 2,875 cases | Better | 2.25 per 1,000 likely 0.38 per 1,000 – 4.13 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 1,628 cases | No different | 2.61 per 1,000 likely 1.35 per 1,000 – 3.87 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 3,513 cases | No different | 1.13 per 1,000 likely 0.47 per 1,000 – 1.79 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) | Better | 0.57 likely 0.31 – 0.94 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | Better | 0.15 likely 0.04 – 0.42 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | Better | 0.29 likely 0.07 – 0.78 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy | No different | 0.93 likely 0.05 – 4.58 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | Better | 0.14 likely 0.01 – 0.71 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.64 likely 0.46 – 0.88 | 1 |
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 112 cases | Too few cases | 14.6% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 139 cases | Too few cases | 20.8% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 36 cases | Too few cases | 17.2% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 43 cases | Too few cases | 11.5% | 11% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 140 cases | Too few cases | 4.3% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 83 cases | Too few cases | 11.5 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 167 cases | Too few cases | 24.7 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 42 cases | Too few cases | -34.3 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 1,774 cases | No different | 11.3 per 1,000 likely 8.9 per 1,000 – 14.5 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 103 cases | No different | 10.7 per 100 likely 7.8 per 100 – 14.3 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 103 cases | No different | 4.2 per 100 likely 2.8 per 100 – 6.3 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 992 cases | Better | 0.8 likely 0.6 – 1 | — |
2 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
610 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 49 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 |
|---|---|
| Anesthesiology | 118 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 108 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 72 |
| Acute Care | 37 |
| Hospitalist | 22 |
| Pharmacist | 19 |
| Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | 18 |
| Critical Care Medicine | 18 |
| Surgical Critical Care | 15 |
| Body Imaging | 14 |
| Occupational Therapist | 14 |
| Neuroradiology | 12 |
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 $8.7M
- 2020 $7.3M
- 2021 $14.6M
- 2022 $17.3M
- 2023 $1.6M
- 2024 $577,293
- 2025 $1.3M
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $177,452 | 19 |
| Charitable contributions | $100,000 | 1 |
| Space rental and facility fees | $29,700 | 6 |
| Speaking, teaching and other services | $5,600 | 3 |
| Education | $5,500 | 1 |
| Grants | $5,000 | 1 |
| Debt forgiveness | $470 | 4 |
| Food and beverage | $89 | 1 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Life Molecular Imaging Ltd | $481,650 | 1 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | $210,580 | 28 |
| Sanofi US Services INC. | $171,398 | 26 |
| Intuitive Surgical, INC. | $121,200 | 16 |
| TG Therapeutics, Inc. | $100,000 | 1 |
| Genzyme Corporation | $64,617 | 13 |
| Hologic INC | $50,800 | 1 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | $39,901 | 6 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| Alzheimers Disease Neuroimaging Initiative 4 (ADNI4): In-Clinic Cohort Life Molecular Imaging Ltd · NCT05617014 | $481,650 |
| A Phase 1/2 Open-label, First-in-human, Dose Escalation and Expansion Study for the Evaluation of Safety, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Ant… SANOFI US SERVICES INC. · NCT05450562 | $108,241 |
| AN OPEN-LABEL, DOSE ESCALATION, PHASE 1 STUDY TO EVALUATE THE SAFETY, TOLERABILITY, PHARMACOKINETICS, AND PHARMACODYNAMICS OF TAK-676 AS A SINGLE AGE… Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. · NCT04420884 | $71,926 |
| Fruquintinib Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | $61,395 |
| A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Mezagitamab Subcutaneous Injection in Participants w… Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | $37,810 |
| An Interventional, Phase 3 Extension Study to Investigate Long-term Safety and Tolerability of Tolebrutinib in Participants With Relapsing Multiple S… GENZYME CORPORATION · NCT06372145 | $36,623 |
| A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 3b Study to Evaluate the Short- and Long-term Efficacy and Safety of Dual Targeted Therapy With… Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | $23,355 |
| Evaluation of the GORE Ascending Stent Graft in the Treatment of Isolated Lesions, Pseudoaneurysms, and Penetrating Aortic Ulcers of Ascending Aorta … W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. · NCT05800743 | $22,751 |
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 Keck Hospital of USC
Is Keck Hospital of USC a good hospital?
Keck Hospital of USC has a CMS overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. Of the 24 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 5 and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Keck Hospital of USC?
82% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 744 completed HCAHPS surveys.
Does Keck Hospital of USC have an emergency room?
No. CMS does not list emergency services at Keck Hospital of USC.
Does Keck Hospital of USC receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $1.3M in payments to Keck Hospital of USC 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.