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Poudre Valley Hospital
1024 S Lemay Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80524
Poudre Valley Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. 79% 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 6 and worse on 1. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 7 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: 1,637 completed surveys, 21% 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 | CO | 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 22 min | 2 h 7 min | 2 h 14 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 19 visits sampled | 3 h 30 min | 3 h 55 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 57,957 patients | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 19 patients | 63% | 66% | 69% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 147 patients | 75% | 72% | 65% |
How Poudre Valley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poudre Valley HospitalThis hospital | 5/5 | 79% | 2 h 7 min | 6 better 1 worse |
| Banner Fort Collins Medical CenterSame city | Not rated | 79% | 1 h 58 min | No different |
| Estes Park Medical CenterSame county · Estes Park | Not rated | 84% | — | No different |
| Banner North Co Medical Center - Loveland CampusSame county · Loveland | 3/5 | 65% | 2 h 20 min | 1 better |
| Medical Center of the RockiesSame county · Loveland | 5/5 | 83% | 2 h 13 min | 4 better 1 worse |
| Longs Peak HospitalSame ZIP area · Longmont | 5/5 | 78% | 2 h 10 min | 3 better |
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 Fort Collins.
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 2,375 cases | Too few cases | 3.2% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 165 cases | Too few cases | 11.7% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 336 cases | Too few cases | 12% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 338 cases | Too few cases | 12.8% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 178 cases | Too few cases | 12.1% | 11.9% |
| COPD 84 cases | Too few cases | 8.5% | 8.6% |
1 more measure 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 | 0.87 likely 0.51 – 1.22 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 93 cases | Too few cases | 4.1% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 71 cases | No different | 150.1 per 1,000 likely 96.11 per 1,000 – 204.1 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 4,288 cases | No different | 0.57 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.27 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 5,286 cases | No different | 0.22 per 1,000 likely 0.01 per 1,000 – 0.43 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 5,303 cases | No different | 0.26 per 1,000 likely 0.06 per 1,000 – 0.46 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 1,272 cases | No different | 2.83 per 1,000 likely 1.31 per 1,000 – 4.35 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 491 cases | No different | 1.56 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.24 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 447 cases | No different | 6.35 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 14.73 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 1,373 cases | No different | 2.89 per 1,000 likely 0.89 per 1,000 – 4.89 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 440 cases | No different | 5.01 per 1,000 likely 1.1 per 1,000 – 8.91 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 337 cases | No different | 1.52 per 1,000 likely 0.1 per 1,000 – 2.95 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 1,077 cases | No different | 1.02 per 1,000 likely 0.07 per 1,000 – 1.97 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 | 0.46 likely 0.12 – 1.26 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | No different | 0.81 likely 0.21 – 2.2 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 0.99 likely 0.32 – 2.39 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0.27 likely 0.01 – 1.35 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.22 likely 0.1 – 0.41 | 1 |
1 more measure 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 200 cases | Too few cases | 13.1% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 438 cases | Too few cases | 19.1% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 448 cases | Too few cases | 16.8% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 126 cases | Too few cases | 18.4% | 20% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 75 cases | Too few cases | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 160 cases | Too few cases | -24.6 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 349 cases | Too few cases | -38.6 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 355 cases | Too few cases | 13.1 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 476 cases | No different | 13.2 per 1,000 likely 10.1 per 1,000 – 17.6 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 531 cases | No different | 9 per 100 likely 7.1 per 100 – 11.3 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 531 cases | Worse | 7.7 per 100 likely 5.9 per 100 – 9.7 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 981 cases | No different | 1 likely 0.8 – 1.2 | — |
2 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
252 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry. 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 |
|---|---|
| Emergency Medicine | 66 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 58 |
| Physician Assistant | 27 |
| Clinical | 17 |
| Vascular & Interventional Radiology | 11 |
| Professional | 9 |
| Dietitian, Registered | 8 |
| Family | 6 |
| Pharmacist | 5 |
| Neonatal | 3 |
| Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine | 3 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 3 |
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 $1.1M
- 2020 $1.2M
- 2021 $1.2M
- 2022 $2M
- 2023 $1.6M
- 2024 $3.2M
- 2025 $3.7M
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Speaking, teaching and other services | $64,650 | 69 |
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $481 | 1 |
| Debt forgiveness | $454 | 1 |
| Space rental and facility fees | $50 | 1 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer INC. | $2.1M | 85 |
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | $517,929 | 2 |
| Eli Lilly and Company | $384,890 | 2 |
| TG Therapeutics, Inc. | $276,848 | 20 |
| AstraZeneca UK Limited | $103,338 | 1 |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | $62,362 | 1 |
| BeOne Medicines USA, Inc. | $59,292 | 16 |
| BeiGene USA, Inc. | $56,332 | 11 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| A PHASE 3 OPENLABEL STUDY OF ELRANATAMAB MONOTHERAPY VERSUS ELOTUZUMAB POMALIDOMIDE DEXAMETHASONE EPD OR POMALIDOMIDE BORTEZOMIB DEXAMETHASONE PVD OR… PFIZER INC. | $1.1M |
| A Post-trial Access Roll-over Study to Allow Access to Ribociclib (LEE011) for Patients Who Are on Ribociclib Treatment in Novartis-sponsored Study Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | $517,929 |
| A PHASE 12 OPENLABEL MULTICENTER STUDY TO EVALUATE A DOSING REGIMEN WITH TWO STEPUP PRIMING DOSES AND LONGER DOSING INTERVALS OF ELRANATAMAB PF068631… PFIZER INC. | $454,693 |
| EMBER-4: A RANDOMIZED, OPEN-LABEL, PHASE 3 STUDY OF ADJUVANT IMLUNESTRANT VS STANDARD ADJUVANT ENDOCRINE THERAPY IN PATIENTS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY RECE… Eli Lilly and Company · NCT05514054 | $374,381 |
| AN INTERVENTIONAL SAFETY AND EFFICACY PHASE 1B2 OPENLABEL STUDY TO INVESTIGATE TOLERABILITY PK AND ANTITUMOR ACTIVITY OF VEPDEGESTRANT ARV471PF078503… PFIZER INC. | $193,021 |
| TACTIVEU AN INTERVENTIONAL SAFETY AND EFFICACY PHASE 1B2 OPENLABEL UMBRELLA STUDY TO INVESTIGATE TOLERABILITY PK AND ANTITUMOR ACTIVITY OF VEPDEGESTR… PFIZER INC. | $173,239 |
| (ENHANCE) Evaluating the maintenance of efficacy when transitioning from current anti-CD20 therapy to ublituximab TG Therapeutics, Inc. | $146,673 |
| (ENABLE) REal world experieNce with BRIUMVI (ublituximAB-xiiy) treated patients: a Longitudinal rEgistry study TG Therapeutics, Inc. | $130,175 |
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 Poudre Valley Hospital
Is Poudre Valley Hospital a good hospital?
Poudre Valley Hospital 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 6 and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Poudre Valley Hospital?
79% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 1,637 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Poudre Valley Hospital emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 7 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. 0% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does Poudre Valley Hospital receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $3.7M in payments to Poudre Valley 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.