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Hialeah Hospital

651 E 25th St, Hialeah, FL 33013

Acute Care Hospitals Emergency services

Hialeah Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. 56% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 14 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 2 and worse on 1. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 10 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).

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CMS overall rating 3/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 56% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 2/5 364 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 1 worse 2 better of 14 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 364 completed surveys, 8% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
56%
FL 69% · US 71% · 2 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
54%
FL 68% · US 72% · 2 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
78%
FL 76% · US 80% · 2 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
77%
FL 75% · US 80% · 2 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
63%
FL 58% · US 62% · 2 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
81%
FL 83% · US 86% · 2 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
80%
FL 72% · US 74% · 4 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
56%
FL 56% · US 60% · 3 of 5 stars

This hospital Florida average US average

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 medium; 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 FL US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 370 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 2 h 45 min 2 h 10 min 2 h 36 min 2 h 42 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 31,784 patients 1% 1% 2%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 118 patients 53% 73% 65%

How Hialeah 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
Hialeah HospitalThis hospital3/556%2 h 10 min2 better 1 worse
Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs CampusSame city4/563%3 h 18 min1 better
Palmetto General HospitalSame city2/555%3 h 23 min5 better 1 worse
Homestead HospitalSame county · Homestead4/567%3 h 48 min1 better
Miami VA Medical CenterSame county · Miami4/574%—3 worse
Coral Gables HospitalSame county · Coral Gables3/566%2 h 7 min1 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. All hospitals in Hialeah.

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 1,483 cases Too few cases 5.1% 3.9%
Heart attack 33 cases Too few cases 11.1% 11.9%
Heart failure 58 cases Too few cases 9.5% 11.1%
Pneumonia 97 cases Too few cases 11.1% 15.2%
Stroke 64 cases Too few cases 11% 11.9%

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.

8 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Serious complications, combined measure No different 1.08 likely 0.64 – 1.52 1
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 1,215 cases No different 0.73 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.7 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 1,424 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 1,428 cases No different 0.25 per 1,000 likely 0.04 per 1,000 – 0.46 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000
Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 108 cases No different 2.29 per 1,000 likely 0.57 per 1,000 – 4.01 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 105 cases No different 3.36 per 1,000 likely 0.77 per 1,000 – 5.95 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 26 cases No different 1.75 per 1,000 likely 0.23 per 1,000 – 3.28 per 1,000 1.77 per 1,000
Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 152 cases No different 1.03 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 2.11 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.

1 better than the nation 2 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) No different 0 1
Surgical site infections after colon surgery No different 0 1
C. diff intestinal infections Better 0.08 likely 0 – 0.38 1

3 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 111 cases Too few cases 14% 14.4%
Readmitted after heart failure 441 cases Too few cases 22.6% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 401 cases Too few cases 16.4% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 167 cases Too few cases 20.7% 20%
Days back in hospital after heart failure 68 cases Too few cases 61.5 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 107 cases Too few cases -40.3 days per 100 —

8 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Clinicians registered at this address

39 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
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered 8
Family 6
Emergency Medicine 5
Anesthesiology 4
Anesthesiologist Assistant 2
Clinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine 2
Diagnostic Radiology 2
Physician Assistant 2
Adult Health 1
Dietitian, Registered 1
Nurse Practitioner 1
Occupational Therapist 1

First 12 alphabetically

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 Hialeah Hospital

Is Hialeah Hospital a good hospital?

Hialeah Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. Of the 14 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 2 and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Hialeah Hospital?

56% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 364 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Hialeah Hospital emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 10 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with medium patient volume, like this one, the median is 2 h 45 min. 1% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.