CMS certification 100075
St Josephs Hospital
3001 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Tampa, FL 33607
St Josephs Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. 77% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 25 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 6 and worse on 3. Emergency patients spend a median of 3 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: 6,159 completed surveys, 16% 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 | FL | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 2,390 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 21 min | 3 h 7 min | 2 h 36 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 60 visits sampled | 4 h 37 min | 3 h 40 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 220,707 patients | 2% | 1% | 2% |
| Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 23 patients | 57% | 73% | 69% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 1,304 patients | 75% | 73% | 65% |
How St Josephs 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Josephs HospitalThis hospital | 4/5 | 77% | 3 h 7 min | 6 better 3 worse |
| Tampa General HospitalSame city | 3/5 | 70% | 3 h 54 min | 6 better 5 worse |
| HCA Florida South Tampa HospitalSame city | 5/5 | 74% | 1 h 39 min | 2 better 1 worse |
| Tampa VA Medical CenterSame city | 4/5 | 78% | — | 4 better 2 worse |
| Adventhealth TampaSame city | 3/5 | 65% | 2 h 25 min | 2 better 2 worse |
| AdventHealth CarrollwoodSame city | 3/5 | 71% | 2 h 19 min | 1 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 Tampa.
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 10,828 cases | Too few cases | 4% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 386 cases | Too few cases | 13.8% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 1,173 cases | Too few cases | 10.5% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 1,310 cases | Too few cases | 13.2% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 1,018 cases | Too few cases | 10.5% | 11.9% |
| COPD 341 cases | Too few cases | 7.1% | 8.6% |
| Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 100 cases | Too few cases | 2.1% | 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 | 0.86 likely 0.61 – 1.11 | 1 |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 176 cases | No different | 151.36 per 1,000 likely 112.76 per 1,000 – 189.96 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 15,152 cases | No different | 0.24 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.7 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 17,320 cases | No different | 0.29 per 1,000 likely 0.12 per 1,000 – 0.46 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 17,351 cases | No different | 0.29 per 1,000 likely 0.13 per 1,000 – 0.46 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 3,254 cases | No different | 1.71 per 1,000 likely 0.47 per 1,000 – 2.96 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 742 cases | No different | 1.54 per 1,000 likely 0.07 per 1,000 – 3.01 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 755 cases | No different | 6.12 per 1,000 likely 0.66 per 1,000 – 11.58 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 3,347 cases | No different | 3.99 per 1,000 likely 2.38 per 1,000 – 5.6 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 711 cases | No different | 6.51 per 1,000 likely 3.16 per 1,000 – 9.86 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 711 cases | No different | 1.5 per 1,000 likely 0.09 per 1,000 – 2.91 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 3,264 cases | No different | 1.05 per 1,000 likely 0.25 per 1,000 – 1.86 per 1,000 | 1.06 per 1,000 |
1 more measure 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) | Better | 0.09 likely 0.02 – 0.23 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | Better | 0.37 likely 0.21 – 0.59 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | Better | 0.46 likely 0.2 – 0.91 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy | Better | 0 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | Better | 0.37 likely 0.19 – 0.66 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.15 likely 0.09 – 0.22 | 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 776 cases | Too few cases | 15.4% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 2,583 cases | Too few cases | 22.3% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 2,241 cases | Too few cases | 17.4% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 853 cases | Too few cases | 20.7% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 150 cases | Too few cases | 9.2% | 11% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 373 cases | Too few cases | 35 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 1,396 cases | Too few cases | 18.8 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 1,355 cases | Too few cases | -6.6 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 2,721 cases | No different | 12.5 per 1,000 likely 10 per 1,000 – 15.6 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 236 cases | No different | 8.9 per 100 likely 6.5 per 100 – 11.8 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 236 cases | No different | 4.7 per 100 likely 3.2 per 100 – 6.7 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 877 cases | No different | 1 likely 0.8 – 1.2 | — |
2 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
282 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 29 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 |
|---|---|
| Anesthesiologist Assistant | 41 |
| Emergency Medicine | 34 |
| Hospitalist | 18 |
| Internal Medicine | 18 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 18 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 13 |
| Anesthesiology | 12 |
| Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | 11 |
| Pediatrics | 11 |
| Family | 9 |
| Pediatric Hematology-Oncology | 8 |
| Physician Assistant | 8 |
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.
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Debt forgiveness | $2,094 | 4 |
| Speaking, teaching and other services | $2,075 | 6 |
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $1,952 | 4 |
| Food and beverage | $176 | 2 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Abbvie INC. | $28,092 | 14 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $23,428 | 8 |
| Sanofi US Services INC. | $9,417 | 3 |
| Abbott Laboratories | $8,567 | 3 |
| Insmed, Inc. | $4,453 | 10 |
| Theratechnologies Inc. | $2,260 | 2 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | $2,075 | 6 |
| KLS-Martin L.P. | $1,425 | 1 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| Harmony PAS2 Medtronic, Inc. | $23,428 |
| A Study Comparing Risankizumab to Placebo in Participants With Active Psoriatic Arthritis Including Those Who Have a History of Inadequate Response o… ABBVIE INC. · NCT03671148 | $19,972 |
| An Open-label, Long-term Safety and Efficacy Study of Fitusiran in Patients With Hemophilia A or B, With or Without Inhibitory Antibodies to Factor V… SANOFI US SERVICES INC. · NCT03754790 | $9,417 |
| ECLIPSE Abbott Laboratories · NCT03108456 | $8,567 |
| M15-998 - A Study Comparing Risankizumab to Placebo in Participants With Active Psoriatic Arthritis Including Those Who Have a History of Inadequate … ABBVIE INC. | $6,235 |
| A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Active Comparator, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of an Amikacin Liposome Inha… Insmed, Inc. · NCT04677569 | $4,453 |
| A Prospective and Retrospective Observational Study of Multidrug-Resistant Patient Outcomes with and without Ibalizumab in a Real-World Setting: Unit… Theratechnologies Inc. | $2,260 |
| M14-465 - A Study Comparing Upadacitinib (ABT-494) to Placebo and to Adalimumab in Adults With Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Are on a Stable Dose of Metho… ABBVIE INC. | $1,485 |
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 St Josephs Hospital
Is St Josephs Hospital a good hospital?
St Josephs Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Of the 25 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 6 and worse on 3. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend St Josephs Hospital?
77% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 6,159 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the St Josephs Hospital emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 7 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. 2% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does St Josephs Hospital receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $82,514 in payments to St Josephs 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.