CMS certification 100087
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
1700 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota, FL 34239
Sarasota Memorial Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 5 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 27 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 10 and worse on 2. Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 18 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: 5,734 completed surveys, 30% 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 · 726 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 21 min | 3 h 18 min | 2 h 36 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 24 visits sampled | 4 h | 3 h 40 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 118,183 patients | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 11 patients | 91% | 73% | 69% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 555 patients | 74% | 73% | 65% |
How Sarasota Memorial 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarasota Memorial HospitalThis hospital | 5/5 | 77% | 3 h 18 min | 10 better 2 worse |
| HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors HospitalSame city | 4/5 | 68% | 1 h 48 min | 2 better 2 worse |
| HCA Florida Englewood HospitalSame county · Englewood | 3/5 | 68% | 2 h 36 min | 1 worse |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital - VeniceSame county · North Venice | 5/5 | 86% | 3 h 55 min | 5 better |
| Desoto Memorial HospitalSame ZIP area · Arcadia | 2/5 | 70% | 2 h 16 min | No different |
| HCA Florida Blake HospitalSame ZIP area · Bradenton | 2/5 | 56% | 2 h 7 min | 2 better 4 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 Sarasota.
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 14,454 cases | Too few cases | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 661 cases | Too few cases | 11.5% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 1,821 cases | Too few cases | 9.2% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 1,880 cases | Too few cases | 13.5% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 1,076 cases | Too few cases | 10.8% | 11.9% |
| COPD 509 cases | Too few cases | 7.6% | 8.6% |
| Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 481 cases | Too few cases | 1.9% | 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 | Better | 0.74 likely 0.57 – 0.9 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 606 cases | Too few cases | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 290 cases | Better | 130.71 per 1,000 likely 96.09 per 1,000 – 165.32 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 26,867 cases | Better | 0.13 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.46 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 32,547 cases | No different | 0.23 per 1,000 likely 0.1 per 1,000 – 0.35 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 33,273 cases | No different | 0.27 per 1,000 likely 0.12 per 1,000 – 0.41 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 8,969 cases | No different | 2.57 per 1,000 likely 1.68 per 1,000 – 3.46 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 4,365 cases | No different | 1.61 per 1,000 likely 0.58 per 1,000 – 2.64 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 4,354 cases | No different | 8.39 per 1,000 likely 5.44 per 1,000 – 11.34 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 9,492 cases | No different | 2.73 per 1,000 likely 1.6 per 1,000 – 3.86 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 4,327 cases | No different | 3.39 per 1,000 likely 1.24 per 1,000 – 5.54 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 1,988 cases | No different | 2.02 per 1,000 likely 0.79 per 1,000 – 3.25 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 6,108 cases | No different | 1.21 per 1,000 likely 0.56 per 1,000 – 1.87 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 | 0.86 likely 0.51 – 1.36 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | Better | 0.32 likely 0.15 – 0.61 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 0.67 likely 0.33 – 1.23 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy | No different | 0.7 likely 0.12 – 2.32 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | Better | 0.35 likely 0.13 – 0.77 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.51 likely 0.42 – 0.62 | 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 855 cases | Too few cases | 14.2% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 2,267 cases | Too few cases | 21.2% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 2,246 cases | Too few cases | 16.9% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 770 cases | Too few cases | 20.5% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 491 cases | Too few cases | 8.2% | 11% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 614 cases | Too few cases | 6.1% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 752 cases | Too few cases | -8 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 2,100 cases | Too few cases | -17.2 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 1,966 cases | Too few cases | -8.6 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 3,621 cases | No different | 11.8 per 1,000 likely 9.7 per 1,000 – 14.5 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 104 cases | No different | 8.2 per 100 likely 5.6 per 100 – 12 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 104 cases | No different | 5 per 100 likely 3.3 per 100 – 7.8 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 3,234 cases | No different | 1.1 likely 0.9 – 1.2 | — |
1 more measure had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
543 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 84 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 |
|---|---|
| Pharmacist | 68 |
| Internal Medicine | 58 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 57 |
| Emergency Medicine | 46 |
| Physician Assistant | 33 |
| Family | 31 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 25 |
| Acute Care | 22 |
| Hospitalist | 20 |
| Medical | 16 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 14 |
| Anesthesiology | 13 |
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 $486,383
- 2020 $948,291
- 2021 $2.4M
- 2022 $1.3M
- 2023 $1.7M
- 2024 $1.7M
- 2025 $1.7M
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Debt forgiveness | $55,041 | 5 |
| Speaking, teaching and other services | $22,250 | 31 |
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $17,421 | 3 |
| Consulting fees | $156 | 1 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $502,027 | 31 |
| Pulse Biosciences, Inc. | $264,000 | 4 |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $197,284 | 5 |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $181,784 | 45 |
| Abbvie INC. | $112,158 | 31 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | $106,870 | 26 |
| Stryker Corporation | $70,220 | 6 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | $64,503 | 32 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| The PROGRESS Trial – Continued Access 2021-01-CAP Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $331,743 |
| Prospective Evaluation of the Pulse Biosciences nPulse Vybrance Percutaneous Electrode System in Symptomatic BEnign Thyroid Nodules (PRECISE-BTN) Pulse Biosciences, Inc. | $264,000 |
| SIMPLAAFY Boston Scientific Corporation · NCT06521463 | $110,702 |
| A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind Study of Pembrolizumab versus Placebo in Combination With Paclitaxel With or Without Bevacizumab for the Treatmen… Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $107,213 |
| A Phase 3 Randomized, Open-label, Active-comparator Controlled Clinical Study of Pembrolizumab vs. Platinum Doublet Chemotherapy in Participants With… Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $90,071 |
| THE ENCIRCLE Trial (#2018-19) Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $80,786 |
| CLASP II TR Pivotal, Study No. 2019-07 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $63,259 |
| Safety and Effectiveness Evaluation of the THERMOCOOL SMARTTOUCH(TM) SF Catheter with the TRUPULSE(TM) Generator for treatment of the Paroxysmal Atri… Biosense Webster, Inc. | $62,107 |
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 Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Is Sarasota Memorial Hospital a good hospital?
Sarasota Memorial Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. Of the 27 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 10 and worse on 2. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Sarasota Memorial Hospital?
77% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 5,734 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Sarasota Memorial Hospital emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 18 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. 1% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does Sarasota Memorial Hospital receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $1.7M in payments to Sarasota Memorial 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.