CMS certification 100109
Adventhealth Sebring
4200 Sun N Lake Blvd, Sebring, FL 33872
Adventhealth Sebring has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. 66% 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 3 and worse on 1. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 27 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: 1,792 completed surveys, 20% 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 | FL | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 419 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 22 min | 2 h 27 min | 2 h 36 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 52,323 patients | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 14 patients | 79% | 73% | 69% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 156 patients | 62% | 73% | 65% |
How Adventhealth Sebring 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth SebringThis hospital | 3/5 | 66% | 2 h 27 min | 3 better 1 worse |
| HCA Florida Highlands HospitalSame city | 3/5 | 62% | 2 h 10 min | 1 better 1 worse |
| Winter Haven HospitalSame ZIP area · Winter Haven | 3/5 | 65% | 3 h 13 min | 1 better 4 worse |
| Adventhealth Lake WalesSame ZIP area · Lake Wales | 2/5 | 68% | 2 h 6 min | 1 better 1 worse |
| Adventhealth Heart of FloridaSame ZIP area · Davenport | 3/5 | 64% | 2 h 10 min | 2 better 2 worse |
| Bartow Regional Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Bartow | 3/5 | 68% | 2 h 8 min | 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 Sebring.
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 3,766 cases | Too few cases | 4.1% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 394 cases | Too few cases | 10.8% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 498 cases | Too few cases | 11.6% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 616 cases | Too few cases | 13.6% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 328 cases | Too few cases | 15.8% | 11.9% |
| COPD 162 cases | Too few cases | 8.3% | 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 | 0.96 likely 0.62 – 1.31 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 51 cases | Too few cases | 6.1% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 66 cases | No different | 135.62 per 1,000 likely 80.25 per 1,000 – 190.99 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 5,376 cases | No different | 0.15 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.82 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 6,346 cases | No different | 0.2 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.4 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 6,523 cases | No different | 0.25 per 1,000 likely 0.06 per 1,000 – 0.45 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 1,075 cases | No different | 1.83 per 1,000 likely 0.3 per 1,000 – 3.37 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 161 cases | No different | 1.57 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.25 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 184 cases | No different | 10.07 per 1,000 likely 1.81 per 1,000 – 18.33 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 1,145 cases | No different | 4.39 per 1,000 likely 2.24 per 1,000 – 6.54 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 159 cases | No different | 7.06 per 1,000 likely 3 per 1,000 – 11.11 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 226 cases | No different | 1.63 per 1,000 likely 0.16 per 1,000 – 3.11 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 944 cases | No different | 1.11 per 1,000 likely 0.12 per 1,000 – 2.1 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 | 0.4 likely 0.07 – 1.32 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | Better | 0.37 likely 0.09 – 1 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 0 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0.59 likely 0.1 – 1.96 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.19 likely 0.07 – 0.43 | 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 537 cases | Too few cases | 14.2% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 864 cases | Too few cases | 21.7% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 1,004 cases | Too few cases | 17.2% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 301 cases | Too few cases | 20.2% | 20% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 58 cases | Too few cases | 6% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 386 cases | Too few cases | 2.6 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 539 cases | Too few cases | 23.8 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 648 cases | Too few cases | 1.1 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 252 cases | No different | 13.9 per 1,000 likely 10.5 per 1,000 – 18.4 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 43 cases | No different | 11.1 per 100 likely 7.3 per 100 – 16.4 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 43 cases | No different | 5.3 per 100 likely 3.3 per 100 – 8.4 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 350 cases | No different | 1.1 likely 0.9 – 1.4 | — |
2 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
69 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Internal Medicine | 15 |
| Emergency Medicine | 9 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 7 |
| Family | 6 |
| Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | 3 |
| Family Medicine | 3 |
| Gastroenterology | 3 |
| Pediatrics | 3 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 2 |
| Hospitalist | 2 |
| Physical Therapist | 2 |
| Speech-Language Pathologist | 2 |
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.
- 2023 $5,835
- 2024 $5,614
- 2025 $4,565
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $3,950 | 1 |
| Debt forgiveness | $615 | 1 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Vapotherm Inc | $3,950 | 1 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | $615 | 1 |
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 Adventhealth Sebring
Is Adventhealth Sebring a good hospital?
Adventhealth Sebring has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. Of the 24 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 3 and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Adventhealth Sebring?
66% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 1,792 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Adventhealth Sebring emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 27 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. 1% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does Adventhealth Sebring receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $4,565 in payments to Adventhealth Sebring for 2025, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.