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Orlando Health St Cloud Hospital

2906 17th Street, Saint Cloud, FL 34769

Acute Care Hospitals Emergency services

Orlando Health St Cloud Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. 63% 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 none and worse on 1. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 33 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.

CMS overall rating 2/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 63% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 3/5 661 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 1 worse 0 better of 14 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 661 completed surveys, 19% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
63%
FL 69% · US 71% · 3 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
64%
FL 68% · US 72% · 2 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
76%
FL 76% · US 80% · 3 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
75%
FL 75% · US 80% · 2 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
59%
FL 58% · US 62% · 2 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
84%
FL 83% · US 86% · 3 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
66%
FL 72% · US 74% · 3 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
46%
FL 56% · US 60% · 2 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 · 400 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 2 h 45 min 2 h 33 min 2 h 36 min 2 h 42 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 32,243 patients 0% 1% 2%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 268 patients 76% 73% 65%

How Orlando Health St Cloud 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
Orlando Health St Cloud HospitalThis hospital2/563%2 h 33 min1 worse
HCA Florida Poinciana HospitalSame county · Kissimmee2/567%1 h 54 min1 better 2 worse
HCA Florida Osceola HospitalSame county · Kissimmee2/559%1 h 55 min4 better 4 worse
Orlando Health-Health Central HospitalSame ZIP area · Ocoee3/573%2 h 29 min3 better 1 worse
Uf Health Leesburg HospitalSame ZIP area · Leesburg3/567%2 h 46 min3 better 3 worse
Orlando Health South Lake HospitalSame ZIP area · Clermont3/575%2 h 17 min6 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 Saint Cloud.

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 1,564 cases Too few cases 3.2% 3.9%
Heart attack 39 cases Too few cases 11.3% 11.9%
Heart failure 133 cases Too few cases 8.6% 11.1%
Pneumonia 124 cases Too few cases 12.7% 15.2%
Stroke 78 cases Too few cases 12.3% 11.9%
COPD 60 cases Too few cases 7.7% 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.

8 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Serious complications, combined measure No different 1.09 likely 0.65 – 1.53 1
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 1,621 cases No different 0.72 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.7 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 2,356 cases No different 0.19 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.42 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 2,394 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 165 cases No different 2.25 per 1,000 likely 0.55 per 1,000 – 3.95 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 169 cases No different 3.74 per 1,000 likely 1.19 per 1,000 – 6.29 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 70 cases No different 1.73 per 1,000 likely 0.21 per 1,000 – 3.24 per 1,000 1.77 per 1,000
Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 255 cases No different 1.01 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 2.08 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
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
C. diff intestinal infections Better 0.14 likely 0.01 – 0.7 1

5 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.

2 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after a heart attack 83 cases Too few cases 15.1% 14.4%
Readmitted after heart failure 387 cases Too few cases 22.8% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 390 cases Too few cases 18.8% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 180 cases Too few cases 20.8% 20%
Days back in hospital after heart failure 176 cases Too few cases 9 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 149 cases Too few cases 15.5 days per 100 —
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 299 cases No different 12.4 per 1,000 likely 9.1 per 1,000 – 16.5 per 1,000 13 per 1,000
Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 42 cases No different 0.9 likely 0.6 – 1.3 —

6 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Clinicians registered at this address

36 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
Internal Medicine 13
Adult Health 5
Dietitian, Registered 2
Emergency Medicine 2
Family Medicine 2
Nurse Practitioner 2
Pulmonary Disease 2
Family 1
Gastroenterology 1
Gerontology 1
Hospice and Palliative Medicine 1
Medical 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 Orlando Health St Cloud Hospital

Is Orlando Health St Cloud Hospital a good hospital?

Orlando Health St Cloud Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. Of the 14 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on none and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Orlando Health St Cloud Hospital?

63% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 661 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Orlando Health St Cloud Hospital emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 33 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. 0% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.