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St Luke's Nampa Medical Center

9850 West St Lukes Drive, Nampa, ID 83687

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St Luke's Nampa Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. 81% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 19 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on none. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 38 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).

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CMS overall rating 5/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 81% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 4/5 496 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 0 worse 1 better of 19 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 496 completed surveys, 23% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
81%
ID 75% · US 71% · 5 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
78%
ID 75% · US 72% · 4 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
79%
ID 82% · US 80% · 4 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
78%
ID 83% · US 80% · 3 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
63%
ID 65% · US 62% · 3 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
91%
ID 90% · US 86% · 4 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
77%
ID 76% · US 74% · 4 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
63%
ID 63% · US 60% · 4 of 5 stars

This hospital Idaho 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 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 ID US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 4,237 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 22 min 2 h 38 min 2 h 22 min 2 h 42 min
Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 123 visits sampled 4 h 2 min 3 h 23 min 4 h 17 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 46,531 patients 1% 1% 2%
Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 29 patients 76% 65% 69%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 103 patients 60% 68% 65%

How St Luke's Nampa Medical Center 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 Luke's Nampa Medical CenterThis hospital5/581%2 h 38 min1 better
Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - NampaSame city3/579%2 h 10 min2 better
West Valley Medical CenterSame county · Caldwell5/574%2 h 11 min3 better
Weiser Memorial HospitalSame ZIP area · WeiserNot rated76%1 h 37 minNo different
St Luke's Elmore Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Mountain Home5/577%1 h 52 minNo different
St Luke's McCallSame ZIP area · McCallNot rated84%2 h 25 minNo different

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 Nampa.

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 1,239 cases Too few cases 3.2% 3.9%
Heart failure 161 cases Too few cases 13.2% 11.1%
Pneumonia 166 cases Too few cases 13.4% 15.2%
Stroke 149 cases Too few cases 7.6% 11.9%
COPD 27 cases Too few cases 8.3% 8.6%

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.

11 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Serious complications, combined measure No different 1.02 likely 0.57 – 1.46 1
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 1,236 cases No different 0.84 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.89 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 1,590 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 1,581 cases No different 0.26 per 1,000 likely 0.05 per 1,000 – 0.47 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000
Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 210 cases No different 2.26 per 1,000 likely 0.55 per 1,000 – 3.97 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 42 cases No different 1.65 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.37 per 1,000 1.67 per 1,000
Breathing failure after surgery 44 cases No different 8.29 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 17.86 per 1,000 9.42 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 231 cases No different 3.56 per 1,000 likely 1.07 per 1,000 – 6.05 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Sepsis after surgery 30 cases No different 5.01 per 1,000 likely 0.76 per 1,000 – 9.25 per 1,000 5.27 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 50 cases No different 1.72 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 248 cases No different 1.01 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 2.08 per 1,000 1.06 per 1,000

2 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 3 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) No different 0 1
Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) No different 0 1
MRSA bloodstream infections No different 0 1
C. diff intestinal infections Better 0.25 likely 0.08 – 0.6 1

2 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.

4 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after heart failure 305 cases Too few cases 19.6% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 308 cases Too few cases 15% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 76 cases Too few cases 18.7% 20%
Days back in hospital after heart failure 167 cases Too few cases -31.9 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 176 cases Too few cases -26.8 days per 100 —
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 339 cases No different 13.9 per 1,000 likely 10.4 per 1,000 – 18.8 per 1,000 13 per 1,000
Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 48 cases No different 9.7 per 100 likely 6.4 per 100 – 14.7 per 100 10.7 per 100
ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 48 cases No different 4.9 per 100 likely 3.1 per 100 – 7.9 per 100 5.4 per 100
Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 388 cases No different 1 likely 0.8 – 1.4 —

5 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Clinicians registered at this address

158 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
Family Medicine 29
Pharmacist 13
Physician Assistant 12
Obstetrics & Gynecology 11
Physical Therapist 10
Family 7
Clinical 6
Hospitalist 5
Internal Medicine 5
Occupational Therapist 5
Nurse Practitioner 4
Professional 4

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.

2025 total $31,883 general $5,227 · research $26,656
All years, 2022–2025 $43,640 9 reported payments
Studies funded, 2025 1 2 companies paid in total
  • 2022 $5,753
  • 2023 $6,003
  • 2024 $0
  • 2025 $31,883

General payments Research payments

What the 2025 general payments were for

Type of payment Amount Payments
Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan $5,227 1

Largest paying companies, 2025

Company Amount Payments
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $26,656 1
Vapotherm Inc $5,227 1

Largest research studies funded here, 2025

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.

CMS Care Compare data retrieved 4 Oct 2026, refreshed weekly. Where this data comes from and how we handle it · Report an error

Common questions about St Luke's Nampa Medical Center

Is St Luke's Nampa Medical Center a good hospital?

St Luke's Nampa Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. Of the 19 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on none. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend St Luke's Nampa Medical Center?

81% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 496 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the St Luke's Nampa Medical Center emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 38 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 St Luke's Nampa Medical Center receive money from drug and device companies?

Drug and device makers reported $31,883 in payments to St Luke's Nampa Medical Center 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.