CMS certification 140010
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital
2650 Ridge Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. 70% 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 13 and worse on 4. Emergency patients spend a median of 4 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.
What patients said
Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 3,985 completed surveys, 26% 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 | IL | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 372 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 21 min | 4 h 33 min | 2 h 42 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 25 visits sampled | 6 h 11 min | 4 h 48 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 120,626 patients | 10% | 3% | 2% |
| Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 38 patients | 47% | 75% | 69% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 297 patients | 63% | 63% | 65% |
How Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston HospitalThis hospital | 5/5 | 70% | 4 h 33 min | 13 better 4 worse |
| Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonSame city | 2/5 | 63% | 2 h 59 min | 3 worse |
| St Alexius Medical CenterSame county · Hoffman Estates | 5/5 | 55% | 3 h 3 min | 5 better 1 worse |
| Loyola Gottlieb Memorial HospitalSame county · Melrose Park | 3/5 | 62% | 3 h 42 min | 2 better 3 worse |
| Loyola University Medical CenterSame county · Maywood | 2/5 | 61% | 4 h 35 min | 3 better 5 worse |
| Hines VA Medical CenterSame county · Hines | 3/5 | 75% | — | 2 better 3 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 Evanston.
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 10,221 cases | Too few cases | 3.1% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 543 cases | Too few cases | 10.6% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 1,690 cases | Too few cases | 8.1% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 2,359 cases | Too few cases | 11% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 649 cases | Too few cases | 9.5% | 11.9% |
| COPD 379 cases | Too few cases | 6.9% | 8.6% |
| Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 73 cases | Too few cases | 1.8% | 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 | 0.58 likely 0.38 – 0.79 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 850 cases | Too few cases | 3.3% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 238 cases | Better | 127.88 per 1,000 likely 89.6 per 1,000 – 166.16 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 22,733 cases | Better | 0.1 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.47 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 26,217 cases | No different | 0.14 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.29 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 26,397 cases | No different | 0.33 per 1,000 likely 0.19 per 1,000 – 0.48 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 6,622 cases | No different | 1.9 per 1,000 likely 0.83 per 1,000 – 2.97 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 2,420 cases | No different | 1.37 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 2.75 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 2,433 cases | Better | 4.26 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 8.83 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 6,980 cases | No different | 3.46 per 1,000 likely 2.14 per 1,000 – 4.78 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 2,425 cases | Better | 2.45 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 5.18 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 1,393 cases | No different | 2.22 per 1,000 likely 0.86 per 1,000 – 3.58 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 4,624 cases | No different | 0.73 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.46 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) | Better | 0.11 likely 0.03 – 0.3 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | Better | 0.56 likely 0.32 – 0.92 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 0.89 likely 0.43 – 1.63 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy | No different | 1.5 likely 0.55 – 3.31 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | Better | 0.25 likely 0.06 – 0.68 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.24 likely 0.15 – 0.37 | 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 575 cases | Too few cases | 14.6% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 1,729 cases | Too few cases | 20.5% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 2,420 cases | Too few cases | 17.6% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 464 cases | Too few cases | 19.6% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 83 cases | Too few cases | 10.8% | 11% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 828 cases | Too few cases | 5.2% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 573 cases | Too few cases | 7 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 1,906 cases | Too few cases | 5.3 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 2,497 cases | Too few cases | 7.4 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 9,680 cases | Better | 10.2 per 1,000 likely 8.6 per 1,000 – 12.1 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 751 cases | Better | 6.9 per 100 likely 5.3 per 100 – 8.8 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 751 cases | Better | 3.3 per 100 likely 2.3 per 100 – 4.7 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 4,358 cases | Better | 0.8 likely 0.7 – 0.9 | — |
1 more measure had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
1,211 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 76 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 |
|---|---|
| Hospitalist | 125 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 125 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 109 |
| Internal Medicine | 96 |
| Emergency Medicine | 92 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 73 |
| Physician Assistant | 62 |
| Anesthesiology | 61 |
| Surgical | 44 |
| Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | 40 |
| Family Medicine | 21 |
| Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine | 21 |
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 $4.4M
- 2020 $4.8M
- 2021 $4.7M
- 2022 $4.5M
- 2023 $5M
- 2024 $5.1M
- 2025 $5.4M
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Grants | $202,001 | 14 |
| Speaking, teaching and other services | $141,696 | 44 |
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $45,940 | 12 |
| Education | $41,265 | 5 |
| Space rental and facility fees | $20,046 | 11 |
| Debt forgiveness | $4,474 | 7 |
| Consulting fees | $1,436 | 2 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen Inc. | $698,445 | 16 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | $421,862 | 117 |
| Sanofi US Services INC. | $320,590 | 105 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | $262,077 | 43 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $235,225 | 25 |
| Eli Lilly and Company | $228,474 | 16 |
| Genentech, Inc. | $222,376 | 12 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | $180,444 | 14 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| DS7300-189 Daiichi Sankyo Inc. · NCT06362252 | $420,219 |
| A Phase 3 Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Maridebart Cafraglutide in Adult P… Amgen Inc. | $305,613 |
| RO IIS 2022 21359 Genentech, Inc. | $191,132 |
| APOLLO-B: A Study to Evaluate Patisiran in Participants With Transthyretin Amyloidosis With Cardiomyopathy (ATTR Amyloidosis With Cardiomyopathy) Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | $153,912 |
| A PHASE 3 RANDOMIZED DOUBLEBLIND 52WEEK PLACEBOCONTROLLED MULTICENTER STUDY WITH A DOUBLEBLIND 52WEEK EXTENSION PERIOD WITH RANDOMIZED DOSE UPDOSE DO… PFIZER INC. | $145,144 |
| A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group, 3-arm, Multinational, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety … SANOFI US SERVICES INC. · NCT06241118 | $136,879 |
| NCT05932615--ENVISION IDE Trial: Safety and Effectiveness of NAVITOR in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Abbott Laboratories | $131,060 |
| Innovative Automated Insulin Delivery System for T2D Sequel Med Tech, LLC · NCT06853990 | $120,467 |
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 Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital
Is Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital a good hospital?
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston 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 13 and worse on 4. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital?
70% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 3,985 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 4 h 33 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. 10% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $5.4M in payments to Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston 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.