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Carle Health Methodist Hospital

221 N E Glen Oak Ave, Peoria, IL 61636

Acute Care Hospitals Emergency services Birthing-friendly

Carle Health Methodist Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. 61% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 22 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 2 and worse on 1. Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 33 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).

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CMS overall rating 2/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 61% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 2/5 581 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 1 worse 2 better of 22 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 581 completed surveys, 21% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
61%
IL 69% · US 71% · 3 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
63%
IL 70% · US 72% · 2 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
74%
IL 79% · US 80% · 2 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
72%
IL 79% · US 80% · 2 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
51%
IL 61% · US 62% · 1 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
83%
IL 86% · US 86% · 3 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
58%
IL 73% · US 74% · 2 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
44%
IL 59% · US 60% · 2 of 5 stars

This hospital Illinois 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 IL US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 359 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 2 h 45 min 3 h 33 min 2 h 42 min 2 h 42 min
Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 42 visits sampled 4 h 54 min 4 h 48 min 4 h 17 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 33,661 patients 6% 3% 2%
Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 15 patients 100% 75% 69%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 161 patients 67% 63% 65%

How Carle Health Methodist 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
Carle Health Methodist HospitalThis hospital2/561%3 h 33 min2 better 1 worse
Saint Francis Medical CenterSame city2/565%4 h 46 min3 better 6 worse
Carle Health Proctor HospitalSame city3/562%2 h 30 min2 better

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 Peoria.

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 2,453 cases Too few cases 3.3% 3.9%
Heart attack 154 cases Too few cases 12.5% 11.9%
Heart failure 319 cases Too few cases 13.3% 11.1%
Pneumonia 348 cases Too few cases 17.4% 15.2%
Stroke 200 cases Too few cases 10.6% 11.9%
COPD 110 cases Too few cases 8.3% 8.6%
Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 57 cases Too few cases 3% 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.

1 worse than the nation 11 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Serious complications, combined measure No different 0.94 likely 0.62 – 1.25 1
Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 68 cases No different 186.23 per 1,000 likely 131.99 per 1,000 – 240.46 per 1,000 173.3 per 1,000
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 4,081 cases No different 0.35 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.03 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 4,751 cases No different 0.25 per 1,000 likely 0.05 per 1,000 – 0.46 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 4,931 cases No different 0.38 per 1,000 likely 0.18 per 1,000 – 0.58 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000
Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 1,210 cases No different 2.14 per 1,000 likely 0.67 per 1,000 – 3.6 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 531 cases No different 1.71 per 1,000 likely 0.16 per 1,000 – 3.26 per 1,000 1.67 per 1,000
Breathing failure after surgery 556 cases No different 7.08 per 1,000 likely 0.73 per 1,000 – 13.42 per 1,000 9.42 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 1,318 cases Worse 6.04 per 1,000 likely 4.01 per 1,000 – 8.06 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Sepsis after surgery 515 cases No different 3.54 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 7.11 per 1,000 5.27 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 384 cases No different 1.91 per 1,000 likely 0.45 per 1,000 – 3.37 per 1,000 1.77 per 1,000
Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 1,084 cases No different 1.21 per 1,000 likely 0.27 per 1,000 – 2.14 per 1,000 1.06 per 1,000

1 more measure 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.

2 better than the nation 3 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) No different 0.81 likely 0.33 – 1.69 1
Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) Better 0.09 likely 0 – 0.44 1
Surgical site infections after colon surgery No different 0.39 likely 0.07 – 1.29 1
MRSA bloodstream infections No different 0.61 likely 0.16 – 1.67 1
C. diff intestinal infections Better 0.3 likely 0.14 – 0.56 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.

4 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after a heart attack 255 cases Too few cases 14.4% 14.4%
Readmitted after heart failure 522 cases Too few cases 21.2% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 480 cases Too few cases 17.7% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 217 cases Too few cases 20% 20%
Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 54 cases Too few cases 10.6% 11%
Days back in hospital after a heart attack 171 cases Too few cases 6.7 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after heart failure 382 cases Too few cases 27.1 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 354 cases Too few cases 15.7 days per 100 —
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 316 cases No different 12.4 per 1,000 likely 9.4 per 1,000 – 16.3 per 1,000 13 per 1,000
Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 109 cases No different 9.2 per 100 likely 6.2 per 100 – 14 per 100 10.7 per 100
ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 109 cases No different 4.9 per 100 likely 3.1 per 100 – 7.7 per 100 5.4 per 100
Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 447 cases No different 0.9 likely 0.7 – 1.2 —

2 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Clinicians registered at this address

149 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 14 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 14
Psychiatry 13
Pharmacist 12
Family 11
Dietitian, Registered 10
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered 10
Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology 8
Physician Assistant 8
Anesthesiology 5
Emergency Medicine 5
Hospitalist 4
Physical Therapist 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 $290,037 general $79,956 · research $210,080
All years, 2019–2025 $2.1M 594 reported payments
Studies funded, 2025 11 11 companies paid in total
  • 2019 $278,727
  • 2020 $305,676
  • 2021 $354,055
  • 2022 $402,707
  • 2023 $275,517
  • 2024 $230,774
  • 2025 $290,037

General payments Research payments

What the 2025 general payments were for

Type of payment Amount Payments
Speaking, teaching and other services $48,575 45
Debt forgiveness $31,381 4

Largest paying companies, 2025

Company Amount Payments
Janssen Research & Development, LLC $82,275 33
ZOLL Circulation Inc $69,098 18
Insulet Corporation $42,175 34
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $32,457 2
Stryker Corporation $30,022 3
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $21,590 4
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. $6,400 11
Eli Lilly and Company $3,000 1

Largest research studies funded here, 2025

Study Amount
A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Double-Dummy, Parallel Group, Active Controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Milvexian, an Oral … Janssen Research & Development, LLC $43,445
A Pivotal Phase 3 Randomized, Placebo-controlled Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of the sGC Stimulator Vericiguat,MK-1242 in Adult… Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $32,457
A Study of Milvexian in Participants After a Recent Acute Coronary Syndrome (LIBREXIA-ACS) Janssen Research & Development, LLC $22,055
A Non-Interventional Survey Study on the Preferences of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Physicians Treating Atrial Fibrillation for Anticoagula… Janssen Research & Development, LLC $16,775
A 24-Week Efficacy and Safety Study to Assess Budesonide and Formoterol Fumarate Metered Dose Inhaler in Adult and Adolescent Participants With Inade… AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $6,100
Dapagliflozin in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $5,840
A Randomized Double Blind Double Dummy Parallel Group Multicenter 24 to 52 Week Variable Length Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Budesonide… AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $5,650
A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Chronic-dosing, Parallel-group, Placebo-controlled Phase 3 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Benr… AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $4,000

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 Carle Health Methodist Hospital

Is Carle Health Methodist Hospital a good hospital?

Carle Health Methodist Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. Of the 22 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 2 and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Carle Health Methodist Hospital?

61% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 581 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Carle Health Methodist Hospital emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 3 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. 6% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.

Does Carle Health Methodist Hospital receive money from drug and device companies?

Drug and device makers reported $290,037 in payments to Carle Health Methodist 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.