CMS certification 150082
Deaconess Hospital INC
600 Mary St, Evansville, IN 47747
Deaconess Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. 74% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 26 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 4 and worse on 4. Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 6 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: 2,666 completed surveys, 28% 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 | IN | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 388 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 21 min | 3 h 6 min | 2 h 25 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 16 visits sampled | 3 h 28 min | 3 h 51 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 136,480 patients | 4% | 2% | 2% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 123 patients | 64% | 60% | 65% |
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 9,061 cases | Too few cases | 3.3% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 489 cases | Too few cases | 14.2% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 1,222 cases | Too few cases | 11.1% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 1,064 cases | Too few cases | 15.2% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 790 cases | Too few cases | 11.1% | 11.9% |
| COPD 326 cases | Too few cases | 8.5% | 8.6% |
| Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 164 cases | Too few cases | 2.6% | 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 | No different | 1.08 likely 0.87 – 1.29 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 228 cases | Too few cases | 3.5% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 276 cases | No different | 179.34 per 1,000 likely 147.66 per 1,000 – 211.02 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 15,988 cases | No different | 0.62 per 1,000 likely 0.23 per 1,000 – 1.01 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 19,983 cases | No different | 0.17 per 1,000 likely 0.02 per 1,000 – 0.33 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 20,165 cases | No different | 0.34 per 1,000 likely 0.18 per 1,000 – 0.5 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 4,989 cases | No different | 1.4 per 1,000 likely 0.33 per 1,000 – 2.48 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 1,827 cases | No different | 2.57 per 1,000 likely 1.28 per 1,000 – 3.87 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 1,788 cases | No different | 12.8 per 1,000 likely 8.44 per 1,000 – 17.17 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 5,217 cases | No different | 2.31 per 1,000 likely 0.91 per 1,000 – 3.72 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 1,769 cases | No different | 5.63 per 1,000 likely 2.87 per 1,000 – 8.39 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 1,231 cases | No different | 2.11 per 1,000 likely 0.86 per 1,000 – 3.36 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 4,129 cases | No different | 0.98 per 1,000 likely 0.25 per 1,000 – 1.7 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 | 0.21 likely 0.08 – 0.43 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | Better | 0.1 likely 0.03 – 0.24 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | Better | 0.25 likely 0.08 – 0.6 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | Better | 0.5 likely 0.22 – 1 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.25 likely 0.16 – 0.38 | 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 661 cases | Too few cases | 14.2% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 1,935 cases | Too few cases | 23.3% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 1,631 cases | Too few cases | 16.9% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 541 cases | Too few cases | 20.3% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 195 cases | Too few cases | 12.3% | 11% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 233 cases | Too few cases | 5.2% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 523 cases | Too few cases | -3.4 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 1,403 cases | Too few cases | 11.4 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 1,115 cases | Too few cases | -1.5 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 4,605 cases | No different | 12 per 1,000 likely 9.8 per 1,000 – 14.8 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 492 cases | No different | 11.8 per 100 likely 9.7 per 100 – 14.4 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 492 cases | No different | 6 per 100 likely 4.6 per 100 – 7.9 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 1,627 cases | No different | 1.1 likely 1 – 1.3 | — |
1 more measure had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
116 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 |
|---|---|
| Hospitalist | 27 |
| Emergency Medicine | 25 |
| Anesthesiology | 16 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 8 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 8 |
| Pharmacist | 5 |
| Physician Assistant | 4 |
| Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | 3 |
| Interventional Cardiology | 3 |
| Perfusionist | 3 |
| Family | 2 |
| Internal Medicine | 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.
- 2019 $24,504
- 2020 $90,119
- 2021 $75,309
- 2022 $31,918
- 2023 $16,008
- 2024 $44,475
- 2025 $25,210
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $13,897 | 6 |
| Speaking, teaching and other services | $6,100 | 2 |
| Space rental and facility fees | $3,000 | 1 |
| Debt forgiveness | $753 | 2 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker Corporation | $8,374 | 1 |
| Sterilmed, Inc. | $6,100 | 2 |
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. | $4,823 | 4 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | $3,000 | 1 |
| Eli Lilly and Company | $1,459 | 3 |
| Organon LLC | $700 | 1 |
| Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C. | $676 | 1 |
| Cochlear Americas | $77 | 1 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| A PHASE 3, RANDOMIZED, MULTICENTER, OPEN-LABEL STUDY TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF RETATRUTIDE ONCE WEEKLY COMPARED WITH SEMAGLUTIDE ONCE… Eli Lilly and Company · NCT06260722 | $944 |
| A PHASE 3, 12 MONTH, OPEN LABEL STUDY OF LASMIDITAN IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH MIGRAINE PIONEER PEDS2 Eli Lilly and Company · NCT04396574 | $466 |
| PEDIATRIC OPTIONS FOR MIGRAINE RELIEF A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE BLIND, PLACEBO CONTROLLED STUDY OF LASMIDITAN FOR ACUTE TREATMENT OF MIGRAINE PIONEER PED… Eli Lilly and Company · NCT04396236 | $50 |
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 Deaconess Hospital
Is Deaconess Hospital a good hospital?
Deaconess Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. Of the 26 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 4 and worse on 4. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Deaconess Hospital?
74% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 2,666 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Deaconess Hospital emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 6 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. 4% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does Deaconess Hospital receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $25,210 in payments to Deaconess Hospital for 2025, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.