CMS certification 240057
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
800 East 28th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55407
Abbott Northwestern Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. 72% 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 2 and worse on 1. Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 3 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: 508 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 | MN | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 377 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 21 min | 3 h 3 min | 2 h 11 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 28 visits sampled | 4 h 22 min | 3 h 24 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 105,767 patients | 3% | 2% | 2% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 84 patients | 37% | 58% | 65% |
How Abbott Northwestern 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott Northwestern HospitalThis hospital | 4/5 | 72% | 3 h 3 min | 2 better 1 worse |
| Hennepin County Medical CenterSame city | 3/5 | 63% | 3 h 55 min | 3 better |
| Minneapolis VA Medical CenterSame city | 5/5 | 81% | — | 5 better 2 worse |
| M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical CenterSame city | 4/5 | 69% | 2 h 54 min | 3 better |
| North Memorial Health HospitalSame county · Robbinsdale | 1/5 | 68% | 3 h 24 min | 1 better 3 worse |
| Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSame county · Saint Louis Park | 3/5 | 81% | 4 h 17 min | 3 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 Minneapolis.
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 7,586 cases | Too few cases | 2.7% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 397 cases | Too few cases | 12.2% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 644 cases | Too few cases | 8.4% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 355 cases | Too few cases | 12.4% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 562 cases | Too few cases | 9.5% | 11.9% |
| COPD 96 cases | Too few cases | 6.9% | 8.6% |
| Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 127 cases | Too few cases | 3.4% | 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 | 0.97 likely 0.76 – 1.18 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 393 cases | Too few cases | 3% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 196 cases | No different | 187.54 per 1,000 likely 147.32 per 1,000 – 227.75 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 8,858 cases | No different | 0.17 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.63 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 11,025 cases | No different | 0.16 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.32 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 11,717 cases | No different | 0.26 per 1,000 likely 0.09 per 1,000 – 0.43 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 3,788 cases | No different | 1.74 per 1,000 likely 0.6 per 1,000 – 2.88 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 2,418 cases | No different | 2.49 per 1,000 likely 1.33 per 1,000 – 3.66 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 2,411 cases | No different | 10.94 per 1,000 likely 7.42 per 1,000 – 14.46 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 4,310 cases | No different | 3.55 per 1,000 likely 2.03 per 1,000 – 5.07 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 2,465 cases | No different | 6.45 per 1,000 likely 4.02 per 1,000 – 8.89 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 1,030 cases | No different | 1.4 per 1,000 likely 0.03 per 1,000 – 2.76 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 2,714 cases | No different | 1.28 per 1,000 likely 0.45 per 1,000 – 2.11 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) | No different | 0.76 likely 0.47 – 1.17 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | Better | 0.59 likely 0.34 – 0.96 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 0.92 likely 0.43 – 1.75 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy | No different | 0 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | Better | 0.09 likely 0 – 0.42 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.4 likely 0.29 – 0.55 | 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 907 cases | Too few cases | 13.7% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 1,450 cases | Too few cases | 18.7% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 673 cases | Too few cases | 16.3% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 216 cases | Too few cases | 20.5% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 249 cases | Too few cases | 12.1% | 11% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 419 cases | Too few cases | 5.5% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 460 cases | Too few cases | 3 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 787 cases | Too few cases | -20 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 379 cases | Too few cases | -2.1 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 232 cases | No different | 14.9 per 1,000 likely 11.2 per 1,000 – 19.7 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 91 cases | No different | 10.6 per 100 likely 7.5 per 100 – 14.7 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 91 cases | No different | 5.2 per 100 likely 3.4 per 100 – 7.8 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 641 cases | No different | 1 likely 0.8 – 1.2 | — |
1 more measure had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
1,068 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 |
|---|---|
| Physical Therapist | 109 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 104 |
| Occupational Therapist | 77 |
| Physician Assistant | 54 |
| Internal Medicine | 53 |
| Emergency Medicine | 51 |
| Cardiovascular Disease | 48 |
| Adult Health | 44 |
| Family | 36 |
| Anesthesiology | 32 |
| Clinical | 25 |
| Psychiatry | 25 |
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 $1.2M
- 2020 $1.1M
- 2021 $1.3M
- 2022 $680,821
- 2023 $948,470
- 2024 $1.1M
- 2025 $2M
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Speaking, teaching and other services | $191,425 | 3 |
| Grants | $100,000 | 3 |
| Space rental and facility fees | $49,780 | 33 |
| Debt forgiveness | $7,395 | 1 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $1.1M | 13 |
| Jenavalve Technology, Inc. | $191,425 | 3 |
| Amgen Inc. | $131,533 | 3 |
| Novocure GmbH | $119,914 | 5 |
| MicroVention, Inc. | $109,626 | 13 |
| Abiomed | $80,000 | 2 |
| Celgene Corporation | $56,334 | 2 |
| Abbvie INC. | $46,033 | 8 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| A Phase 3 Randomized Open-Label Study of Adjuvant Pembrolizumab With or Without MK-2870 in Participants With Resectable Stage II to IIIB N2 NSCLC not… Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $487,462 |
| An Open-label, Multicenter, Phase 3 Randomized, Active-Comparator-Controlled Clinical Study of Pembrolizumab MK-3475 in Combination With Sacituzumab … Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $260,303 |
| A Phase 3 Study of Pembrolizumab in combination with Carboplatin,Taxane Paclitaxel or Nab-paclitaxel followed by Pembrolizumab with or without mainte… Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $143,278 |
| EF-32 TRIDENT A Pivotal Randomized, Open -Label Study of Tumor Treating Fields (Optune, 200khz) Concomitant with Radiation Therapy and Temazolomde f… Novocure GmbH | $119,914 |
| A Randomized, Open label, Phase 3 Study of MK-2870 in Combination with Pembrolizumab Compared to Pembrolizumab Monotherapy in the First-line Treatmen… Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $119,276 |
| A Phase 3, Open Label, Multicenter, Randomized Study of First Line Tarlatamab in Combination With Durvalumab, Carboplatin and Etoposide Versus Durval… Amgen Inc. | $94,504 |
| A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Golcadomide Plus R-CHOP Chemotherapy … Celgene Corporation | $56,334 |
| A Study to Assess the Adverse Events Change in Disease Activity and How Intravenously Infused ABBV-319 Moves Through the Bodies of Adult Participants… ABBVIE INC. · NCT05512390 | $45,034 |
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 Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Is Abbott Northwestern Hospital a good hospital?
Abbott Northwestern Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Of the 27 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 Abbott Northwestern Hospital?
72% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 508 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Abbott Northwestern Hospital emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 3 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. 3% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does Abbott Northwestern Hospital receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $2M in payments to Abbott Northwestern 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.