CMS certification 310044
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell
One Capital Way, Pennington, NJ 08534
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. 66% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 25 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 2 and worse on 4. Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 29 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: 1,608 completed surveys, 17% 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 | NJ | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 371 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 21 min | 3 h 29 min | 3 h 6 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 79,259 patients | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 13 patients | 77% | 73% | 69% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 134 patients | 76% | 73% | 65% |
How Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Health Medical Center - HopewellThis hospital | 2/5 | 66% | 3 h 29 min | 2 better 4 worse |
| Capital Health Regional Medical CenterSame county · Trenton | 2/5 | 50% | 3 h | 1 better 3 worse |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at HamiltonSame county · Hamilton | 4/5 | 64% | 2 h 52 min | 4 better 2 worse |
| University Medical Center of Princeton at PlainsboroSame ZIP area · Plainsboro | 4/5 | 75% | 3 h 41 min | 4 better 2 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.
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 2,395 cases | Too few cases | 4% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 87 cases | Too few cases | 13.6% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 308 cases | Too few cases | 12.4% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 440 cases | Too few cases | 16.2% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 111 cases | Too few cases | 10.6% | 11.9% |
| COPD 110 cases | Too few cases | 7.6% | 8.6% |
1 more measure 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.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serious complications, combined measure | No different | 1.12 likely 0.77 – 1.47 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 42 cases | Too few cases | 4.1% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 59 cases | No different | 190.1 per 1,000 likely 134.31 per 1,000 – 245.89 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 3,884 cases | No different | 0.68 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.44 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 4,161 cases | No different | 0.17 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.39 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 4,363 cases | No different | 0.39 per 1,000 likely 0.19 per 1,000 – 0.59 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 997 cases | No different | 3.1 per 1,000 likely 1.58 per 1,000 – 4.63 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 446 cases | No different | 1.48 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.12 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 430 cases | No different | 8.17 per 1,000 likely 0.75 per 1,000 – 15.59 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 1,025 cases | No different | 5.25 per 1,000 likely 3.06 per 1,000 – 7.44 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 418 cases | No different | 6.69 per 1,000 likely 2.96 per 1,000 – 10.42 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 297 cases | No different | 1.62 per 1,000 likely 0.15 per 1,000 – 3.09 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 913 cases | No different | 1.06 per 1,000 likely 0.09 per 1,000 – 2.03 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 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | No different | 0.35 likely 0.06 – 1.17 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 0.34 likely 0.06 – 1.11 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy | No different | 0 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 1.63 likely 0.66 – 3.38 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.23 likely 0.11 – 0.42 | 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 92 cases | Too few cases | 14.1% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 578 cases | Too few cases | 22.8% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 648 cases | Too few cases | 19.3% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 209 cases | Too few cases | 22% | 20% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 45 cases | Too few cases | 6.7% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 72 cases | Too few cases | 1.1 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 330 cases | Too few cases | 2 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 437 cases | Too few cases | 25.8 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 828 cases | No different | 12.1 per 1,000 likely 9.2 per 1,000 – 15.8 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 140 cases | No different | 10.2 per 100 likely 7.4 per 100 – 13.9 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 140 cases | No different | 5.6 per 100 likely 3.8 per 100 – 8.2 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 487 cases | No different | 1 likely 0.8 – 1.3 | — |
2 more measures had too few cases here to report.
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 $29,338
- 2020 $48,364
- 2021 $6,096
- 2022 $78,692
- 2023 $70,665
- 2024 $267,483
- 2025 $84,986
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Space rental and facility fees | $5,000 | 1 |
| Gifts | $3,040 | 1 |
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $1,635 | 2 |
| Debt forgiveness | $176 | 2 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $29,351 | 2 |
| Eli Lilly and Company | $19,532 | 3 |
| CSL Behring | $13,600 | 5 |
| Humacyte Global, Inc. | $12,651 | 8 |
| Eisai Inc. | $5,000 | 1 |
| Scientia Vascular | $3,040 | 1 |
| Stryker Corporation | $1,112 | 3 |
| Organon LLC | $700 | 1 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| A Phase 3, Randomized Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Pembrolizumab MK-3475 Lenvatinib E7080,MK-7902 Chemotherapy Compared with Standa… Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $29,351 |
| EMBER-4: A RANDOMIZED, OPEN-LABEL, PHASE 3 STUDY OF ADJUVANT IMLUNESTRANT VS STANDARD ADJUVANT ENDOCRINE THERAPY IN PATIENTS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY RECE… Eli Lilly and Company · NCT05514054 | $16,532 |
| A Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Large Simple Trial Evaluating the Use of BE1116 (4-Factor Prothrombin Compl… CSL Behring · NCT05568888 | $13,600 |
| To Compare the Efficacy and Safety of the ATEV With AVF in Female Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease Requiring Hemodialysis Humacyte Global, Inc. · NCT05908084 | $12,651 |
| SUNRAY-01 A GLOBAL PIVOTAL STUDY IN PARTICIPANTS WITH KRAS G12C-MUTANT LOCALLY ADVANCED OR METASTATIC NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER COMPARING FIRST LINE… Eli Lilly and Company · NCT06119581 | $3,000 |
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 Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell
Is Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell a good hospital?
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. Of the 25 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 2 and worse on 4. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell?
66% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 1,608 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 29 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. 2% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $84,986 in payments to Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell 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.