CMS certification 330024
Mount Sinai Hospital
One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029
Mount Sinai Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. 69% 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 9 and worse on 3. Emergency patients spend a median of 4 h 8 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: 799 completed surveys, 16% 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 | NY | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 381 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 21 min | 4 h 8 min | 3 h 14 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 17 visits sampled | 6 h 2 min | 4 h 54 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 175,125 patients | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 18 patients | 72% | 67% | 69% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 116 patients | 59% | 60% | 65% |
How Mount Sinai 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sinai HospitalThis hospital | 4/5 | 69% | 4 h 8 min | 9 better 3 worse |
| Metropolitan Hospital CenterSame city | 3/5 | 64% | 2 h 51 min | 3 better |
| Harlem Hospital CenterSame city | 2/5 | 49% | 2 h 24 min | 2 better 2 worse |
| Hospital for Special SurgerySame city | 5/5 | 87% | — | 5 better |
| Mount Sinai WestSame city | 4/5 | 62% | 4 h 32 min | 7 better 3 worse |
| Bellevue Hospital CenterSame city | 2/5 | 65% | 3 h 1 min | 2 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. All hospitals in New York.
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 10,714 cases | Too few cases | 2.2% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 139 cases | Too few cases | 12.1% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 785 cases | Too few cases | 6.9% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 774 cases | Too few cases | 12.4% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 589 cases | Too few cases | 8.8% | 11.9% |
| COPD 168 cases | Too few cases | 7.6% | 8.6% |
| Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 155 cases | Too few cases | 1.4% | 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 | 1.03 likely 0.88 – 1.18 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 621 cases | Too few cases | 2.7% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 260 cases | No different | 172.14 per 1,000 likely 136.78 per 1,000 – 207.5 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 15,577 cases | No different | 0.93 per 1,000 likely 0.63 per 1,000 – 1.23 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 19,045 cases | No different | 0.08 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.24 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 20,760 cases | No different | 0.36 per 1,000 likely 0.21 per 1,000 – 0.52 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 7,428 cases | No different | 1.62 per 1,000 likely 0.77 per 1,000 – 2.47 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 3,840 cases | No different | 1.36 per 1,000 likely 0.41 per 1,000 – 2.3 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 3,845 cases | No different | 7.64 per 1,000 likely 5.02 per 1,000 – 10.27 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 7,869 cases | No different | 4.47 per 1,000 likely 3.23 per 1,000 – 5.72 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 4,008 cases | No different | 4.23 per 1,000 likely 2.36 per 1,000 – 6.09 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 1,428 cases | No different | 1.19 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 2.45 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 4,503 cases | No different | 1.56 per 1,000 likely 0.9 per 1,000 – 2.21 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 | 0.72 likely 0.48 – 1.04 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | Better | 0.47 likely 0.31 – 0.69 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 0.81 likely 0.5 – 1.26 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy | No different | 1.78 likely 0.65 – 3.94 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0.65 likely 0.39 – 1.03 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.51 likely 0.42 – 0.63 | 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 385 cases | Too few cases | 15.2% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 1,625 cases | Too few cases | 20.9% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 1,228 cases | Too few cases | 19.6% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 371 cases | Too few cases | 20.2% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 184 cases | Too few cases | 10.5% | 11% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 669 cases | Too few cases | 4.2% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 236 cases | Too few cases | 1.7 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 883 cases | Too few cases | 21.5 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 760 cases | Too few cases | 37.6 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 681 cases | No different | 12.3 per 1,000 likely 9.3 per 1,000 – 16.1 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 878 cases | Worse | 12.9 per 100 likely 11 per 100 – 15 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 878 cases | Better | 3.9 per 100 likely 3 per 100 – 5.1 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 1,157 cases | No different | 0.9 likely 0.7 – 1.1 | — |
1 more measure 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 $6.3M
- 2020 $3.8M
- 2021 $3.6M
- 2022 $3M
- 2023 $4.2M
- 2024 $5.3M
- 2025 $5.2M
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $298,505 | 26 |
| Grants | $250,474 | 19 |
| Consulting fees | $112,678 | 5 |
| Education | $56,795 | 6 |
| Speaking, teaching and other services | $53,005 | 5 |
| Space rental and facility fees | $50,042 | 24 |
| Debt forgiveness | $48,258 | 10 |
| Charitable contributions | $750 | 1 |
| Gifts | $42 | 1 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | $1.1M | 5 |
| IRRAS USA, Inc. | $863,550 | 8 |
| M.A. Med Alliance S.A. | $351,494 | 27 |
| Intuitive Surgical, INC. | $285,573 | 17 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | $275,693 | 61 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | $255,513 | 13 |
| Incyte Corporation | $215,522 | 152 |
| Accriva Diagnostics Inc. | $205,751 | 1 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| The Prevent Coronary Artery Disease Trial (PRECAD) Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | $1M |
| Clearance of Intracranial Blood Products by Continuous Irrigation With the IRRAflow System (CRYSTAL) IRRAS USA, Inc. · NCT06649097 | $775,000 |
| EASi-HF A Phase III double-blind, randomised, parallel-group superiority trial to evaluate efficacy and safety of the combined use of oral BI 690517 … Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH | $213,432 |
| POC Alpha Mount Sinai clinical Study Accriva Diagnostics Inc. | $205,751 |
| Evaluate the effects of Selinexor, an XPO1 inhibitor, on MF pro-inflammatory milieu and depletion of MF HSCs Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. | $188,497 |
| A Prospective Randomized Single-Blind Multicenter Study to Assess the Safety and Effectiveness of the SELUTION SLR 014 PTCA Drug Eluting Balloon in t… M.A. Med Alliance S.A. | $178,892 |
| A Prospective Randomized Single Blind Multicenter Study to Assess the Safety and Effectiveness of the SELUTION SLR 014 Drug Eluting Balloon in the Tr… M.A. Med Alliance S.A. | $172,601 |
| A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Ruxolitinib Cream in Pediatric Participants With Nonsegmental Vitiligo Incyte Corporation | $128,963 |
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 Mount Sinai Hospital
Is Mount Sinai Hospital a good hospital?
Mount Sinai 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 9 and worse on 3. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Mount Sinai Hospital?
69% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 799 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Mount Sinai Hospital emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 4 h 8 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 Mount Sinai Hospital receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $5.2M in payments to Mount Sinai 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.