CMS certification 330199
Metropolitan Hospital Center
1901 First Avenue, New York, NY 10029
Metropolitan Hospital Center has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. 64% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 10 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 3 and worse on none. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 51 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: 352 completed surveys, 8% 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. 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 · 331 visits sampled | 2 h 51 min | 3 h 14 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 29 visits sampled | 3 h 9 min | 4 h 54 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 73 patients | 37% | 60% | 65% |
How Metropolitan Hospital Center 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Hospital CenterThis hospital | 3/5 | 64% | 2 h 51 min | 3 better |
| Mount Sinai HospitalSame city | 4/5 | 69% | 4 h 8 min | 9 better 3 worse |
| 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 617 cases | Too few cases | 3.4% | 3.9% |
| Heart failure 28 cases | Too few cases | 10.4% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 36 cases | Too few cases | 12.3% | 15.2% |
4 more measures 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 | 0.93 likely 0.46 – 1.4 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 69 cases | Too few cases | 4.4% | 4.1% |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 476 cases | No different | 0.44 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.57 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 604 cases | No different | 0.2 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.44 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 620 cases | No different | 0.27 per 1,000 likely 0.05 per 1,000 – 0.48 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 80 cases | No different | 2.29 per 1,000 likely 0.57 per 1,000 – 4 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 35 cases | No different | 1.67 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.4 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 39 cases | No different | 9.03 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 19.02 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 86 cases | No different | 3.37 per 1,000 likely 0.77 per 1,000 – 5.96 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 30 cases | No different | 5.13 per 1,000 likely 0.83 per 1,000 – 9.43 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 100 cases | No different | 1.32 per 1,000 likely 0.24 per 1,000 – 2.4 per 1,000 | 1.06 per 1,000 |
2 more measures 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.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) | No different | 0.35 likely 0.02 – 1.73 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | No different | 0.48 likely 0.02 – 2.35 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.06 likely 0 – 0.29 | 1 |
2 more measures 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 heart failure 91 cases | Too few cases | 23.1% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 132 cases | Too few cases | 19.1% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 52 cases | Too few cases | 19.7% | 20% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 72 cases | Too few cases | 6.3% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 32 cases | Too few cases | -69.2 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 35 cases | Too few cases | -18.5 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 62 cases | No different | 13.7 per 1,000 likely 10.1 per 1,000 – 18.6 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
7 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
36 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 57 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 |
|---|---|
| Psychiatry | 4 |
| Pediatrics | 3 |
| Pharmacist | 3 |
| Physician Assistant | 3 |
| Social Worker | 3 |
| Emergency Medicine | 2 |
| Internal Medicine | 2 |
| Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | 2 |
| Surgery | 2 |
| Surgical | 2 |
| Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | 1 |
| Clinical | 1 |
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 $89,291
- 2020 $38,783
- 2021 $73,108
- 2022 $22,021
- 2023 $174,555
- 2024 $206,710
- 2025 $238,574
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Grants | $10,000 | 2 |
| Debt forgiveness | $1,154 | 1 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi US Services INC. | $206,720 | 10 |
| Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. | $20,700 | 1 |
| E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | $10,000 | 2 |
| Olympus America Inc. | $1,154 | 1 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| Validation Study for the US Rare EHR Screeing Algorithm SANOFI US SERVICES INC. · NCT05908656 | $187,179 |
| A Phase 2a, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of MT-3921 in Subjects with Acute Traumatic Cervical… Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. | $20,700 |
| A Study to Investigate Safety and Tolerability of Higher Infusion Rate to shORten the duraTion of FabrazymE Infusion SANOFI US SERVICES INC. · NCT06019728 | $12,042 |
| Phase 2a, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial of PRV-3279 EVAluation In Lupus (PREVAIL-2) SANOFI US SERVICES INC. · NCT05087628 | $7,500 |
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 Metropolitan Hospital Center
Is Metropolitan Hospital Center a good hospital?
Metropolitan Hospital Center has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. Of the 10 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 3 and worse on none. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Metropolitan Hospital Center?
64% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 352 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Metropolitan Hospital Center emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 51 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does Metropolitan Hospital Center receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $238,574 in payments to Metropolitan Hospital Center 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.