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Saratoga Hospital
211 Church Street, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Saratoga Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. 77% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 24 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on none and worse on 3. Emergency patients spend a median of 4 h 56 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).
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What patients said
Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 522 completed surveys, 26% 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 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 · 1,041 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 22 min | 4 h 56 min | 3 h 14 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 117 visits sampled | 9 h 39 min | 4 h 54 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 40,166 patients | 5% | 2% | 2% |
| Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 33 patients | 76% | 67% | 69% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 524 patients | 79% | 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 2,910 cases | Too few cases | 3.1% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 136 cases | Too few cases | 11.7% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 283 cases | Too few cases | 12.6% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 448 cases | Too few cases | 13.7% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 171 cases | Too few cases | 10.2% | 11.9% |
| COPD 156 cases | Too few cases | 9.2% | 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 | 1.08 likely 0.71 – 1.44 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 115 cases | Too few cases | 4.6% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 36 cases | No different | 214.81 per 1,000 likely 154.46 per 1,000 – 275.15 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 3,970 cases | No different | 1.03 per 1,000 likely 0.23 per 1,000 – 1.83 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 4,783 cases | No different | 0.23 per 1,000 likely 0.01 per 1,000 – 0.44 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 4,830 cases | No different | 0.27 per 1,000 likely 0.07 per 1,000 – 0.47 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 779 cases | No different | 2.01 per 1,000 likely 0.4 per 1,000 – 3.62 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 329 cases | No different | 1.57 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.26 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 331 cases | No different | 7.45 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 15.29 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 850 cases | No different | 4.78 per 1,000 likely 2.53 per 1,000 – 7.03 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 287 cases | No different | 4.45 per 1,000 likely 0.45 per 1,000 – 8.45 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 173 cases | No different | 1.65 per 1,000 likely 0.17 per 1,000 – 3.13 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 824 cases | No different | 0.88 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.88 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 | 0.34 likely 0.06 – 1.11 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | Better | 0 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0.94 likely 0.16 – 3.12 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | No different | 0.64 likely 0.35 – 1.09 | 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 209 cases | Too few cases | 13.9% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 511 cases | Too few cases | 20.7% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 739 cases | Too few cases | 16.5% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 310 cases | Too few cases | 19.7% | 20% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 96 cases | Too few cases | 5.6% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 112 cases | Too few cases | 59.2 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 303 cases | Too few cases | -1.9 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 459 cases | Too few cases | 28.2 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 711 cases | No different | 13.1 per 1,000 likely 10 per 1,000 – 17.2 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 123 cases | No different | 8.6 per 100 likely 6 per 100 – 12.4 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 123 cases | No different | 4.3 per 100 likely 2.7 per 100 – 6.7 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 922 cases | No different | 1 likely 0.8 – 1.2 | — |
2 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
223 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 19 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 |
|---|---|
| Physician Assistant | 43 |
| Clinical | 19 |
| Emergency Medicine | 18 |
| Family | 14 |
| Internal Medicine | 14 |
| Dietitian, Registered | 13 |
| Psychiatric/Mental Health | 10 |
| Family Medicine | 8 |
| Psychiatry | 8 |
| Social Worker | 7 |
| Pharmacist | 6 |
| Case Manager/Care Coordinator | 5 |
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.
- 2021 $34,496
- 2022 $572
- 2023 $40,414
- 2024 $3,931
- 2025 $24,167
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Debt forgiveness | $12,170 | 6 |
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $3,605 | 1 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker Corporation | $11,872 | 2 |
| Amgen Inc. | $8,392 | 1 |
| ZOLL Circulation Inc | $3,605 | 1 |
| Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C. | $124 | 1 |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $99 | 1 |
| Olympus America Inc. | $75 | 2 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Impact of Evolocumab on Major Cardiovascular Events in Patients at … Amgen Inc. | $8,392 |
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 Saratoga Hospital
Is Saratoga Hospital a good hospital?
Saratoga Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. Of the 24 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on none and worse on 3. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Saratoga Hospital?
77% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 522 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Saratoga Hospital emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 4 h 56 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with high patient volume, like this one, the median is 3 h 22 min. 5% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does Saratoga Hospital receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $24,167 in payments to Saratoga Hospital for 2025, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.