CMS certification 360003
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLC
3188 Bellevue Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45219
University of Cincinnati Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. 71% 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 4 and worse on 2. Emergency patients spend a median of 4 h 10 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: 1,709 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 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 | OH | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 326 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 22 min | 4 h 10 min | 2 h 38 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 67 visits sampled | 4 h 27 min | 4 h 8 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 54,029 patients | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 981 patients | 51% | 63% | 65% |
How University of Cincinnati Medical 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCThis hospital | 3/5 | 71% | 4 h 10 min | 4 better 2 worse |
| Christ HospitalSame city | 5/5 | 84% | 2 h 52 min | 8 better 1 worse |
| Cincinnati VA Medical CenterSame city | 4/5 | 71% | — | 4 better |
| Good Samaritan HospitalSame city | 4/5 | 71% | 2 h 37 min | 6 better |
| Mercy Health - West HospitalSame city | 4/5 | 66% | 2 h 22 min | 4 better 1 worse |
| The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthSame city | 4/5 | 74% | 2 h 20 min | 3 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 Cincinnati.
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 4,074 cases | Too few cases | 3.3% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 66 cases | Too few cases | 11.7% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 153 cases | Too few cases | 12.2% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 206 cases | Too few cases | 11.5% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 550 cases | Too few cases | 11% | 11.9% |
| COPD 66 cases | Too few cases | 9.3% | 8.6% |
| Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 59 cases | Too few cases | 1.8% | 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 | 0.88 likely 0.63 – 1.12 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 35 cases | Too few cases | 4.2% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 216 cases | No different | 197.24 per 1,000 likely 156.55 per 1,000 – 237.93 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 6,453 cases | No different | 0.31 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.82 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 7,100 cases | No different | 0.24 per 1,000 likely 0.04 per 1,000 – 0.44 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 7,452 cases | No different | 0.24 per 1,000 likely 0.05 per 1,000 – 0.43 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 2,484 cases | No different | 2.04 per 1,000 likely 0.85 per 1,000 – 3.22 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 1,206 cases | No different | 1.69 per 1,000 likely 0.3 per 1,000 – 3.07 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 1,088 cases | No different | 9.17 per 1,000 likely 4.28 per 1,000 – 14.06 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 2,652 cases | Worse | 5.47 per 1,000 likely 3.75 per 1,000 – 7.19 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 1,223 cases | No different | 2.64 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 5.48 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 668 cases | No different | 1.97 per 1,000 likely 0.6 per 1,000 – 3.34 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 2,037 cases | No different | 0.66 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.53 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 | 0.89 likely 0.64 – 1.21 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | Better | 0.46 likely 0.3 – 0.67 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 1.34 likely 0.76 – 2.19 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy | No different | 1.62 likely 0.41 – 4.4 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 1.35 likely 0.89 – 1.96 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.28 likely 0.18 – 0.4 | 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 181 cases | Too few cases | 15.4% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 491 cases | Too few cases | 21.3% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 486 cases | Too few cases | 18.5% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 260 cases | Too few cases | 20.5% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 79 cases | Too few cases | 13.6% | 11% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 42 cases | Too few cases | 6.5% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 87 cases | Too few cases | 25.3 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 192 cases | Too few cases | -32.3 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 234 cases | Too few cases | 15.8 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 544 cases | No different | 12.1 per 1,000 likely 9.1 per 1,000 – 16.3 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 541 cases | No different | 10.3 per 100 likely 8.3 per 100 – 12.7 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 541 cases | No different | 5.5 per 100 likely 4.1 per 100 – 7.2 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 461 cases | No different | 1 likely 0.8 – 1.4 | — |
1 more measure had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
417 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 289 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 |
|---|---|
| Registered Nurse | 54 |
| Anesthesiology | 44 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 34 |
| Hospitalist | 31 |
| Physician Assistant | 27 |
| Emergency Medicine | 26 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 19 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 18 |
| Critical Care Medicine | 16 |
| Pharmacist | 12 |
| Internal Medicine | 9 |
| Acute Care | 8 |
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 $1.8M
- 2020 $381,461
- 2021 $1M
- 2022 $1M
- 2023 $1.6M
- 2024 $1.7M
- 2025 $2.2M
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Space rental and facility fees | $368,710 | 14 |
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $218,302 | 19 |
| Speaking, teaching and other services | $150,550 | 4 |
| Debt forgiveness | $32,080 | 10 |
| Grants | $15,000 | 1 |
| Travel and lodging | $10,000 | 1 |
| Gifts | $4,875 | 1 |
| Honoraria | $51 | 1 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | $742,006 | 53 |
| Berlin Heart Inc | $728,300 | 3 |
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | $432,709 | 10 |
| Intuitive Surgical, INC. | $121,200 | 16 |
| AngioDynamics, Inc. | $60,000 | 1 |
| Hologic INC | $36,959 | 1 |
| Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $36,884 | 7 |
| KLS-Martin L.P. | $32,080 | 10 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| EXCOR Active Driving System for the EXCOR Pediatric VAD IDE Study Berlin Heart Inc · NCT05610787 | $728,300 |
| AN OPEN-LABEL, DOSE ESCALATION, PHASE 1 STUDY TO EVALUATE THE SAFETY, TOLERABILITY, PHARMACOKINETICS, AND PHARMACODYNAMICS OF TAK-676 AS A SINGLE AGE… Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. · NCT04420884 | $208,347 |
| A phase 2, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled parallel group study of VHB937 in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) over 40 weeks followed … Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | $189,551 |
| ENTYVIO (VEDOLIZUMAB) LONG-TERM SAFETY STUDY: AN INTERNATIONAL OBSERVATIONAL PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY COMPARING VEDOLIZUMAB TO OTHER BIOLOGIC AGENTS … Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | $85,824 |
| A Randomized, Open-label, Parallel-group, Non-inferiority Study Comparing Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Remibrutinib After Switching From Ocr… Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | $48,589 |
| A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Phase III Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Remibrutinib in Patients With Ge… Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | $44,569 |
| A Phase 2, Open-label, Multicenter Study of Mitapivat in Subjects With Sickle Cell Disease and Nephropathy Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $36,884 |
| An Open-Label, Phase 4 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Dual Targeted Therapy with Vedolizumab Intravenous (IV) and Adalimumab Subcutaneo… Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | $33,504 |
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 University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Is University of Cincinnati Medical Center a good hospital?
University of Cincinnati Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. Of the 27 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 4 and worse on 2. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend University of Cincinnati Medical Center?
71% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 1,709 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the University of Cincinnati Medical Center emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 4 h 10 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. 0% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does University of Cincinnati Medical Center receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $2.2M in payments to University of Cincinnati Medical 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.