CMS certification 360147
Marietta Memorial Hospital
401 Matthew Street, Marietta, OH 45750
Marietta Memorial Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 3 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 23 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on none and worse on 1. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 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: 665 completed surveys, 19% 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 | OH | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 319 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 21 min | 2 h 29 min | 2 h 38 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 14 visits sampled | 2 h 6 min | 4 h 8 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 69,922 patients | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 17 patients | 88% | 71% | 69% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 86 patients | 77% | 63% | 65% |
How Marietta Memorial 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marietta Memorial HospitalThis hospital | 3/5 | 69% | 2 h 29 min | 1 worse |
| Selby General HospitalSame city | Not rated | 80% | 1 h 53 min | 1 worse |
| Ohiohealth O'Bleness HospitalSame ZIP area · Athens | 3/5 | 70% | 3 h 22 min | 2 better |
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 Marietta.
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 2,528 cases | Too few cases | 4.9% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 167 cases | Too few cases | 12.6% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 490 cases | Too few cases | 11.3% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 471 cases | Too few cases | 14.2% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 192 cases | Too few cases | 13.9% | 11.9% |
| COPD 127 cases | Too few cases | 7% | 8.6% |
| Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 26 cases | Too few cases | 2.7% | 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 | 1.15 likely 0.83 – 1.48 | 1 |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 57 cases | No different | 178.02 per 1,000 likely 125.17 per 1,000 – 230.86 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 4,699 cases | No different | 0.36 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.04 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 5,628 cases | No different | 0.15 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.36 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 5,967 cases | No different | 0.29 per 1,000 likely 0.1 per 1,000 – 0.49 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 1,037 cases | No different | 2.96 per 1,000 likely 1.47 per 1,000 – 4.45 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 390 cases | No different | 1.45 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.07 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 385 cases | No different | 14.5 per 1,000 likely 7.44 per 1,000 – 21.56 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 1,077 cases | No different | 4.85 per 1,000 likely 2.74 per 1,000 – 6.95 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 385 cases | No different | 6.37 per 1,000 likely 2.73 per 1,000 – 10.01 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 367 cases | No different | 1.83 per 1,000 likely 0.4 per 1,000 – 3.26 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 1,235 cases | No different | 1.36 per 1,000 likely 0.44 per 1,000 – 2.27 per 1,000 | 1.06 per 1,000 |
1 more measure 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 | 0.56 likely 0.1 – 1.86 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | No different | 0.55 likely 0.14 – 1.49 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 2 likely 0.98 – 3.67 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 1.97 likely 0.72 – 4.37 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | No different | 1.03 likely 0.71 – 1.46 | 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 212 cases | Too few cases | 13.1% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 690 cases | Too few cases | 22.8% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 743 cases | Too few cases | 18.2% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 229 cases | Too few cases | 20.1% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 38 cases | Too few cases | 13.7% | 11% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 155 cases | Too few cases | -24.6 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 561 cases | Too few cases | 10.1 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 535 cases | Too few cases | 19.1 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 2,322 cases | No different | 13.1 per 1,000 likely 10.4 per 1,000 – 16.4 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 285 cases | No different | 9 per 100 likely 6.9 per 100 – 11.5 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 285 cases | No different | 5.3 per 100 likely 3.8 per 100 – 7.3 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 735 cases | No different | 1 likely 0.8 – 1.3 | — |
2 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
233 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Emergency Medicine | 49 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 41 |
| Internal Medicine | 29 |
| Anesthesiology | 15 |
| Pharmacist | 15 |
| Family | 14 |
| Physician Assistant | 11 |
| Family Medicine | 7 |
| Hospitalist | 6 |
| Physical Therapist | 4 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 3 |
| Occupational Therapist | 3 |
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 $62,728
- 2020 $100,728
- 2021 $27,314
- 2022 $14,479
- 2023 $7,638
- 2024 $37,321
- 2025 $26,348
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Speaking, teaching and other services | $23,125 | 31 |
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $2,780 | 2 |
| Debt forgiveness | $443 | 3 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Insulet Corporation | $21,125 | 26 |
| CashFlow Solutions, LLC | $2,780 | 2 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | $2,000 | 5 |
| Stryker Corporation | $368 | 1 |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $45 | 1 |
| Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. | $30 | 1 |
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 Marietta Memorial Hospital
Is Marietta Memorial Hospital a good hospital?
Marietta Memorial Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. Of the 23 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on none and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Marietta Memorial Hospital?
69% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 665 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Marietta Memorial Hospital emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 2 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. 1% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does Marietta Memorial Hospital receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $26,348 in payments to Marietta Memorial Hospital for 2025, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.