CMS certification 380004
Providence St Vincent Medical Center
9205 SW Barnes Road, Portland, OR 97225
Providence St Vincent Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. 79% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 25 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 5 and worse on 2. Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 50 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: 421 completed surveys, 24% 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 | OR | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 382 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 21 min | 3 h 50 min | 2 h 36 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 31 visits sampled | 6 h 33 min | 3 h 42 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 89,033 patients | 4% | 3% | 2% |
| Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 14 patients | 71% | 68% | 69% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 146 patients | 54% | 60% | 65% |
How Providence St Vincent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Vincent Medical CenterThis hospital | 4/5 | 79% | 3 h 50 min | 5 better 2 worse |
| Legacy Emanuel Medical CenterSame city | 3/5 | 74% | 2 h 50 min | 1 better 3 worse |
| Adventist Health PortlandSame city | 4/5 | 71% | 3 h 25 min | 3 better |
| Providence Portland Medical CenterSame city | 4/5 | 77% | 3 h 35 min | 3 better |
| Ohsu Hospital and ClinicsSame city | 3/5 | 76% | 3 h 44 min | 3 better 2 worse |
| Portland VA Medical CenterSame city | 5/5 | 83% | — | 4 better 1 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 Portland.
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 6,349 cases | Too few cases | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 277 cases | Too few cases | 12.3% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 600 cases | Too few cases | 10.7% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 344 cases | Too few cases | 13.6% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 622 cases | Too few cases | 10.2% | 11.9% |
| COPD 109 cases | Too few cases | 5.7% | 8.6% |
| Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 142 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 | Better | 0.76 likely 0.53 – 0.99 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 136 cases | Too few cases | 4.2% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 136 cases | No different | 210.44 per 1,000 likely 170.37 per 1,000 – 250.51 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 7,487 cases | No different | 0.32 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.84 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 8,844 cases | No different | 0.28 per 1,000 likely 0.1 per 1,000 – 0.45 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 9,136 cases | No different | 0.22 per 1,000 likely 0.04 per 1,000 – 0.41 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 2,665 cases | No different | 1.81 per 1,000 likely 0.59 per 1,000 – 3.03 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 1,299 cases | No different | 1.32 per 1,000 likely 0.09 per 1,000 – 2.54 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 1,373 cases | No different | 8.53 per 1,000 likely 4.78 per 1,000 – 12.29 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 2,901 cases | No different | 2.24 per 1,000 likely 0.57 per 1,000 – 3.92 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 1,287 cases | No different | 4 per 1,000 likely 1.14 per 1,000 – 6.86 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 453 cases | No different | 1.54 per 1,000 likely 0.11 per 1,000 – 2.97 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 1,383 cases | No different | 0.94 per 1,000 likely 0.03 per 1,000 – 1.86 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 | 0.15 likely 0.03 – 0.5 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | No different | 0.73 likely 0.37 – 1.3 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 0.63 likely 0.2 – 1.51 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy | No different | 0.81 likely 0.04 – 3.98 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0.68 likely 0.28 – 1.41 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.35 likely 0.22 – 0.52 | 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 703 cases | Too few cases | 13.2% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 1,318 cases | Too few cases | 21.7% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 647 cases | Too few cases | 17.7% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 241 cases | Too few cases | 21% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 171 cases | Too few cases | 10.7% | 11% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 164 cases | Too few cases | 5.4% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 369 cases | Too few cases | -5 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 724 cases | Too few cases | 6 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 352 cases | Too few cases | 44.1 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 583 cases | No different | 13.9 per 1,000 likely 10.5 per 1,000 – 18.3 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 579 cases | No different | 1.3 likely 1 – 1.6 | — |
3 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
477 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Internal Medicine | 125 |
| Hospitalist | 41 |
| Emergency Medicine | 37 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 28 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 27 |
| Physical Therapist | 20 |
| Occupational Therapist | 11 |
| Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist | 10 |
| Speech-Language Pathologist | 10 |
| Clinical | 9 |
| Dietitian, Registered | 9 |
| Pharmacist | 9 |
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 $1.9M
- 2020 $2.9M
- 2021 $2.3M
- 2022 $1.9M
- 2023 $1.1M
- 2024 $1.3M
- 2025 $937,749
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | $195,565 | 30 |
| Genentech, Inc. | $187,400 | 23 |
| Genzyme Corporation | $159,259 | 13 |
| Biogen, Inc. | $83,003 | 2 |
| Abbvie INC. | $45,539 | 18 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $42,564 | 14 |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $38,354 | 9 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | $35,023 | 7 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| A Study of Milvexian in Participants After an Acute Ischemic Stroke or High-Risk Transient Ischemic Attack- LIBREXIA-STROKE (LIBREXIA-STROK) Janssen Research & Development, LLC | $133,002 |
| A phase III trial of GDC 9545 in combination with palbo in HR HER2 neg 1L mBC Genentech, Inc. | $76,530 |
| Single-center retrospective safety analysis of multiple sclerosis patients treated with high efficacy disease modifying therapies Biogen, Inc. | $74,180 |
| A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind Efficacy and Safety Study Comparing SAR442168 to Teriflunomide (Aubagio) in Participants With Relapsing Forms of … GENZYME CORPORATION · NCT04410978 | $69,471 |
| A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Double-Dummy, Parallel Group, Active Controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Milvexian, an Oral … Janssen Research & Development, LLC | $62,563 |
| TBD Genentech, Inc. | $56,269 |
| An Interventional, Phase 3 Extension Study to Investigate Long-term Safety and Tolerability of Tolebrutinib in Participants With Relapsing Multiple S… GENZYME CORPORATION · NCT06372145 | $54,023 |
| A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Efficacy and Safety Study Comparing SAR442168 to Placebo in Participants With Nonrelapsing Secondary Progressive… GENZYME CORPORATION · NCT04411641 | $35,765 |
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 Providence St Vincent Medical Center
Is Providence St Vincent Medical Center a good hospital?
Providence St Vincent Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Of the 25 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 5 and worse on 2. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Providence St Vincent Medical Center?
79% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 421 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Providence St Vincent Medical Center emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 50 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. 4% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does Providence St Vincent Medical Center receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $937,749 in payments to Providence St Vincent 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.