CMS certification 380017
Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center
1015 NW 22nd Avenue, W121, Portland, OR 97210
Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. 74% 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 2 and worse on none. Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 3 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: 1,131 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 medium; 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 · 364 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 2 h 45 min | 3 h 3 min | 2 h 36 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 30 visits sampled | 2 h 42 min | 3 h 42 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 32,287 patients | 4% | 3% | 2% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 73 patients | 26% | 60% | 65% |
How Legacy Good Samaritan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy Good Samaritan Medical CenterThis hospital | 4/5 | 74% | 3 h 3 min | 2 better |
| Providence Portland Medical CenterSame city | 4/5 | 77% | 3 h 35 min | 3 better |
| Adventist Health PortlandSame city | 4/5 | 71% | 3 h 25 min | 3 better |
| Providence St Vincent Medical CenterSame city | 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 |
| Ohsu Hospital and ClinicsSame city | 3/5 | 76% | 3 h 44 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 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 1,687 cases | Too few cases | 3.1% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 84 cases | Too few cases | 12.4% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 151 cases | Too few cases | 10.8% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 118 cases | Too few cases | 14.5% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 90 cases | Too few cases | 12.6% | 11.9% |
| COPD 54 cases | Too few cases | 8.2% | 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 | 0.97 likely 0.63 – 1.31 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 51 cases | Too few cases | 3.6% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 56 cases | No different | 198.64 per 1,000 likely 143.38 per 1,000 – 253.9 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 2,398 cases | No different | 0.7 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.47 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 2,944 cases | No different | 0.28 per 1,000 likely 0.07 per 1,000 – 0.5 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 3,108 cases | No different | 0.28 per 1,000 likely 0.07 per 1,000 – 0.48 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 1,031 cases | No different | 1.94 per 1,000 likely 0.46 per 1,000 – 3.42 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 472 cases | No different | 1.44 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.05 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 499 cases | No different | 8.89 per 1,000 likely 1.84 per 1,000 – 15.95 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 1,072 cases | No different | 2.88 per 1,000 likely 0.77 per 1,000 – 4.98 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 514 cases | No different | 4.99 per 1,000 likely 1.59 per 1,000 – 8.39 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 408 cases | No different | 1.87 per 1,000 likely 0.43 per 1,000 – 3.32 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 953 cases | No different | 1.18 per 1,000 likely 0.25 per 1,000 – 2.1 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 | 0.56 likely 0.14 – 1.51 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 0.97 likely 0.43 – 1.92 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy | No different | 1.9 likely 0.48 – 5.17 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0.8 likely 0.2 – 2.18 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.31 likely 0.15 – 0.57 | 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 139 cases | Too few cases | 14.2% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 291 cases | Too few cases | 21.7% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 253 cases | Too few cases | 17.4% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 108 cases | Too few cases | 18.1% | 20% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 60 cases | Too few cases | 5.5% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 90 cases | Too few cases | -0.7 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 166 cases | Too few cases | -9.7 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 122 cases | Too few cases | 11.4 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 259 cases | No different | 12.6 per 1,000 likely 9.4 per 1,000 – 16.9 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 518 cases | No different | 0.9 likely 0.7 – 1.3 | — |
4 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
150 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 65 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 |
|---|---|
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 22 |
| Internal Medicine | 19 |
| Emergency Medicine | 15 |
| Pharmacist | 12 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 10 |
| Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | 7 |
| Physical Therapist | 5 |
| Anesthesiology | 4 |
| Critical Care Medicine | 3 |
| Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist | 3 |
| Psychiatric/Mental Health | 3 |
| Registered Nurse | 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 $648,987
- 2020 $315,499
- 2021 $480,380
- 2022 $573,484
- 2023 $231,949
- 2024 $101,865
- 2025 $182,218
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $60,000 | 1 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| AngioDynamics, Inc. | $60,000 | 1 |
| Pfizer INC. | $30,000 | 3 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | $27,650 | 1 |
| Genmab U.S., Inc. | $27,650 | 1 |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $21,975 | 2 |
| GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. | $12,805 | 2 |
| pharmaand GmbH | $2,138 | 3 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE COMPASSHER2 TRIALS COMPREHENSIVE USE OF PATHOLOGIC RESPONSE ASSESSMENT TO OPTIMIZE THERAPY IN HER2POSITIVE BREAST CANCER COMPASSHER2 RESIDUAL DIS… PFIZER INC. | $30,000 |
| DS8201-772 Daiichi Sankyo Inc. · NCT06819007 | $27,650 |
| A Phase 3 Randomized, Open-label Study of Rinatabart Sesutecan (Rina-S) Versus Treatment of Investigator's Choice (IC) in Patients With Platinum Resi… Genmab U.S., Inc. | $27,650 |
| A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind Study of Pembrolizumab versus Placebo in Combination With Adjuvant Chemotherapy With or Without Radiotherapy for … Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $18,395 |
| A PHASE 3, RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, MULTICENTER S GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. | $12,805 |
| A Randomized, Phase 3, Double-Blind Study of Chemoradiotherapy With or Without Pembrolizumab for the Treatment of High-risk, Locally Advanced Cervica… Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $3,580 |
| A Study in Ovarian Cancer Patients Evaluating Rucaparib and Nivolumab as Maintenance Treatment Following Response to Front-Line Platinum-Based Chemot… pharmaand GmbH · NCT03522246 | $2,138 |
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 Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center
Is Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center a good hospital?
Legacy Good Samaritan 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 2 and worse on none. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center?
74% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 1,131 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h 3 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with medium patient volume, like this one, the median is 2 h 45 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 Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $182,218 in payments to Legacy Good Samaritan 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.