CMS certification 380091
Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center
10180 SE Sunnyside Road, Clackamas, OR 97015
Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 4 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 15 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 3 and worse on none.
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: 3,641 completed surveys, 27% 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. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
| Measure | This hospital | OR | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 663 patients | 79% | 60% | 65% |
How Kaiser Sunnyside 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Sunnyside Medical CenterThis hospital | 4/5 | 71% | — | 3 better |
| Providence Willamette Falls Medical CenterSame county · Oregon City | 4/5 | 68% | 3 h 58 min | 1 better |
| Providence Milwaukie HospitalSame county · Milwaukie | 3/5 | 69% | 2 h 54 min | 2 better 1 worse |
| Legacy Mount Hood Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Gresham | 3/5 | 68% | 2 h 34 min | 1 better 1 worse |
| Providence Hood River Memorial HospitalSame ZIP area · Hood River | 4/5 | 84% | 1 h 43 min | 1 better 1 worse |
| Mid-Columbia Medical CenterSame ZIP area · The Dalles | 4/5 | 57% | 2 h 6 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.
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 4,601 cases | Too few cases | 3% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 53 cases | Too few cases | 11.4% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 33 cases | Too few cases | 11.2% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 48 cases | Too few cases | 14.6% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 554 cases | Too few cases | 11.2% | 11.9% |
2 more measures 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 | 1.36 likely 0.95 – 1.77 | 1 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 1,198 cases | Worse | 2.16 per 1,000 likely 1.21 per 1,000 – 3.1 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 1,542 cases | No different | 0.31 per 1,000 likely 0.09 per 1,000 – 0.54 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 1,571 cases | No different | 0.25 per 1,000 likely 0.04 per 1,000 – 0.47 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 396 cases | No different | 2.3 per 1,000 likely 0.69 per 1,000 – 3.9 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 137 cases | No different | 1.58 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.26 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 130 cases | No different | 7.1 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 15.97 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 422 cases | No different | 3.35 per 1,000 likely 0.94 per 1,000 – 5.77 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 136 cases | No different | 4.69 per 1,000 likely 0.58 per 1,000 – 8.8 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 79 cases | No different | 1.72 per 1,000 likely 0.2 per 1,000 – 3.23 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 315 cases | No different | 0.97 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 2.03 per 1,000 | 1.06 per 1,000 |
2 more measures 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) | Better | 0.18 likely 0.01 – 0.9 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | No different | 1.32 likely 0.72 – 2.25 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 1.13 likely 0.46 – 2.35 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0.22 likely 0.01 – 1.07 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.37 likely 0.23 – 0.55 | 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 587 cases | Too few cases | 13.1% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 885 cases | Too few cases | 21% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 577 cases | Too few cases | 17.2% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 177 cases | Too few cases | 19% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 162 cases | Too few cases | 10.3% | 11% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 54 cases | Too few cases | -32.1 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 43 cases | Too few cases | -31.6 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 46 cases | Too few cases | -75.7 days per 100 | — |
6 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
760 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry. 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 | 90 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 84 |
| Internal Medicine | 61 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 46 |
| Anesthesiology | 34 |
| Physical Therapist | 32 |
| Clinical | 31 |
| Pharmacist | 29 |
| Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist | 21 |
| Respiratory Therapist, Registered | 21 |
| Speech-Language Pathologist | 20 |
| Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) | 18 |
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 $248,910
- 2020 $131,262
- 2021 $468,251
- 2022 $892,036
- 2023 $356,611
- 2024 $538,732
- 2025 $938,978
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $9,026 | 1 |
| Debt forgiveness | $1,443 | 1 |
| Education | $667 | 2 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $252,488 | 72 |
| Genentech, Inc. | $193,625 | 17 |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $140,029 | 2 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | $130,641 | 30 |
| Genmab U.S., Inc. | $102,973 | 20 |
| Abbvie INC. | $84,877 | 16 |
| Adc Therapeutics America, INC. | $23,211 | 6 |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $9,026 | 1 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| A Study Evaluating the Safety, Efficacy, and Pharmacokinetics of Mosunetuzumab Monotherapy in Participants With Select B-Cell Malignancies (MorningSu… Genentech, Inc. | $166,976 |
| An Open-label, Multicenter, Phase 3 Randomized, Active-Comparator-Controlled Clinical Study of Pembrolizumab MK-3475 in Combination With Sacituzumab … Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $140,029 |
| AN OPEN-LABEL, RANDOMIZED, PHASE 3 STUDY OF LINVOSELTAMAB (REGN5458; ANTI- BCMA X ANTI-CD3 BISPECIFIC ANTIBODY) VERSUS THE COMBINATION OF ELOTUZUMAB,… Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · NCT05730036 | $131,045 |
| Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Intravitreal OTX-TKI (Ocular Therapeutix) (axitinib Implant) in Subjects with Neovascular Age-Related Ma… Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | $130,641 |
| A First-in-Human, Open-label, Dose-escalation Trial With Expansion Cohorts to Evaluate Safety of GEN1042 in Subjects With Malignant Solid Tumors. Genmab U.S., Inc. | $102,973 |
| A PHASE 3 STUDY OF FIXED DOSE COMBINATIONS OF FIANLIMAB AND CEMIPLIMAB VERSUS RELATLIMAB AND NIVOLUMAB IN PARTICIPANTS WITH UNRESECTABLE OR METASTATI… Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · NCT06246916 | $85,420 |
| Mirvetuximab Soravtansine With Bevacizumab Versus Bevacizumab as Maintenance in Platinum-sensitive Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, or Peritoneal Cancer (GLO… ABBVIE INC. · NCT05445778 | $38,066 |
| A PHASE 2 PERI-OPERATIVE TRIAL OF FIANLIMAB AND CEMIPLIMAB IN COMBINATION WITH CHEMOTHERAPY VERSUS CEMIPLIMAB IN COMBINATION WITH CHEMOTHERAPY IN PAT… Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · NCT06161441 | $36,023 |
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 Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center
Is Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center a good hospital?
Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Of the 15 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 3 and worse on none. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Kaiser Sunnyside 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 3,641 completed HCAHPS surveys.
Does Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center have an emergency room?
Yes. CMS lists emergency services at Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center.
Does Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $938,978 in payments to Kaiser Sunnyside 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.