CMS certification 390056
Penn Highlands Huntingdon
1225 Warm Springs Ave, Huntingdon, PA 16652
Penn Highlands Huntingdon has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. 59% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. On all 13 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it is no different from the national rate. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 16 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: 346 completed surveys, 30% 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 low; 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 | PA | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 407 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 2 h 3 min | 2 h 16 min | 3 h 6 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 15,467 patients | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 107 patients | 60% | 60% | 65% |
How Penn Highlands Huntingdon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Highlands HuntingdonThis hospital | 3/5 | 59% | 2 h 16 min | No different |
| Conemaugh Miners Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Hastings | Not rated | 85% | 2 h 6 min | No different |
| Conemaugh Nason Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Roaring Spring | 5/5 | 80% | 2 h 21 min | 4 better |
| Penn Highlands TyroneSame ZIP area · Tyrone | Not rated | 75% | 1 h 44 min | No different |
| James E. van Zandt VA Medical Center (altoona)Same ZIP area · Altoona | 5/5 | 80% | — | 1 better |
| UPMC AltoonaSame ZIP area · Altoona | 3/5 | 48% | 3 h 30 min | 4 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.
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 631 cases | Too few cases | 3.4% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 28 cases | Too few cases | 12% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 83 cases | Too few cases | 8.6% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 78 cases | Too few cases | 15.5% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 40 cases | Too few cases | 10.8% | 11.9% |
| COPD 35 cases | Too few cases | 8.3% | 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 | 0.95 likely 0.46 – 1.44 | 1 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 637 cases | No different | 0.53 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.77 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 898 cases | No different | 0.2 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.44 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 896 cases | No different | 0.26 per 1,000 likely 0.05 per 1,000 – 0.48 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 94 cases | No different | 2.31 per 1,000 likely 0.59 per 1,000 – 4.04 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 35 cases | No different | 1.67 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.4 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 37 cases | No different | 9.04 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 19.03 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 97 cases | No different | 3.41 per 1,000 likely 0.8 per 1,000 – 6.02 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 34 cases | No different | 5.22 per 1,000 likely 0.88 per 1,000 – 9.56 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 40 cases | No different | 1.05 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 2.14 per 1,000 | 1.06 per 1,000 |
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. diff intestinal infections | No different | 0.62 likely 0.1 – 2.03 | 1 |
5 more measures 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 68 cases | Too few cases | 14.2% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 181 cases | Too few cases | 19.1% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 156 cases | Too few cases | 16.8% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 79 cases | Too few cases | 20.3% | 20% |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 88 cases | Too few cases | 12.4 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 74 cases | Too few cases | 14 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 279 cases | No different | 12.8 per 1,000 likely 9.4 per 1,000 – 17.2 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 26 cases | No different | 10.5 per 100 likely 7.2 per 100 – 14.9 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 26 cases | No different | 5.2 per 100 likely 3.3 per 100 – 8.1 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 105 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
55 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 |
|---|---|
| Dietitian, Registered | 11 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 7 |
| Emergency Medicine | 5 |
| Family Medicine | 5 |
| Physician Assistant | 4 |
| Psychiatry | 4 |
| Clinical | 2 |
| Medical | 2 |
| Pharmacist | 2 |
| Psychiatric/Mental Health | 2 |
| Acute Care | 1 |
| Adult Health | 1 |
First 12 alphabetically
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 Penn Highlands Huntingdon
Is Penn Highlands Huntingdon a good hospital?
Penn Highlands Huntingdon has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. On all 13 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it is no different from the national rate. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Penn Highlands Huntingdon?
59% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 346 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Penn Highlands Huntingdon emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 16 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with low patient volume, like this one, the median is 2 h 3 min. 1% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.