CMS certification 390116
Suburban Community Hospital
2701 Dekalb Pike, Norristown, PA 19401
Suburban Community Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Of the 9 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 1. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 47 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: 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 · 297 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 2 h 3 min | 2 h 47 min | 3 h 6 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 29 visits sampled | 5 h 13 min | 4 h 57 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 9,944 patients | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 27 patients | 78% | 60% | 65% |
How Suburban Community 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suburban Community HospitalThis hospital | 4/5 | — | 2 h 47 min | 1 better 1 worse |
| Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalSame county · East Norriton | 4/5 | 61% | 4 h 57 min | 3 better 2 worse |
| Jefferson Lansdale HospitalSame county · Lansdale | 3/5 | 60% | 3 h 54 min | 1 better 2 worse |
| Pottstown HospitalSame county · Pottstown | 2/5 | 52% | 3 h 15 min | 2 worse |
| Physicians Care Surgical HospitalSame county · Royersford | Not rated | 87% | — | 1 better |
| Main Line Hospital LankenauSame county · Wynnewood | 4/5 | 77% | 4 h 59 min | 5 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 Norristown.
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 218 cases | Too few cases | 4% | 3.9% |
| Pneumonia 99 cases | Too few cases | 12.8% | 15.2% |
5 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 | 0.9 likely 0.45 – 1.36 | 1 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 674 cases | No different | 0.37 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.41 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 966 cases | No different | 0.2 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.43 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 956 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 80 cases | No different | 2.3 per 1,000 likely 0.58 per 1,000 – 4.02 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 83 cases | No different | 3.34 per 1,000 likely 0.76 per 1,000 – 5.93 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 59 cases | No different | 1.05 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 2.13 per 1,000 | 1.06 per 1,000 |
6 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 heart failure 61 cases | Too few cases | 20.5% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 114 cases | Too few cases | 18% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 25 cases | Too few cases | 20.9% | 20% |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 28 cases | Too few cases | -9.1 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 104 cases | Too few cases | -0.8 days per 100 | — |
9 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Not reported for this hospital
CMS had too few cases here to publish results for infections caught in the hospital. That is common at small, rural and specialty hospitals, and says nothing either way about quality.
Clinicians registered at this address
48 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 25 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 | 11 |
| Emergency Medicine | 6 |
| Family Medicine | 5 |
| Dietitian, Registered | 3 |
| Physician Assistant | 3 |
| Family | 2 |
| Surgery | 2 |
| Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology | 1 |
| Anesthesiology | 1 |
| Cardiovascular Disease | 1 |
| Dermatology | 1 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 1 |
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.
- 2021 $402
- 2022 $0
- 2023 $2,219
- 2024 $1,590
- 2025 $836
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Debt forgiveness | $836 | 1 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Medline Industries LP | $836 | 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.
CMS Care Compare data retrieved 4 Oct 2026, refreshed weekly. Where this data comes from and how we handle it · Report an error
Common questions about Suburban Community Hospital
Is Suburban Community Hospital a good hospital?
Suburban Community Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Of the 9 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
How long is the wait in the Suburban Community Hospital emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 47 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. 0% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does Suburban Community Hospital receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $836 in payments to Suburban Community Hospital for 2025, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.