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Indiana Regional Medical Center

835 Hospital Road, Indiana, PA 15701

Acute Care Hospitals Emergency services Birthing-friendly

Indiana Regional Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. 57% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 23 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 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.

CMS overall rating 2/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 57% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 3/5 706 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 1 worse 1 better of 23 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 706 completed surveys, 30% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
57%
PA 70% · US 71% · 3 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
62%
PA 72% · US 72% · 2 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
78%
PA 81% · US 80% · 3 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
75%
PA 79% · US 80% · 2 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
54%
PA 62% · US 62% · 2 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
88%
PA 87% · US 86% · 4 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
71%
PA 72% · US 74% · 4 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
39%
PA 54% · US 60% · 2 of 5 stars

This hospital Pennsylvania average US average

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 PA US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 390 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 2 h 45 min 2 h 50 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 3 min 4 h 57 min 4 h 17 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 31,767 patients 1% 2% 2%
Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 12 patients 67% 69% 69%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 439 patients 60% 60% 65%

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 1,729 cases Too few cases 5.5% 3.9%
Heart attack 75 cases Too few cases 12% 11.9%
Heart failure 120 cases Too few cases 14.2% 11.1%
Pneumonia 141 cases Too few cases 18.9% 15.2%
Stroke 163 cases Too few cases 15.5% 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.

11 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Serious complications, combined measure No different 1.2 likely 0.75 – 1.65 1
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 1,276 cases No different 1.38 per 1,000 likely 0.3 per 1,000 – 2.46 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 1,646 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 1,654 cases No different 0.26 per 1,000 likely 0.05 per 1,000 – 0.47 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000
Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 203 cases No different 2.52 per 1,000 likely 0.84 per 1,000 – 4.21 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 53 cases No different 1.65 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.37 per 1,000 1.67 per 1,000
Breathing failure after surgery 52 cases No different 8.05 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 17.48 per 1,000 9.42 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 211 cases No different 4.19 per 1,000 likely 1.65 per 1,000 – 6.74 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Sepsis after surgery 48 cases No different 4.98 per 1,000 likely 0.75 per 1,000 – 9.22 per 1,000 5.27 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 30 cases No different 1.75 per 1,000 likely 0.23 per 1,000 – 3.28 per 1,000 1.77 per 1,000
Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 225 cases No different 1.01 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 2.09 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.

5 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) No different 0.41 likely 0.02 – 2.03 1
Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) No different 0.23 likely 0.01 – 1.12 1
Surgical site infections after colon surgery No different 0 1
MRSA bloodstream infections No different 1.17 likely 0.2 – 3.88 1
C. diff intestinal infections No different 0.68 likely 0.37 – 1.16 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.

4 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after a heart attack 185 cases Too few cases 13.1% 14.4%
Readmitted after heart failure 419 cases Too few cases 24.4% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 428 cases Too few cases 15.9% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 118 cases Too few cases 19.4% 20%
Days back in hospital after a heart attack 64 cases Too few cases -14.9 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after heart failure 133 cases Too few cases 42.1 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 133 cases Too few cases -13.3 days per 100 —
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 430 cases No different 13.5 per 1,000 likely 10 per 1,000 – 18.1 per 1,000 13 per 1,000
Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 125 cases No different 10.4 per 100 likely 7.5 per 100 – 14.3 per 100 10.7 per 100
ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 125 cases No different 4.7 per 100 likely 3.2 per 100 – 7.1 per 100 5.4 per 100
Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 143 cases No different 1.1 likely 0.8 – 1.5 —

3 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Clinicians registered at this address

137 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 9 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
Speech-Language Pathologist 20
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered 17
Family Medicine 11
Internal Medicine 9
Physician Assistant 9
Emergency Medicine 8
Anesthesiology 7
Physical Therapist 7
Diagnostic Radiology 6
Dietitian, Registered 5
Emergency 5
Family 5

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 Indiana Regional Medical Center

Is Indiana Regional Medical Center a good hospital?

Indiana Regional Medical Center has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. Of the 23 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.

Would patients recommend Indiana Regional Medical Center?

57% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 706 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Indiana Regional Medical Center emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 50 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. 1% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.