CMS certification 400003
Hospital Metropolitano Dr Pila
2435 Boulevard Luis a Ferre, Ponce, PR 00717
CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Hospital Metropolitano Dr Pila. On all 2 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it is no different from the national rate.
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. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
| Measure | This hospital | PR | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 28 patients | 0% | 25% | 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 788 cases | Too few cases | 5.8% | 3.9% |
| Stroke 30 cases | Too few cases | 19.2% | 11.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| After hip or knee replacement 85 cases | Too few cases | 3% | 4.1% |
12 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 67 cases | Too few cases | 14.8% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 89 cases | Too few cases | 22.9% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 122 cases | Too few cases | 17.4% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 39 cases | Too few cases | 20.1% | 20% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 94 cases | Too few cases | 6.1% | 5.8% |
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.
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 Hospital Metropolitano Dr Pila
Is Hospital Metropolitano Dr Pila a good hospital?
CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Hospital Metropolitano Dr Pila. On all 2 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.
Does Hospital Metropolitano Dr Pila have an emergency room?
Yes. CMS lists emergency services at Hospital Metropolitano Dr Pila.