CMS certification 400016
Auxilio Mutuo Hospital
Ponce de Leon Avenue 735 Stop 37 1/2, San Juan, PR 00918
Auxilio Mutuo Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Of the 16 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 3 and worse on 1.
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What patients said
Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
How Auxilio Mutuo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auxilio Mutuo HospitalThis hospital | 4/5 | — | — | 3 better 1 worse |
| San Juan VA Medical CenterSame city | 2/5 | 78% | — | 1 better 6 worse |
| Hospital Pavia SanturceSame city | 1/5 | — | — | 1 better 2 worse |
| Doctors' Center Hospital San JuanSame county · Santurce | Not rated | 66% | — | 1 worse |
| Doctors Center Hospital Carolina LLCSame county · Carolina | Not rated | 61% | 5 h 47 min | No different |
| Bayamon Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Bayamon | Not rated | 49% | 4 h 39 min | 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. All hospitals in San Juan.
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 4,785 cases | Too few cases | 6.1% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 44 cases | Too few cases | 12.9% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 113 cases | Too few cases | 11.9% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 132 cases | Too few cases | 19% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 273 cases | Too few cases | 28.8% | 11.9% |
| COPD 27 cases | Too few cases | 8.8% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| After hip or knee replacement 1,608 cases | Too few cases | 2.4% | 4.1% |
12 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) | No different | 0.73 likely 0.4 – 1.24 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | Better | 0.51 likely 0.26 – 0.9 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0.69 likely 0.25 – 1.53 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.48 likely 0.31 – 0.7 | 1 |
2 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 346 cases | Too few cases | 16.3% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 622 cases | Too few cases | 22.6% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 670 cases | Too few cases | 18.3% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 167 cases | Too few cases | 21.5% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 65 cases | Too few cases | 12.9% | 11% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 1,591 cases | Too few cases | 3% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 115 cases | Too few cases | 24.3 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 107 cases | Too few cases | 32.6 days per 100 | — |
6 more measures had too few cases here to report.
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 $147,669
- 2020 $258,965
- 2021 $116,908
- 2022 $72,599
- 2023 $154,738
- 2024 $480,434
- 2025 $1.4M
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Debt forgiveness | $9,877 | 3 |
| Speaking, teaching and other services | $50 | 1 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Abbvie INC. | $388,393 | 67 |
| BeiGene, Ltd. | $344,524 | 25 |
| BeOne Medicines Ltd. | $317,404 | 26 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | $79,494 | 15 |
| Genentech, Inc. | $39,525 | 9 |
| BeOne Medicines USA, Inc. | $39,426 | 6 |
| E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | $28,393 | 3 |
| Adc Therapeutics America, INC. | $23,127 | 4 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
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 Auxilio Mutuo Hospital
Is Auxilio Mutuo Hospital a good hospital?
Auxilio Mutuo Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Of the 16 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 3 and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Does Auxilio Mutuo Hospital have an emergency room?
Yes. CMS lists emergency services at Auxilio Mutuo Hospital.
Does Auxilio Mutuo Hospital receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $1.4M in payments to Auxilio Mutuo Hospital 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.